All valid points, rugbysecondrow. My wife's past two cars (a Solara and CRV) have both been end of year, sitting on the lot closeouts, CRV with ~200mi on the clock as 'new'... both were/are perfect save for a rock chip on the CRV (found as soon as we got home, of course). Though you're still getting yours fresh as a daisy off the truck. (congrats btw!)
I can't lie, my decision to factory order doesn't come without a certain level of stubborn pickiness. I declined a Sept. allocation of a base and limited, limited more so because of the lousy color than anything, not naming names