Finally...

[shotokan]

...taken the plunge and bought a CSL, which I'm picking up on Friday

It's a black Jan 04 car, standard, 33k miles, under BMW warranty etc., verrrrry nice indeed. Will be upgrading the brakes later in the year (when my wallet has come out of shock...lol)

Short term, I need to decide what to do about handsfree (only a matter of time before I get 'done' again if not...lol) and iPod integration (I know, I know it makes a great noise as-is...but there are times when I NEED my playlists lol). I change my phones quite regularly so Bluetooth is the only way to go...

The question is, Parrot (had the MKi9200 recommended), or a new head-unit? (know Alpine do a few but it's a pretty bewildering range). I don't need Nav (got a TomTom for that)

Any thoughts/experiences/opinions on the mobile/music front? I'm not interested in major speaker/amp/sub work...just decent, convenient sound & phone.

Thanks in advance & great forum (far better than PH...lol)