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Old Feb 1, 2011 | 06:24 PM
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The deal they gave me was $20 for 5 months. I've had this deal for the past 15 months. After the 5 months, I call them to cancel and tell them it costs too much and they just give me the same offer again.
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Old Feb 1, 2011 | 06:27 PM
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I've always paid around $77 a year for sirius after my first year in all my cars. 4 (total).

Just tell them you plan to cancel it if it's that much ($140).
You need to enter prompt 4 which is for cancelation.
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Old Feb 1, 2011 | 06:53 PM
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My family has sirius in all of their calls with all the channels and my Dad called them the other day and said it was too expensive and they cut the price 50% lol worth a try
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Old Feb 1, 2011 | 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by jayarras
I hear ya, pukka...

All this may be a mute point. I lost my job a week or so ago, and so now the wife wants me to hold off on this until I pick up another one. Hopefully that will be soon.
Sorry to hear about the job bro... hope you are enjoying the ride. Another job will come along!
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Old Feb 2, 2011 | 05:22 AM
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I called Sirius and renewed recently for $77 per year for two years.
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Old Feb 2, 2011 | 06:29 AM
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Heads up on the "A la carte" package... It doesn't work for our cars. You must get the premium package with all the channels or our E60 won't sync up to Sirius. Believe me, I tried. It simply wouldn't connect.

I never had Sirius before untill I bought this car. I wasn't going to activate it, but I decided it was worth a try. I bought 3 months for $20 or something like that.

First impressions:
  • sound quality can be better. You can pay for 128kbps which is $2 more, but WTF
  • Some stations still play commercials i.e. Foxxhole radio
  • Signal is kinda sensitive. I can drive by a tree and the station will sometimes go in and out.
  • Doesn't work at all under fixed structure. Signal will dissappear.

Other than that. It annihilates local stations, but Pandora is a great alternative if you don't want to pay for radio.
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Old Feb 2, 2011 | 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Luxurytax
Heads up on the "A la carte" package... It doesn't work for our cars. You must get the premium package with all the channels or our E60 won't sync up to Sirius. Believe me, I tried. It simply wouldn't connect.
That's good to know. Thanks!
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Old Feb 2, 2011 | 03:07 PM
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I too fell victim to the Sirius curse (months left on the previous owner's subscription) and have had it EVER since, on both BMW's! As for deals, the only one I know of is if you have two cars, the second subscription is discounted!
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Old Feb 2, 2011 | 03:50 PM
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2 words in support of Sirius radio

Howard Stern, Bababooie!!

OK. 3 words.

talk stations have commercials but not the music. My one gripe with the music stations is how narrow the stations are (they only play 1 type of music each 80s, hard rock, country, rap)--I like a mix of genres. The loss of signals is a real drag.

If you are doing it for music, I would recommend iPhone and listen to Pandora over the 3G network.
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Old Feb 2, 2011 | 04:25 PM
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I bought a 2008 535xiT in December with SAT radio installed (but not working). I was curious about the pricing and packages, etc., so I logged on to the Sirius site and noticed a free 1 year subscription with your "new" car. I was sure it wasn't going to work but I put in all of my info and the ID number from the radio and POOF! it worked! I got a free year! All I can figure is that the previus owner never actiated the subscription when he or she bought the car. But I actually don't even listen to it that much. I've got 1400 songs on a thumb drive plugged into my USB port so until I get burned out on my own stuff, I probably won't tune in often. But if you've recently bought your car, try what I did.
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