Before you roll your eyes

Just been looking at your fender tag and checking my little white books. Noticed that the "8" under the letter "Z" stand for "buffed paint," and is limited to "AA1 only." I'd guess that the metallic silver paint being buffed is one (or maybe the only) reason that it was an extra cost option.
If the engineers knew what I know about buffing metallic paint, they would have clear coated it. I wonder how much the extra cost was?