The Sera, being a Japanese import, has one of those bloody FM band expanders and won't get Radio 4 around Newcastle (it will, however, pick up about 20 stations of soundalike 'Banging 'choons, innit?' s**te). Plus the CD player's display is buggered and it skips sometimes.
Having had fun in Whitby this weekend, doors aloft and various good music entertaining the gofficks outside the Elsi whilst we laughed at the chavs in their Rover 25 (red, rally style mudflaps, 4 burberry caps in attendance), Mk IV Supra (had window down until he overheard me pointing, laughing and expressing a strong opinion that a Mk IV Veilside is a common and ugly vehicle) and Saxo-done-up-to-look-like-a-Lancer-Evo... I've decided that I need to sort out my ICE.
Now, I'm skint and miserly. I can get a nice Sony MP3 CD player online for £89. Do I need to spend any more than that, really? I'd /like/ double DIN with a tape player, but that seems inordinately expensive. Plus, used ones are invariably yet more Japanese crap with the need for FM convertors.
I've seen a lot of cheap in dash DVD players, too, which in conjustion with a cheap LCD monitor would shove (presumably) DVD and MP3 capability in the car for under £300. These must surely be complete and utter crap, right?
I'd like to sort the Supra out, too, but that's a job for MiniITX DIN-sized PC and matching motorized LCD touchscreen, I reckon. GPS seems more and more appealing.
Richard