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Sirius XM is not worth the going rate of $15/month IMO. However, they are constantly offering promotions of something like $30 for 6 months. That makes it worthwhile versus regular radio (I assume you're talking about FM?) to avoid hordes of annoying ass commercials, if those two choices are your only options. ....
That's the question that each person must answer... is it WORTH the price?
So try it, especially around election time, and see if YOU like it.
I LOVE it because I drive everywhere and despise commercials, especially nasty political crappe.
And I get out-of-market football games in season and often listen to the comedy channel for a pleasant change of pace. I'm in SoFla so reception quality is great but YMMV.
... uh, plus I have a great deal of disposable income, so there's that. .
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I have SiriusXM in my car and was impressed during the free trial, so I subscribed for $6/month or whatever it was. Totally worth it. I've heard so much music I never did before. For example when Fleetwood Mac was touring, they had a Fleetwood Mac station for 1 month. Then it became the Billy Joel station, and continually cycles to different bands. There are also stations for every genre of music
We were given Sirius free for 6 months when we bought our 2018 Forester. We've renewed it because we like the news stations vs the music. We will probably let it go next year. It didn't cost that much to renew it because of the promotions. We wouldn't pay full price for it.
My receiver starts recording all twelve of my presets as soon as the cars is started, and keeps the last hour unless the car is shut off. So on longer trips I can listen to the last fifteen or so songs on every preset using the forward and back buttons. Or listen to the same song multiple times. Or cycle through all the presets and come back to the best song, restarting it at the beginning. It's a very nice feature.
We got a year free when we bought our car. Renewed for 6 months at $36. I will not pay more than that, so it will be interesting to see what they offer in a few months time, when we will be due for remewal. I detest commercials so I like that aspect.
They kept sending me offers after the promo activation on my new vehicle expired. I finally accepted 12 months for $70.
The sound quality isn't nearly as good as music streamed from my phone BUT it's at least always available everywhere for times when I want something different. What I do hate is all the talk from the hosts. If I wanted to hear talking I would be tuned in to talk radio...good grief.
I can't stand morning shows on FM radio. It took about a month of that and commercials to force me to SiriusXM (my dad already had it).
1. No commercials. TV ads are annoying, but radio ads are far far worse IMO. At least some TV ads can be entertaining or something.
2. Wider variety of music. I dislike most music that dominates FM radio. Alt rock hasn't been truly popular in a long time. There's usually just one or two rock stations and they might not always play what I like. Whereas with FM I might listen to 1 or 2 stations (if lucky), I regularly listen to 5 stations with a few extra on standby in case none of those are playing songs I like.
3. Road trips. At the time I was travelling between GA and TX for school. It was painful hunting for FM stations, most of which were country which I can't stand.
4G internet everywhere along with smart phones & bluetooth have made satellite radio obsolete. Things like Slacker, Spotify, Amazon Music, etc, are the wave of the future.
When my free Sirius sub ran out, I didn't really care. I really wasn't using it in lieu of the above.
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