Guys, as some of you might know, the delivery of my E92 has been materially delayed. I'm not at liberty to disclose the reason as it might implicate some people. Suffice to say, I was pretty disappointed, particularly since I had already delivered my ex-E46 (funny, I'm still not used to saying this!) to its new owner. Some kind soul was at least amenable to provide me an E90 325i for my full use while I wait. So, I'll be using that for the next 2-3 weeks.
Well, my admiration of the E90 has grown in the last 2 days! I think Active Steering is fantastic! I've been able to take the bends enroute from Sri Hartamas to PJ with much aplomb, the car maintaining its composure remarkably. The Xenons are also well-spread. The extra spaciousness and comfort is very very apparent vis-a-vis the E46.
Embarassingly, I couldn't start the car this morning. I had entered the keycard and pressed the Start button but nothing happened except for a flurry of lights on the dash. I tried everything. Step the brake, put on seat belt, put 2 hands on the steering wheel, uttered "stut kar" (in fake German accent) in case there was some voice control I didn't know about and nothing happened. In desperation after 10 minutes pretending the car was moving when it was in fact NOT and looking like I was trying to hotwire the blardy thing in full view of passer-bys, I decided to call Albundy, who is now a BMW Advanced Driving instructor. This establishment (Stage 2) uses the E90 325i as the staple trainer. He immediately pointed out the problem, the kink in the brake paddle b4 pressing the Start button.
The experience hadn't diminished my perception of the car. It's a beaut! Judging by so many E46s being put on sale in this forum, one can't help but wonder if there's gonna be a flurry of E90s in our midst pretty soon. If I may offer my well-founded congrats to impending E90 buyers! Congrats!!
