Okay, as I made mention of it, I am contemplating going back to the dealer and having them install OEM sirius in my '09 JCW.

I like the clean look without the clutter of wires and crap everywhere like I did on my '08.

I haven't decided to reuse my XM unit or talk to the dealer but Monday I'll go get some labor quotes. (I can use my bodyshop to get 25% off list price of the part itself)

I ask because though I like the clean look of the Nav, I wasn't overly impressed with it when I got a chance to try it.

So, for those that have it or added it, would you do it again?


Thanks,

Mark

 

Yes, I love my Sirius. It is on 100% of the time I am in the car. Very easy to use with 12 preset stations as well. (at least that's how it works with nav).

 

I've got Sirius and navigation in mine and they both work great!

 

I have it in my car but find I spend more time listening to my IPOD than SIRIUS. The quality is not as good as the Ipod or regular FM and also not as good as the XM radio I had in a previous car. If I had it to do over again, I would have done without the SIRIUS. Probably won't pay for it again after the initial one yea runs out.

 

I was pretty set to add it this week but after finding out it cost 500+ dollars (which I could swallow) but I can't swallow the 300+ dollars to install it.

I'm not paying almost 900 dollars for XM.

Mark

 

I totally agree! I love having the integration and the ability to voice command the Sirius radio, but it sounds terrible compared to the add-in XM that I had in my '06 MCS. Even FM sounds better than the built-in Sirius. If I weren't on a lifetime plan, I would cancel it and use the 8GB flash drive that I have plugged in instead.

BTW, Sirius switched around a few channels about 4 months ago and while my XM radios have all updated themselves, the built-in Sirius radio in the car still has the old channel names. I don't know if this is a Sirius issue or a MINI Sirius radio issue, but it's just plain stupid.