[Rob Hood]

OK, I'm up for renewal on my XM subscription, and I've got free Sirius in my VW Jetta for a few more days. Since sampling the Sirius for the last couple of months, I do like their music selection (classic rock and country stations primarily) better than XM. Both carry the same newstalk stations I listen to as well. I do like XM's traffic coverage better than Sirius' for the Phoenix area, however, although IMO neither does a better job of traffic coverage than the local AM/FM stations. Sirius has NASCAR, but since I'm no longer making 7-hour road trips, that's not necessarily a high priority for me. My XM is portable between my truck and Z, but the Jetta is integral to the OE radio and I would rather be portable (which I know I can get with Sirius as well).

So, who has which one and likes/dislikes? Is it a tomay-to/tomah-to issue? Less filling? Tastes great?

[CMC #37]

I've had XM since getting th 2004 Duramax new...thought I would get rid of it immediately, after all, who would pay for radio, right? Wrong! Love it. No commercials on their own music channels. On channels they carry from other programs like Good Morning America and ESPN there are commercials. When I look into it XM is bigger and has more channels. Some folks do prefer one or the other (XM programming or Sirius). Someone is giving Howard Stern his big bonus on Sirius! XM has NASCAR if I remember right. I like listening to XM on my computer while at home, nice perk. Reception is great on the road.