Letters from the Equator

The car is smaller than I thought… at least from the inside.

From the back, I could see the “start button”, the well-manicured dashboard, feel the almost-emaculate leather stitching, and driver-focussed positioning of the gear knob and steering wheel… quite overwhelming, really.

It’s almost over-engineered. You’d have to spend a good full year to appreciate all the work that’s gone into the thing.

The car belongs to a friend of mine. It was the family car. And you know, I really tried to hate it.

I don’t really like the rear light clusters. I don’t like the fact that they only sell it here in 4 shades of gray. I also don’t like the fact that most owners won’t probably have a clue what it’s like to fully enjoy about the new E90.

But after months of observing more and more E90s being put on the road, with their resident auntie-types in the driver’s seat, I can’t help but admit it’s a best-seller, and for a very good reason.

For a “premium” price of roughly Rm230k and above, you’re really getting the whole thing plus the kitchen sink. No matter that you probably won’t be observant enough to realize 21 items they placed in the website’s feature list - everybody makes the assumption that it’s probably packed full of stuff worthy of the next 50 years.

Now if only I can convince myself worthy of a test drive.

Tagged as bmw, cars, e90 + Categorized as discoveries/cars