Just bought a 2008 EX35 with 40,000 miles in Dark Currant with Chestnut leather. It's got every factory option (luxe elite, tech, premium, nav + wood trim). I traded in my 01' Qx4 with 155k that was beginning to fall apart; I was more than happy to get the $2300 they offered on trade. I feel like I got a pretty good deal for $19,700 after trade (plus new tires & pads/rotors all around), especially for a hard to find color combination. It's too bad that more people didn't buy the dark currant w/ chestnut...IMO it's one heck of a combination that seems to be tailored to compliment each other. I'm amazed on how far Infiniti has come over the last 7 years, going from the QX that basically had nothing more than heated seats and Xenon headlights, to the EX with everthing from LDW/LDP to BI-Xenons with AFS. The "self-healing" is rather interesting as well...either the paint was painstakingly cared for or the self-healing paint really does its job as I can't find a scratch or a chip anywhere on the car.
I also wanted to give a big thank you to this website. On my test drive I almost walked away as the slip/vdc/brake lights came on under moderate acceleration. However with a simple search I found that it was likely either low brake fluid, or a need to replace the brakes. After getting the dealer to cough up new pads/rotors all around those lights are yet to return. I'm considering getting the Elite aftermarket warranty that some have mentioned from Courtney in AZ. For all the expensive fixes the car could have a $1300 "insurance policy" for 3/4 years of coverage seems like a good plan. I'm also looking to do some "just purchased" maintenance, other than the obvious like an oil change is there anything I should do now, or should I just check the fluids and wait to do the 60k down the line?
Now, after 4.5 years of driving my EX with the boring sound, after the install, I felt like I took a Viagra and spice things up! 