First and foremost - thank you for your time in crafting such a thoughtful post and I am officially jealous. I put a deposit down on the car in the US quite some time ago and you will get yours before mine - really
Your post has re-enforced my excitement for the I8. I only sat in it so far and that was for 5 minutes....so I actually drove the new M4 and started to think about that car instead......nah, not really
Enjoy your new toys everybody in the meantime!