[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?

[CamaroFS34]

I first experienced XM in a rental car I grabbed at BWI and drove down to Jacksonville and back. I loved not having to switch stations through multiple states.

When Joel Fehrman lent me his SE-R for a few weeks while my green car was spending some quality time in Atlanta, I again got to play with XM.

I got an XM "Roady" (portable) soon afterwards, and just renewed the yearly subscription the other week. Mine spends most of the time on XM 47 (ethel), 150 (comedy) and 204 (home ice). The traffic reports are great too, as is the music selection (I also jump between squizz, lucy and the 80s station). Pat has his own "setting" for Opie and Anthony.

I can't see buying Sirius for one station (Stern). I'm sorry, his antics do nothing for me.

Karen