Tag: XM Radio
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The Hope of the World
A few months ago, I got a new car (a 2015 Mazda CX-5). Among the many features that it offered through the in-dashboard display was Pandora connectivity. I’d never really bothered with any of the music streaming services, as I like to believe that I have better taste than some computer algorithm, and I have an extensive enough music collection to avoid getting bored with it. I’d already had Sirius satelilte radio installed to save me the horrors of FM radio, and typically spend my (recently doubled) drive time listening to Sirius XMU, which generally plays a pretty decent selection… Read more
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Roadside disservice
I’ve been having a couple of issues with my car, recently. For some reason, when you turn the ignition, if it doesn’t start the first time, it won’t the second, or third, or fourth…you basically have to sit back for half an hour and then try again. If I’d had the time and money I would have taken it into the dealership and had it looked at, but I’m nothing if not a procrastinator (I think – I’ll have to give it some more thought later), so I just left it. As a workaround, I just developed a specific combination of… Read more