My free six month trial period with Sirius on the new truck ended last month. Not a huge deal. This truck gets driven far less than my work truck. But this year we plan to do some serious camping trips with our new toy hauler. Sirius/XM is not a must for us. Most of the songs are boring but when you have that many stations, you can usually find something you like by channel surfing. Once in a blue moon, Laugh USA will even have someone really funny on there. For long trips, its also nice not having to hunt for new stations every hour or so.I am surprised I haven't heard from Sirius yet about signing up. I probably would if the price was really cheap. I don't mean to sound cheap but when a particular vehicle is known to sit parked for over a week, it doesn't make sense to spend much money on something I may only use a time or two each month.What's everyone else paying for Sirius if you don't mind my asking?

We pay $10/month for the "Mostly Music" package on two receivers. We move one of the receivers between two vehicles depending on which one is in regular use at the time. The other other receiver is a factory installed radio.

We have used XM for many years now. Key for us is to have a portable unit that can be moved among vehicles and even the house. My wife loves to listen to the baseball game at the campfire so we rig up an extension from the RV. Yes - we don't use it constantly but the value during a camping trips is worth the price.

We have Sirius in 2 vehicles. We have the minimum, which is still way more than we can ever listen to. The combined cost with tax and all is $28 a month or $14 a vehicle. That's tax and everything. I think the actual cost is a little over $10 a vehicle for the minimum, then add tax and everything and it comes out to about $14 per vehicle. I have both vehicles set on all those country stations. I listen almost 99% of the time to Bluegrass (XM 61).Because you let your original subscription expire, you'll need to pay a new activation fee. I work from home about 50% of the time and my wife works from home almost 100% of the time now. So we don't drive very much any more. But, when traveling, vacations, and when we do use the vehicles, it sure is nice! Most everything on over-the-air radio is pretty much garbage in my opinion, especially today's country music. That's why I like the Bluegrass stations so much! It reminds me of country, when "country" was still "country music!"If you re-activate your subscription, they will try to sell you another subscription for their Sirius stand alone radio you can put in your house. It's also the same price as your automobile, and I think they give you the radio, or it's really cheap. That's something might be worth getting if you really like Sirius. You can take the radio anywhere, even camping, and enjoy it in your camper too.Also, there is no contract. It's a month-to-month subscription. If you don't pay, they turn you off. Simple!

When they do start bugging you, they will offer all kinds of "discounts" --LOL We always let our subscription expire and then when the game begins, we get another year of the "everything" included packages for less than $100 a year. This year I paid $85 for the annual package, which expires in another 3 weeks. Sometime in April or May, they will actually turn the system off and start the game. It's all how you want to play the game.

If your trial expired, wait. XM will send you teaser renewal offers soon. As low as $15 for 3 months. They will also deal if you call them. Just tell them you are on the fence about renewing and get plenty of music on Pandora and such.

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Bumpyroad
Explorer
Feb 22, 2016
Ro"n"Joe wrote:
When Sirius first came out, my DW bought a lifetime membership with a boombox for $500 that has a portable receiver that will work through the a cars radio and thus is portable. Love it. It's similar to this: http://shop.siriusxm.com/xm/ctl10600/cp49759/si6573524/cl1/xm_onyx_ez_with_vehicle_kit__portable_speaker_dock_sd2?utm_campaign=SEM_GOOGLE_SHOP&utm_source=SEM_GOOGLE_PLA

if your radio is modern it will have an Aux input so you can play it thru the vehicle speakers.
bumpy
IDoMyOwnStunts
Explorer
Feb 22, 2016
I have 3 vehicles that have either Sirius or XM. What I do to save a little money is pay for one vehicle plus internet streaming. We use the app on our phones to bluetooth the audio through the stereo in the other 2 vehicles. It works fine as long as you have cell service and a data plan to cover it. The data useage is no more than Pandora. I use it because I can't get sports or news on Pandora.

If I recall correctly, there are some stations you can only get using internet streaming, so it may be worth your while if you like specialized stuff.
Jim_Shoe
Explorer
Feb 22, 2016
When Sirius and XM first merged in 2007, they offered a lifetime subscription on the combination unit and I bought it. I have "holsters" for the unit in my daily driver, MH, Jeep toad and a boom box so I can move the unit between them. I haven't listened to over the air radio since then. No more mouthy DJs.
beemerphile1
Explorer
Feb 22, 2016
SCVJeff wrote:
beemerphile1 wrote:

...I would not recommend a lifetime subscription in a vehicle because it is not transferable. The subscription on my portable is transferable three times.
Yeah it is/ was.. Makes no difference what device it's assigned to. I did the RV in 2006 and the car in 2013. Both are transferable.

From Sirius/XM;

Is my Lifetime subscription transferable?

If you purchased your Lifetime subscription

Before June 20, 2005: Yes, it is transferable from one radio to another any number of times.*
From June 20, 2005 until September 7, 2007: Yes, your Lifetime subscription is transferable a maximum of three times.*
On or after September 8, 2007: Lifetime subscriptions associated with home, portable or dock & play radios can be transferred a maximum of three times.* Lifetime subscriptions first associated with or transferred to radios installed in vehicles by automakers or dealers are NOT transferable unless the radio is stolen, accidentally damaged or defective.

Once a lifetime subscription associated with a home, portable, or dock & play radio is transferred to a radio installed by an automaker or dealer, the subscription becomes non-transferable. Otherwise, Lifetime subscriptions associated with a home, portable or dock & play radio can be transferred a maximum of three times, for a fee.*

https://listenercare.siriusxm.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4555/~/is-my-lifetime-subscription-transferable%3F
AstroRig57
Explorer
Feb 24, 2016
Mr_MrsSchlepprock250 wrote:
Sirius/XM is the best thing since the wheel. I'm a truck driver of 25 years, I think a subscription should be issued at birth.

EDIT: Personally, the folks here saying the stations on Sirius/XM aren't that good are clueless. You have every music genre, every major news hub, all sports..NFL NBA MLB Nascar NHL. Jeez, then you have talk radio, trucking road dog,Oprah,....What else could there be??

Here, here. There it is there. With the exception of some of the talk and sports channels, most of them are commercial free as well. I don't think we've listened to over the air radio since we first got Sirius in 2009. There's 70's on 7, 80's on 8, Classic Vinyl, a dozen other rock genres and half a dozen jazz genres. I also like being able to the access the Traffic and Weather channels in select metro areas when we're traveling as well.
AAFD
Explorer
Feb 24, 2016
I like it due to the fact I can listen to my favorite football, baseball and Hockey team any were I go.

KC
Bumpyroad
Explorer
Feb 24, 2016
AstroRig57 wrote:
Mr_MrsSchlepprock250 wrote:
Sirius/XM is the best thing since the wheel. I'm a truck driver of 25 years, I think a subscription should be issued at birth.

EDIT: Personally, the folks here saying the stations on Sirius/XM aren't that good are clueless. You have every music genre, every major news hub, all sports..NFL NBA MLB Nascar NHL. Jeez, then you have talk radio, trucking road dog,Oprah,....What else could there be??

Here, here. There it is there. With the exception of some of the talk and sports channels, most of them are commercial free as well. I don't think we've listened to over the air radio since we first got Sirius in 2009. There's 70's on 7, 80's on 8, Classic Vinyl, a dozen other rock genres and half a dozen jazz genres. I also like being able to the access the Traffic and Weather channels in select metro areas when we're traveling as well.

x2, but include the 50s and 60's there also. :)
bumpy

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