SiriusXM Radio?

[TripleB]

Over the past several years I've never really listened to the radio in my car much. Always preferred to have what I wanted to listen to on CD (or now USB) so I didn't have to listen to commercials, heard the songs I wanted to hear, and could avoid songs with profanity if my children were in the car.

My new car came with a 3 month subscription to SiriusXM Radio (I assume it's XM, beside the radio it says 'Sirius' but the info they gave me said 'SiriusXM') and I haven't put a CD or USB in since I got the car. Mainly jamming to 'Hair Nation', '80s on 8', 'Classic Rewind', 'Prime Country' (wife and 15 year old daughter), 'The Message', and 'Radio Disney' (5 year old son).

After the 3 months runs out it looks as though they have a package with those stations (and about 65 more) for $9.99 a month.

2 Questions:
1) Do you find SiriusXM a reliable service (mine cuts out in the garage) and a worthwhile service?
2) Is there a way to get better rates than what they show on their website?

Thanks for any input.

TripleB

 

[ollinger]

Cheapest rates are when your older brother is a consulting electrical engineer for Sirius, as mine is for another year or so. Beyond that, are you quibbling about 10 bucks a month?? You spend twice that on each demo shipment. Offer them 5 a month and see what happens. The satellite service can be blocked briefly by hills and buildings. If it cuts out in the garage, just try to spend less time there.

 

[West Coast Ace]

My new Mini Cooper S came with 1 yr of Sirius - I didn't even use it. Was too happy with the iPod connection. @ollinger's logic is correct - it isn't much for the price - but why pay anything when you can create your own for free? We are on a tennis board - $120 will still buy some nice tennis gear.

 

[mikeler]

I love SiriusXM. Yes, it will cut out in a garage or under a large bridge but for the most part the feed is reliable. I break it down into a cost per hour. So let's say you will listen to it for 1 hour a day for 30 days. Now it is $10/30 hour or 33 cents per hour of entertainment. Tell me where else you can get entertainment for that price?