[ajmat]

An old friend of mine who sold out his company asked me to present him to the KGA commitee for membership.

Sat awaiting the call to the boardroom when he dropped his key fob. Took a second glance - I remarked, got a BMW? what happened to the Scorpio, sold that and got a Tuscon and now this.

Wow, an X5? No a 3. Start talking about the perils of run flat, he is amazed with what I know -

Get summoned, introduce him to the commitee, get grilled, then I suggest a few drinks,

"ok, let me pop this in the car"

"let me take a look at the beast"

There she was in black, I knew I wanted her, so did he - have a go!!!

Got adjusted and we went for a quick dash in the IRR. She handles well and steering was meaty and accurate. Ride was firm. The involvement was higher compared to the C.

Performance wise - brisk but not raw like my Vtec. Awesome brakes and very easy to place. Took it upto 160 but traffic was thick and I felt a certain responsibility to my friend not to overdo it.

It fitted like a glove.

His experience with Navit - poor

Delivery dates were screwed up
Salesmen knew bugger all about the car/ barely what was a car!
Wrong colour written in RC book
Registration process sloppy

He was quite disappointed about this. He knows it will cost a lot to run but this was a pleasure to be enjoyed a couple of times in life. He slogged hard and earned it. He also looked at:

Audi A4- heavy, boring, jerky transmission
Skoda Laura - liked it but not special enough
Merc C - going out of production and more of a chauffered car

I liked it but I rest my case with the new C on the horizon. I would stunp up for the 325 but I'm a petrolhead