GM makes XM satellite radio standard on all 2008 Buick, Hummer and Saab models
10/18/2007, 4:04 PM
By Drew Johnson
General Motors has announced that it will make XM satellite radio standard on all 2008 Buick, Hummer and Saab models. All 2008 models will now come with a three month subscription to XM, which can be extended for about $12 a month. XM satellite radio is already standard on all Cadillac models.
GM has already made XM satellite radio standard on several other 2008 models, including the Chevrolet Malibu, Silverado, Tahoe, Cobalt, Corvette and Impala; Saturn Vue, Outlook, Aura and Sky; GMC Acadia, Yukon and Sierra; and the Pontiac G5 and Solstice.
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10/18, 4:05 PM
posted by:
injunraiv
XM FTW!
10/18, 4:07 PM
posted by:
jackjimturkey
As if I needed another excuse.
I already get Tom L. and Savage on the radio, but this is a kicker.
10/18, 4:08 PM
posted by:
autonut
This site is acting up. I placed a comment it disappeared and ended up on Audi forum. Anyway, I want Sirius to listen to Howard.
10/18, 4:11 PM
posted by:
jackjimturkey
Howard has jumped the shark.
10/18, 4:15 PM
posted by:
injunraiv
Anyone else getting the University of Phoenix ads? That redhead is hot!
10/18, 4:16 PM
posted by:
injunraiv
Oh, and Japanese Satellite radio is better…
10/18, 4:21 PM
posted by:
Bryce
injunraiv, I was thinking the same thing the other day.
10/18, 4:29 PM
posted by:
RicardoHead
I am not thrilled with this. I don’t want satrad, I don’t like satrad, and I don’t want to pay for the capability to be in my vehicle. For me, this is a turnoff to GM.
10/18, 4:48 PM
posted by:
CTS DRIVER
oh yeah injuraiv i wouldnt mind that lipstick on my dipstick.
10/18, 5:11 PM
posted by:
A4
i got a university of phoenix ad but theres no chick in it
10/18, 5:12 PM
posted by:
Blakkarr
okay.
10/18, 5:26 PM
posted by:
Madcapp
Wrong choice, Sirius is better.
10/18, 5:26 PM
posted by:
jackjimturkey
rav: i get no redhead
10/18, 5:32 PM
posted by:
Bryce
RicardoHead, satellite radio is the wave of the future. Your sentiments are not unique. They were expressed more than twenty years ago at the onset of cable TV. You’ll conform. Besides, satellite radio is awesome. You’ll realize how much time DJs and commercials take otherwise.
10/18, 6:16 PM
posted by:
Skeeter
First no manual in the G8, now the inferior satellite!?
BTW jimjack a fan of savage? Can’t say I didn’t see that one coming. Language, borders and culture……..what a joke.
10/18, 6:48 PM
posted by:
RicardoHead
Bryce, I wont conform. I’ve had satrad in rentals – it sucks. My company pays for it if we want it, but nobody takes it because it sucks.
Of course people pay for cable TV and it sucks too. I don’t – because it sucks.
10/18, 7:23 PM
posted by:
jackjimturkey
Skeetir. jackjim, not jimjack. jimjack is a STUPID handle!
I’m not exactly a Savage fan. mostly i listen so I can say alout “savage you don’t know what the F— you’re talking about.”
But he does have some good points at times.
R-head: Cable sucks, but in my exurb, you can’t get TV with just an antanna.
10/18, 7:53 PM
posted by:
1c3d0g
I’d prefer HD Radio, but OK.
10/18, 11:10 PM
posted by:
imtrevonte
Well XM is the biggest sat rad provider…more subscribers and more channels. Howard is washed up, he went for the paycheck and left all of his listeners behind…only a very small percentage followed him. Besides, XM and Sirius will be merging, so people can have both.
10/19, 6:57 AM
posted by:
Get Real
Why is the page 2 function on LLN not working ?????
10/19, 8:13 AM
posted by:
SubieDoug
Why is the page 2 function on LLN not working ????? — Get Real
Good question. I used their wonderful “contact us” form over a week ago asking the same thing. To date, no answer, nothing, and you always get the cryptic server error trying to access page two. It sucks.
10/19, 10:26 AM
posted by:
maximus
i prefer AM radio and I’m not kidding.
10/19, 10:51 AM
posted by:
RicardoHead
I prefer MP3 and CDs. HD radio is okay, and so is AM as well as FM. If I really needed to pay for radio, the developing offerings from Slacker.com seem to be far preferable to the offerings of Siri or XM. Slacker is working on ways to let you design your own stations and artists they play rather than take the fixed stations some lame Siri/XM marketer rams up your rear. Can’t remember which rental or which provider, but I was struggling thru their 100-some-odd satrad stations and ended up listening to Greg Brady playing his favorite 70’s songs before I shut the crap off and tuned into free radio. Believe me, hearing advertisements on free radio is far preferable to hearing Greg Brady try to be cool.
10/19, 10:57 AM
posted by:
jackjimturkey
Doug: the page 2 function hasn’t worked for a while.
maximus: savage and The Herd are the only good things on AM (Tom L. is on FM here).
10/19, 1:13 PM
posted by:
golf4me
Sirius better? Maybe if like the channel lineup better, otherwise it’s not. It uses an inferior compression algorithim to XM and the sound quality is noticeably poorer, especially in portable devices such as auto receivers. Every Sirius I’ve heard in the car sounds no better than AM Stereo, though I do wish XM had the NFL! All this is mute, however, as they will be merging soon anyway.
For those of you who “don’t want” XM in your car, then simply don’t sign up after the free months. Every car comes with features you probably don’t want or don’t use, don’t condemn GM for making a popular feature standard. Hell, if I lived in Alaska, I wouldn’t want the added weight and complexity of A/C, but I am not going to condemn every automaker that makes it standard. Otherwise, I’d be left with only the Kia Rio! (I know there are others, but it’s just to make a point)
10/19, 2:27 PM
posted by:
jackjimturkey
audiophile!
10/22, 10:53 AM
posted by:
rodeo40
Bad choice…they should have left it as a dealer installed option offering XM AND Sirius. Maybe the proposed merger of XM and Sirius will make this irrelevant.