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Sirius question
by allagaroo
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Jan 18, 2007 (11:30 am)
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I have on order a '07 A6 3.2Q including the tech. package. Does the car come with the Sirius installed for a gratis trial period?
Thanks,
J
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Re: Sirius question [allagaroo]
by erickpl
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Jan 18, 2007 (11:58 am)
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Replying to: allagaroo (Jan 18, 2007 11:30 am)
I believe if you opted for sat radio, you get a certain amount of time free. For BMW's it is a year. Not sure about other makers.
-Paul
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Re: Sirius question [allagaroo]
by wbwynn
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Jan 18, 2007 (4:31 pm)
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Replying to: allagaroo (Jan 18, 2007 11:30 am)
3 months gratis for Audi
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Re: Sirius question [allagaroo]
by jimbori
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Jan 19, 2007 (5:43 pm)
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Replying to: allagaroo (Jan 18, 2007 11:30 am)
Dealer told me 9 mos free when I picked up my A6 in Nov.
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Re: Sirius question [jimbori]
by wbwynn
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Jan 23, 2007 (3:45 pm)
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Replying to: jimbori (Jan 19, 2007 5:43 pm)
Well mine went dead after 3 mos with a message to "subscribe"; when the AMI is available for ipod, I'm not sure I will keep Sirius. I think I would rather spend the money on itunes of my own personal taste.
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Re: Sirius question [wbwynn]
by markcincinnati
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Jan 24, 2007 (6:14 pm)
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Replying to: wbwynn (Jan 23, 2007 3:45 pm)
After years of making my own playlists on CD's and other formats, I can state that Sirius (and I assume XM) blows the ipod away.
Of course I like variety and songs I may not know popping up, the predictability of even 300 to 3000 songs stored simply gets to be like going to a restaurant that you've been to a 100 times. Even my favorite restaurant has a menu that doesn't change as often as my tastes. The nightly specials are great, but, alas even they jus' don't do it.
I would think if Sat Radio survives financially AND can be accessed via a portable device that does not require "storage" that it could kill an ipod.
Even with shuffle play (which is not really random) the limitations of even thousands and thousands of songs just is too predictable.
Full disclosure, before I decided being poor wasn't too kool, I was a radio station program director -- my personal collection of "albums" exceeds 3,000 (thank you recording companies for the freebies all those many years.)
The beauty of "radio" regardless of its broadcast origin is that it can be creative. Even my best programs, once repeated a few times, bore me.
Sirius ain't perfect -- I have issue with it, in fact -- but it is the best I've heard in a moving vehicle.
Of course, if, like my friend, you go to a restaurant and NEVER order something you've never had before, well, the ipod is a good choice.
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Re: Sirius question [markcincinnati]
by wbwynn
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Jan 25, 2007 (5:24 pm)
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Replying to: markcincinnati (Jan 24, 2007 6:14 pm)
Good comments; I agree with what you say. Paying Howard Stern $100 million up front makes me question the financial mgmt of Sirius. The ipod gives me enough playlist variations to keep the boredom away for a long time.
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Sirius + ipod
by erickpl
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Jan 26, 2007 (8:45 am)
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Replying to: wbwynn (Jan 25, 2007 5:24 pm)
for the win. Have them both. I'm really hoping Denison comes to market SOON with their products that work with the systems like Audi and BMW provide for ipod integration while allowing you to also connect your CD changer, USB devices, and MP3 players.
-Paul
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Re: Sirius question [wbwynn]
by quimax2k
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Feb 06, 2007 (10:08 pm)
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Replying to: wbwynn (Jan 25, 2007 5:24 pm)
well in sirius' defense, i would have to say that they unlike XM have made a very good choice with paying howard that load of money. since he has come to sirius the subscriptions have risen drastically, and now with nascar coming to sirius as well this season, i am sure that subscriptions will continue to rise.. one side note on the howard issue, by paying him that much money he has brought two channels of content , he's brought on a group from florida by the name of bubba the love sponge show (basically a redneck version of howard), a sports guy by the name of scott ferrell, a guy that talks about aliens by the name of riley martin, song parody guy (red peters) and constantly developing new shows.. now look at XM who paid opra a whole crap load of money (if im not mistaken even more than sirius paid howard) and she is only actually on her show maybe 30min a week the rest of the time its all of her "friends" running the show. honestly in my opinion as a consumer who was trying to figure which sat service would be the better value and be around longer, i think it is XM who will be going away before too long. and for the person who brought up the portable sirius unit, yeah they have three portables now, one of which (the stiletto 100) is both a sat radio (the size of most cell phones) but also a mp3 player as well. it not only can pick up the service via the antenna in the headset but by wireless internet as well
ok there is my 3cents worth lol...
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