Anybody serious about Sirius

[CajunBass]

I wouldn't be without it. I've got it in the car, and have the app on my smartphone. I haven't listened to terrresterial radio in about four years.

We listen to NASCAR (90), Willies Roadhouse (56), 60's on 6 (6), and Prime Country...I forget the number for that one...58, 59..maybe.

Cousin Bruce seriously needs to stick a sock in it.

Ain't that the truth? As soon as he comes on, I hit the button.

 

[heatheroo]

I like it. When you are doing some serious driving Radio Classics can make the drive more bearable: Dragnet, Gun Smoke, Tales of the Texas Rangers, Johnny Dollar, etc.....

Real Jazz has pretty good variety, Patriot radio is good for the conservative types. Deep Tracks plays stuff you don't hear often. I also like: The Pulse, The Spectrum, Blue Collar Comedy, The Highway, Classic Vinyl......

 

[gdnagle]

You can get much better deals, just call and threaten to cancel, they'll transfer you to another agent. They figure better to get a few bucks than not.
I love mine, have them in 3 cars.

Only problem I have with them is it's full price for additional radios. At least Direct TV lets you get extra receivers for $5 extra a month. We have it in one truck and a portable unit. Radio Classics and oldies and country is about all we listen to.

 

[BigBoy99]

I bought a subscription when they were offering "life time" subscriptions for $395. This was back in 2009. The five years I've had it have averaged $79 a year and each year the average goes down.

There still are some commercial free channels on Sirius but they are few and fare between. When I signed up, any channel with a number less than 100 was a free channel. When Sirius sign the $500M deal with Howard Stern, that is when money became the BIG thing with Sirius. Commercial began appearing on most every channel. As far as I'm concerned, they can drop Stern and go back to the way it was.

 

[SmokeStack Lightning]

Just bought a new SUV, and got the three-month promotional Sirius plan.
So far I like it. Here in New Mexico and around the four corners, you run in and out radio coverage, especially FM, every time you cross another ridge.
Yesterday I got an offer in the mail that included a year for $99.
Mostly so far I listen to Willie's Roadhouse.
How many you guys think its worth paying for?

Sirius came in my '10 F-150 free for 6 months.

I didn't have it turned on for 6 months and 2 weeks after turning it on, here comes all these 'offers' from companies I have had no dealings with.

Once monthy for 2 years I would recieve a new subsciption offer from Sirius.

If your SUV has Sirius, you probably have a USB2 hub and Bluetooth capability, too.

I loaded 5,000 songs on a mini thumb drive (about 1/4" long)
and another 3,000 on my cell phone's memory card.

If Pandora or Slacker isn't available to bluetooth into my 150's sound system, I use my stored music or listen to local radio.

I'm just too cheap to subscribe, I guess.

Visit some other forums for vehicles cuz there are ways for recieving a 1 year subsciption for @ $49.

 

[Comrad]

It's a love hate relationship. I use it but it drives me crazy with signal drop outs that sound like songs skipping. In addition the quality of the sound is not good. You get used to it but if I go off the satellite to over the air FM there is a noticeable improvement in sound quality on FM. The signal on satellite is so compressed they lose a lot of the sound.
I am also a little annoyed by the DJs who can't **** and talk over songs. If I wanted to listen to an over the hill DJ I wold listen to FM.
Having said all that, I listen almost exclusively everyday. It's nice to choose from 50s, 60's, 70's etc..

 

[Stonecove]

I've had it for 4 years. It started out at about $120 year and gradually increased every year. Recently we got a price increase to $189.00 so I called them to cancel. They immediately dropped the price to $89.00 year. I told them I didn't like that I had to threaten to quit before they offered a lower price. I cancelled the service and I just listen to my I phone on I Heart Radio or Blaze Network. I predict all car radios will have a cell phone dock in the future and Sirius will be out of business in 5 years. Don't miss it a bit. Oh yea they sent me a notice that the service was turned on for free so I checked it out. Guess what-- all the channels I used to listen to were blocked!
Stonecove

 

[Brian41]

I have it in my truck and is great on trips. I listen to Fox news and talk radio mainly. I've also kept up my On Star and minutes on their car phone.
Sure I could save money dropping both but life is worth spending a few dollars.
My wife will soon be driving my truck to her new second shift job in the city. She'll enjoy the commute with the radio and I'll rest easier knowing she'll have On Star too.

