Sirius

[597]

I'm Thinking about getting Sirius in my car. I was in a rental car in florida last month that had it and I loved it. Any suggestions on devices for the car? (I already have a good head unit, Alpine, but I don't think its Sirius/XM capable)

[SideWinder]

My new Honda has it with a three month free trial. I take it the consensus in this thread to keep it past the free trial period. My oldest son has it in his vehicle and he really likes the variety.

[cigar no baka]

I don't have it yet. I'm going to wait and see if either Sirius or XM ever manage to become profitable before I buy a receiver.

[kevin7]

I'll get it when they give me a reciever for free .

Do you dudes go out and buy a cable box? Hiway robbery to have to pay for a damn reciever if you ask me. My ride to work is 4 minutes so I dont need it. Just enough time to hear "Highway to Hell" every morning to get me all torqued up for work

[boomshay]

Just enough time to hear "Highway to Hell" every morning to get me all torqued up for work

awesome, i do this on the way to school almost every morning

[TheNakedGun]

I Preffer the XM over sirius I will not be renewing Sirius subscription

[basil]

On sirius, current traffic reports roll around every 4 minutes. I've avoided gridlock a couple of times in Dallas. Yeah, you pay for the receiver, just like the cost of the regular radio is figured into the price of the car you buy. Sat radio is in new cars now, so you buy the receiver then. The only difference is the subscription of $12/month. But, you don't have ads buying up all the air time either. The only thing I miss about regular radio is Bob and Tom. BUt there's comedy on satellite too. Programming on the music stations in sat radio is excellent. To me, making a choice is way better than listening to canned formats designed to create audiences that'll buy a specific product(s). I've listened to XM, but like Sirius better. IMO, Stern is the worst thing about Sirius - all the guy does is stroke his dick. period. Look up redundancy in the dictionary and there's a pic of howard stern. So, I think sirius woulda been cheated even if he'd of paid them for a channel. But, I don't have to listen to him either.

So, I like sirius - it's well worth my money goddammit.

CC, your buddy probably doesn't have it tuned to an unused or a weak signal frequency. I've noticed that cars that come with either XM or Sirius have a better reception (perfect, in my experience - country, city, where ever) than the one I installed in my car, which is great most of the time, except when in city, I have to change frequencies a time or two during a trip (they're preset now). This makes me think that the sat radio is just interfaced better from factory now that they come like that.

[chadth]

I'm Thinking about getting Sirius in my car. I was in a rental car in florida last month that had it and I loved it. Any suggestions on devices for the car? (I already have a good head unit, Alpine, but I don't think its Sirius/XM capable)

Check to see if your head unit is capable of taking a sat. antenna. If so, then you will likely want to buy the one that specifically works with your model. Wiring harness can sometimes cause issues.

-Chad