Quick side story away from the Z...
Labor day weekend 2011, couple of months before the Z purchase, I flew to ATL, GA to purchase a 97 SC400, approx 228kmiles, for $7500.
Previous owner is a Lexus master tech, car was solid, no squeaks, mechanically perfect literally.
Beauty shots by previous owner:
Interior - two tone, suede wrapped arm rest lid, CF wrap center console and wood trims. 2 x Corbeau seats (wide version) + Corbeau seat rails
As I drove away, previous owner took this shot across a 4 lane highway.
Only thing I did during my ownership was an oil change, UOA, replaced ps pump and lines. Loved the torque, 1UZ was silky.
Fast fwd to Nov 2012, the week before Thanks Giving, long story short...the other guy thought he had enough room to cut across the intersection. Owned it for 14 months, drove it for less than 6k miles.
Don't worry, these are Rotas.
Car was declared totaled, not surprised.
Seems like all my major car adventures, good or bad, always happen in Novembers. And that will stay true for 2013, as I sold my S14, bought a G37s AE for the wife, and suspension changes to the Nismo finally happened