Great information, thank you! I did order Mike's book at the same time I paid for registration, and I've been an AOPA member for years. So yes I've read that as well. I'm looking forward to getting the book.
So far as model differences, I prefer the club 150G over the 150M for the fact that I sit low in the M, so it's harder to see. The G also feels better in flight and responsiveness than the M to me, but it could be nothing. Aside from the generalizations on wikipedia, I haven't really found any good description of all of them and their little differences in performance.