I must say that not everything went as I had planned but in the end I’ve bought a 325i. Not new, of course, but it’s been well taken care of since it’s initial registration in May 2005 and has been driven a mere 53k km since then.

Unfortunately I couldn’t savor its mighty six cylinders and 215 bhp yet, the next autobahn is just too far away. Nonetheless, it feels quite powerful and the whole steering and breaking is so much more sensible than I’ve been used to. It’ll take some while to get used to it. Which reminds me that my good friend Alain was a little swifter and picked up his Mini Cooper two days before; good for us because we could enjoy both of our first real car acquisitions and celebrate accordingly.

However, the awesome moniceiver I’ve been talking about in the last post isn’t ever going to be installed; I just can’t imagine the interior looks to be tinkered with, no matter the benefits; for now the built in CD player and radio tuner is enough to keep me entertained. Instead I’ve been looking into the BMW-branded portable navigation systems, which seem to be exactly what I need for the time being: a car navigation system with bluetooth handsfree functionality for my cell phone. I can live with the fact that the sound output isn’t being redirected to the car’s audio system (which it does for newer models though) because all I want is to avoid loose cables dangling around the center console.

I might also get my hands on some not too pretentious enhancements such as an M gearshift or aluminum pedals but anyway, what’s next might be enough to fill another blog post. I’m anticipating that it might be most interesting to drive a lap or two on a test circuit…