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After hemming and hawing for almost a year, I finally purchased a satellite radio receiver for the car. Alison, the kids, and I are heading to Pennsylvania tonight.
I decided that the only way I would survive the drive across the radio wasteland that is Ohio, would be to buy the radio and subscribe to Sirius.
We were first introduced to Sirius last summer when I borrowed my sister's Jeep for one of my trips to Pittsburgh. It didn't take me long to fall in love with it, but not in love enough to convince me that I would get my money's worth having it in my own car. With the exception of the occasional road trip, I'm not in the car that much.
But lately we have found ourselves spending way too much time tuning around trying to find anything worth listening to on the Lexington airwaves. That gets tiring and frustrating very quickly.
So with this trip pending, I decided to take the plunge. On Saturday, while Ali and the kids were at a nearby park splashing around in the pool, I headed to Best Buy, where I purchased the nifty radio you see in the photo above. I also made an appointment to have it installed.
While I was out and about, I ran to the mall and purchased a pair of Crocs for Ali and a pair for myself. They are great summer shoes, and will come in handy when we wade through the creek on the property in Pennsylvania where we will be visiting next week.
The appointment for the radio installation was yesterday morning. It only took about 90 minutes to complete, and another 5 minutes for me to call Sirius and start my subscription. It was really nice to have the tunage as I made my way back to the mall to exchange our Crocs for the sizes we needed. Insert eye rolling emoticon here. Yep. The ones I bought on Saturday were a size too small.
Oh well, at least I didn't have to drive all the way across town to exchange them.
I need to wrap this up and start packing. We will be leaving in less than 5 hours. We will take our computers with us, so you will likely hear from us both in the coming days.
Ethan has it in his car and I love it! Lily jams to the kid's stations and, as you mention above, it's especially good for the occasional road trip. Enjoy!
Posted by: Cory | July 11, 2006 at 22:03
Safe trip! Enjoy the tunes. See you and all the great pics soon!
Posted by: Monty | July 11, 2006 at 23:18
OK, I'll look ignorant(as usual) and ask what it is? It sounds like a radio that picks up a zillion stations. Am I right?
Posted by: Margaret | July 12, 2006 at 00:39
cool beans. will you be able to use it in you house, too?
Posted by: ally bean | July 12, 2006 at 08:17
is it possible to pick up RP on Sirius?? i can't recall.
excellent choice. saves the trouble of changing cds all the time or losing your favorite radio station to static and not finding another good one for hours.
excellent news.
well, yinz have fun, n'at in pixburg, mkay??
Posted by: lily | July 12, 2006 at 09:22
We have xm radio and use it quite a bit. I don't have radio wasteland to go across but I am fed up with commercials and contests..... and crappy music. I love it. :) Hopefully it made your trip that much better!
Posted by: cj | July 12, 2006 at 10:14
I love Sirius! I have it in my rental cars all the time. Have you found the ALL-ELVIS station yet?
Posted by: Teresa | July 12, 2006 at 23:12
i wasn't going to comment about your new acquisition because i didn't want to sound petulant or envious that you now have a cool electronic gizmo to listen to music with. just because i'm driving a POS with a crappy AM radio that crackles and pops, and drops out when i go under an overpass, no... i'm not jealous. not one little bit.
damn. i want one, but i have to buy a car that won't have its value trebled by installing one first.
Posted by: bothernook | July 13, 2006 at 11:34
I meant to comment, but that was on the day that Typepad would not cooperate. Could you let me know how tough it is to install the Sirius system in one's car, because I bought one for my boyfriend, I think it was for Valentine's Day, and he still has not installed it. You can e-mail me at Beeb52@hotmail.com. Obviously, it may be tough to install if you had it installed by a professional.
Posted by: Elisabeth | July 14, 2006 at 13:49
Allan,
We put XM in the travel-wagon two years ago and have loved it from day one. I was so hopeful that Bill could get RP on there but alas...
However, when cruising from Florida up to Ohio (especially through the Cumberland Gap) it is sooooooo wonderful not to have to channel surf. Congrats on your smarts!
Posted by: SunyBuny | July 25, 2006 at 22:21