Sirius

HitchtedIn2006

Does anyone else have satellite radio? I only got it as my Dad got some deal on his account and gave me the radio as a gift... so there are 3 units on his account (dad, me and brother- all in 3 different states). I only really use it for road trips or driving between the QC and Peoria. I listen to it more online at home when using the computer or doing boring computer stuff at work (when I can listen to it that is!). The only complaint I have about is that the time isn't set to Central Time Zone... it's set as Eastern Time Zone (well, my dad/main account holder lives in Maryland... so that may explain that). I would have thought it would automatically change time zones as cell phones do. But it's not really a complaint per say!

I don't listen to it in the car around town because it takes more effort to get it all set up for a 5-10 minute drive than it is worth. Plus I like Jim Rome on ESPN radio in the daytime I don't want my car to get broken into... whether it's the midwest or not!

I have some friends that have XM and enjoy it as well. I like flying Air Train for this reason. 

mah482

We just bought a Chevy Malibu and it came with XM radio. We love it, especially for long car rides back to west central Missouri. We actually don't even use the normal radio. When we came back from MO after July 4th, DH slept and I flipped through the channels. The comedy channels were really entertaining.

HitchtedIn2006

The comedy channels are great for road trips. We drove to KCMO in June and that kept the sanity for us. Plus, DH and I don't agree on the same music. It's usually who is driving gets the pick the music.   (It SHOULD be that the wife always picks, hehehe.)

 

I do see it as one of those "frivolous" expenses... but I'm enjoying spending my money as I please while I can before kiddos or being a SAHM (it's an option I may pursue later). 

mah482

I'm not sure if we'll renew it after it expires.  We only have it because it came free on the car.  The same can be said about OnStar.  We use it for navigation, but I'd rather have something that has pictures.

HitchtedIn2006

You can renew it after your trial expires. They want your money

mah482

Oh, we know. We just aren't sure if we want to pay for it. We're trying to buy a house and every penny helps!

aprilbridezilla19

we just use our iTrips.  It works for us.  Most of the time we do books on tape and it entertains us.  Then we trade off music.  I don't know if we'd use XM or not!  And the IL's bought us a Garmin for our birthdays so we're pretty set on the electrical toy front   I know people that love satellite radio though!

mah482

We'd love to have a navigation system. I don't know where anything is. We've lived here for two months and I still drive around forever looking for things.