Well, after much procrastination, I finally decided on and installed a new stereo. I tell you, satellite radio has just spoiled me and I couldn't stand all the commercials with regular radio again.

I finally decided on the Sony cdx-M60UI. I got it the Sirius tuner and the Sony interface. The sound is a thousand times better than the stock unit and the satellite interface works perfectly. It has a USB port for Iphone or Ipod but the negative is that the port is on the back. I didn't run a cable out for the Iphone/Ipod at this time and probably never will. My wife drives this car most of the time and though her Kia Sorento has the Ipod interface and cable, she never uses it. It does have an aux port on the front so if we DO want to use the Ipod, we'll just do it that way.

Anyway, it matches fairly well. We are happy with how it looks and even happier with the sound. I will admit that I took the easy way out on installation. I have installed a number of stereos over the years but I guess I'm getting old and it is COLD in the garage right now so I had it installed. My son is in college locally and works part time at Best Buy. The store where he works happens to have a very experienced installer and he got a great employee discount on the install so I just let them do it. I have no idea where he hid the Sirius tuner and the interface but they are nowhere to be seen nor is the antenna wire going to the antenna. I was a little worried about having it installed because I'm picky about things being hidden but he did a fantasxtic job.

Here is the final result.

Merry Christmas to my lovely wife. I hope she enjoys it.