Hi folks I'm looking for ideas.....

Just got a lovely low mileage Touran 1.9 SE with RCD 300 audio. I thought the RCD 300 would be ok as it kind of fills the space on the dash nicely enough and is original equipment and all.... after less than 1 week I now hate the RCD 300 as it looks like an etch-a-sketch and has fewer redeeming features. It looks like it's designed for people with club sized fingers, the same folk that have those telephones with the massive buttons! Ok maybe i'm being too harsh, and to be honest, I think I could just about bare to live with the darn thing as long as I could feel warmer towards it, if I could get a little more out of it...

My dilema is, I would like access to more music through my audio device and I was wondering which might be the 'best' way to achieve this.... I have not yet reached the 21st century as I don't have any type of MP3 player, so if I installed an mp3 cable connector, I would have to first purchase some sort of storage device and then spend many hours copying CDs onto my PC. That sounds like a whole heap of fun.....

...another option I am considering is to swap the RCD 300 for a RCD 500 but RCD 500's are not easy to come by my prices (Scottish ancestry lives strong in my bones or am I just a tight git?)...

...or what about, as I like the original equipment look has anyone had fitted a Gamma head unit and in dash 6cd unit (I had a Passat with this setup and quite liked it). I've seen double DIN adapters are available to fit the cavernous hole in the dash but would this work? What about connectors?

Another option would be to go for a remote cd changer stuck out of the way somewhere.... this is maybe the easiest solution until I get an iPod for Christmas eh?

Of course no-one would ever go back to the dealers and have the cd changer fitted in the centre armrest would they? Surely not!

Clearly I haven't a clue about what's really available or what I want, other than i'd like an 'original' look if possible (you can keep your bass bins and amps - my hearing is not yet so muted that I need additional assistance, not yet anyway....) I just want a bit more choice!

So then, idea's?