 

[palmetto99]

I went with XM about a year before the merger with Sirius. I liked the fact that XM had no DJ's and almost no commercials. I also liked most of the content. I also went with the online service to listen to while at work (this was pre Pandora). With the merger, I lost most of the stations that I liked (even online) and have found that Sirius stresses personalities over content. I have no idea who any of the DJ's are and rather not hear them. I'll keep the service for now ( I pay yearly), but I will drop it at some point and I'm not sure I would go with it if I had it to do all over again.

 

[Frank237]

For those of us in RURAL America XM/Sirius is a God send. Especially 15 years back! ALL I got were local Country Western/Hillbilly channels. NEWS was the LOCAL news....whose barn burned down, etc.

I joke that had I NOT gotten XM years back I would have retired from the Hwy patrol probably a few years earlier. XM made my shifts so much more enjoyable.

DO wait a few months and they will shoot you a deal.

 

[RonJ]

I don't drive much anymore so I don't subscribe. Sitting out on the deck listening to commercial radio is irksome. I swear some of the talk shows have MORE commercials than show content.
If I were driving to work everyday I'd buy Sirius. They give us a few free days every few weeks and I haven't found the commercials overbearing like broadcast.

 

[straightshooter1]

I purchased the Lifetime subscription to Sirius in 2007. However, that doesn't mean what you think it does.

The short version is that I have used up all the "change radios" (like buying another car and changing the subscription to that radio) that my Lifetime subscription allows so when my '14 Pathfinder radio goes away, (I think even if I total the Pathfinder) my Lifetime subscription goes away.

The only exception is if the radio malfunctions and Sirius agrees, then I can change to another radio.

I usually listen to books, but sometimes I use Sirius. I like it, but only listen to 4 stations/channels,spots,places-whatever they are called.

Bob

 

[sipowicz]

I refuse to pay for radio...there is enough free stuff that can entertain me on the way to the 99 cent store. And the commercial with ex Music Television VJ Mark Goodman hitting the "on" button annoys the hell out of me.

 

[indiandave]

I have a long commute. 40 miles each way. I have Sirius and I love it. The music stations don't have commercials. They have a very big variety of music, talk and news.
I'm the kind of person who always has the radio on in my car. Sirius makes my commute seem shorter. Haven't listened to regular radio in years.

 

[cowart]

I loaded 5,000 songs on a mini thumb drive (about 1/4" long) and another 3,000 on my cell phone's memory card.

Even better than a thumb drive is an iPod - see
Apple iPod Nano 16GB 7th Generation - Various Colors - Sam's Club

You can increase/decrease the sound quality to suit your needs. There are many more options for how the tracks being played are selected - by artist, by album, by playlist, particular songs, etc. If you drive multiple vehicles, you can switch the device between them. When you go to the gym, it will work with ear phones.

I have about 1,800 songs stored in CD quality on an old 16Gb ipod - there are much larger ones available.

No subscription fee ever...

Many cars come pre-equipped to connect an iPod to the car's stereo system using a special cable:

 

[MajorDude]

I've had XM since way before Sirius. I had three radios at one time, but down to one car and the Internet add on, which I listen to on computer in my office, iPhone and ipad. I play it from the iPad to stereo systems. I've been hooked on Outlaw Country recently but I listen to baseball games, golf channel, smooth jazz, Jimmy Buffet, etc, etc, etc. I think it's a great value and like that my programming is there no matter where I travel. I like it better than Pandora. I would buy their stock (cheap!) if there wasn't so much free competition.

 

[Beemerguy53]

For about the last six years, I have had XM in my home, and Sirius in my car. (I don't know why they don't just merge the station lists and be done with it.) I can't remember the last time I listed to AM or FM stations.