[ward]

Originally Posted by milehigh5000

howard sucks balls..o&a all the way

how did they get a 0.0 rating in new york?

those guys are about as pleasant to listen to as kittens being boiled in hot oil

[sajewiczmd]

my 2006 e90 is pre-wired for sirius. is there anything i should know about before asking the dealer to put a sirius unit in my car??? pricing?? should i get it somewhere else cheaper and have them install it??

thanks.

[Driver72]

Well, it doesn't hurt to ask the dealer.
But keep in mind, they are a DEALER and will severly overcharge you to
do it.
Infiniti charged me $500 for the reciever and installation.
BMW wanted $900. I told them they were nuts!!
So we settled on a bit lower price ($711 with tax) which was still outrageous but included the 1 year free.

Ask around someone might be able to do it for you for considerably less.
You can always get an aftermarket unit from Best Buy or somewhere for $100 and $65 install, but it won't be "pretty" and be part of your OEM stereo.

Ask BMW parts department how much the parts are, still ask for discount, no matter what they quote you.
Then that will give you an idea what the dealership is charging for the install.

If you can afford it, it's worth it. FM sucks and not having to commercials with your music is awesome.
It's like Tivo or a DVR, not having to watch the commercials is so much nicer than having to sit through F-in commercials with your TV.

Sirius
DVR/TiVo
High Speed Internet

3 wonderful technologies you must have.

[darkcloud]

Originally Posted by ward

how did they get a 0.0 rating in new york?

those guys are about as pleasant to listen to as kittens being boiled in hot oil

It was something to do with the rating system. How do they go from a high number 1 month, a 0.0 then next and back to a high number again? Explain that.

"oh oh Robin. I created the radio. I am the person responsible for Sirius' success." Howie is almost past his time, O&A are the next big ones.

[ward]

it's not like o+a are new or upcoming, those guys have been around for years and are still nobodys

don't get me wrong, howard is getting older, and loosing a bit of appeal with younger people, but he's got a long way farther to fall to be at o&a's level

plus o&a have a censored show on fm, any sensored stuff is unlistenable....

[TX Coupe]

Originally Posted by Lrscpa

As good as Sirius is, the functionality of the $600 BMW Sirius radio pales in comparison to a $100 aftermarket one, the latter of which can:

• store up to 30 minutes of content
• Pause, FF and Rewind
• Allow multiple artists to be saved in memory with prompting when they play on any station.

These are the exact reasons I did not get the OEM Sirius. If it had these features, I would have considered it. Being able to pause it, or have alerts to artists that are currently playing are great features.

[Driver72]

Guys please don't turn this thread into a Howard vs. Whatever their names are thread!

Hopefully the government will allow Sirius to buy XM and it won't matter.
Long live Sirius Satellite radio, as driving without it would stink!!

[milehigh5000]

Originally Posted by ward

it's not like o+a are new or upcoming, those guys have been around for years and are still nobodys

don't get me wrong, howard is getting older, and loosing a bit of appeal with younger people, but he's got a long way farther to fall to be at o&a's level

plus o&a have a censored show on fm, any sensored stuff is unlistenable....

yeah o&a have a censored show on fm but they still do awesome and are funny as hell..plus after 9 they go to sirius where everything is uncensored..the ratings were messed up by the way..i heard the clips of when howard was talkin about their ratings and it was all bull