Buying New Car - Page 2

Pie · 02-22-2010, 09:36 AM

It's not so much the sound quality I'm concerned with -- what with road noise and all. It's reception of stations that currently are too staticky to listen to, like WYPR in Baltimore, or secondary digital channel, like WAMU-3, that I don't have access to right now.

glatt · 02-22-2010, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Pie

It's not so much the sound quality I'm concerned with -- what with road noise and all. It's reception of stations that currently are too staticky to listen to, like WYPR in Baltimore, or secondary digital channel, like WAMU-3, that I don't have access to right now.

You heard them bragging about that station all last week too, didn't you?

Pie · 02-22-2010, 09:51 AM

Naw, I switched over to the scratchy WYPR. I gave them $750 last year (and will do so again this year); I don't feel obligated to listen to the damn pledge drive!

Undertoad · 02-22-2010, 10:06 AM

You can put in Sirius/XM (for a lot less than that per year) and get two crystal-clear NPR stations.

jinx · 02-22-2010, 10:21 AM

I love having sirius... Hate being without in this rental.

Pie · 02-22-2010, 10:26 AM

No, WAMU's a charitable contribution -- getting XM won't remove that obligation. I prefer local programming. It's the only way I find out anything about my area.

glatt · 02-22-2010, 10:41 AM

So you're the one not buying a newspaper and letting the Washington Post decline!

Pie · 02-22-2010, 12:07 PM

Who has time to read?! I'm too busy posting on teh Cellar!

Cyclefrance · 02-22-2010, 01:02 PM

Not sure if all the humor will translate from UK to US but this is my son's view on UK style of customising a car

Juniper · 02-22-2010, 03:20 PM

I got hubby XM for Christmas. Now I want it too. I can never find anything worth listening to. I also covet the GPSr I got him the year before. We trade off and I get it whenever I have a road trip, but I think we need our own. Though he needs it more than I do.

Cloud · 02-22-2010, 05:31 PM

I love the GPS in my iphone. Follow the little blue dot!

monster · 03-04-2010, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Cyclefrance

Not sure if all the humor will translate from UK to US but this is my son's view on UK style of customising a car

Is Chris Cohen your son? he's a riot!

monster · 03-04-2010, 10:30 AM

(from the Chris Cohen channel. In hindsight probably should have been put in the humor thread as it has nothing to do with cars, but.....)

02-22-2010, 09:36 AM	#16
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	It's not so much the sound quality I'm concerned with -- what with road noise and all. It's reception of stations that currently are too staticky to listen to, like WYPR in Baltimore, or secondary digital channel, like WAMU-3, that I don't have access to right now. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

02-22-2010, 09:51 AM	#18
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Naw, I switched over to the scratchy WYPR. I gave them $750 last year (and will do so again this year); I don't feel obligated to listen to the damn pledge drive! __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

02-22-2010, 10:21 AM	#20
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	I love having sirius... Hate being without in this rental. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

02-22-2010, 10:26 AM	#21
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	No, WAMU's a charitable contribution -- getting XM won't remove that obligation. I prefer local programming. It's the only way I find out anything about my area. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

02-22-2010, 12:07 PM	#23
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Who has time to read?! I'm too busy posting on teh Cellar! __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

02-22-2010, 10:06 AM	#19
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	You can put in Sirius/XM (for a lot less than that per year) and get two crystal-clear NPR stations.

02-22-2010, 10:41 AM	#22
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	So you're the one not buying a newspaper and letting the Washington Post decline!

02-22-2010, 01:02 PM	#24
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Not sure if all the humor will translate from UK to US but this is my son's view on UK style of customising a car __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

02-22-2010, 03:20 PM	#25
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	I got hubby XM for Christmas. Now I want it too. I can never find anything worth listening to. I also covet the GPSr I got him the year before. We trade off and I get it whenever I have a road trip, but I think we need our own. Though he needs it more than I do.

02-22-2010, 05:31 PM	#26
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I love the GPS in my iphone. Follow the little blue dot! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

03-04-2010, 10:30 AM	#28
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	(from the Chris Cohen channel. In hindsight probably should have been put in the humor thread as it has nothing to do with cars, but.....) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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