On 4/25/16 4:19 PM, Keine Keyserschei�e wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:34:00 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 4/25/16 10:35 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:25:00 -0400, Keine Keyserscheiße
wrote:

I guess I lucked out. The original owner of my truck must have bought a lifetime subscription. Mine
has been playing for five years now, and I've never heard from them. Only place to get 'Bluegrass
Junction'!
--

... and he forgot or just did not know he could transfer that to
another receiver


Maybe that's why he got rid of the truck.
I don't "get" the concept of Sirius unless you happen to live in a
really ****ty media market with limited choices of radio programming or
you don't have a little player that holds hundreds or thousands of your
selections you can play through your car radio. My truck's radio came
with about a half dozen of these subscription services pre-programmed
that you have to sign up and pay for...not likely I'll choose any of them.

DC is a great media market, but the media is full of commercials. I'd rather listen to music without
a commercial every two to three minutes.

If I were you, I'd stick with your little player.
--

The "media" is only full of commercials if you dial up a "commercial"
radio station. I don't. I listen to two non-commercial "classical music"
stations and WAMU for news and intelligent discussions. If I happen to
not like the music selections available on the radio, I simply switch to
the 30+ gigs of my favorite music on my iPhone, ranging from Aaron
Neville to Wynton Marsalis, with thousands of alphabetical stops in
between, including the Dillards. I think but I am not sure that the
truck sound system will also play, via bluetooth, my favorite internet
radio stations, which are also non-commercial. Haven't tried that yet.

For my bluegrass break this morning, I was listening to Vivaldi's music
for lute and mandolin.

On Monday, 25 April 2016 17:07:10 UTC-3, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 4/25/16 2:47 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:34:00 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 4/25/16 10:35 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:25:00 -0400, Keine Keyserscheiße
wrote:

I guess I lucked out. The original owner of my truck must have bought a lifetime subscription. Mine
has been playing for five years now, and I've never heard from them. Only place to get 'Bluegrass
Junction'!
--

... and he forgot or just did not know he could transfer that to
another receiver


Maybe that's why he got rid of the truck.
I don't "get" the concept of Sirius unless you happen to live in a
really ****ty media market with limited choices of radio programming or
you don't have a little player that holds hundreds or thousands of your
selections you can play through your car radio. My truck's radio came
with about a half dozen of these subscription services pre-programmed
that you have to sign up and pay for...not likely I'll choose any of them.

These satellite radio stations are good for people who want to just
hear music and not commercials. There are lots of different channels
with some that just play obscure stuff like all Elvis, all Buffett or
all Grateful Dead. I understand it for folks who are not willing to
figure out the MP3 thing or just don't want to fool with it.

BTW I am sure your truck has ports for a couple kinds of flash media
and if you got the good radio it probably has a hard drive. I am not
sure how big the drive is but the Dodge I rented ate 4 gig and didn't
even bump the "gauge" off of empty.


Ports it has, but I haven't probed deeply enough to determine if it has
a hard drive. It also has a wireless charging pad for a cell phone and
an AC electric receptacle in the bed.

Heard someone talking about those pad cellphone chargers on the telly. Thought they said Apple IPhones don't work on them unless you buy a separate 'case'???

On 4/25/16 4:40 PM, True North wrote:
On Monday, 25 April 2016 17:07:10 UTC-3, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 4/25/16 2:47 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:34:00 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 4/25/16 10:35 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:25:00 -0400, Keine Keyserscheiße
wrote:

I guess I lucked out. The original owner of my truck must have bought a lifetime subscription. Mine
has been playing for five years now, and I've never heard from them. Only place to get 'Bluegrass
Junction'!
--

... and he forgot or just did not know he could transfer that to
another receiver


Maybe that's why he got rid of the truck.
I don't "get" the concept of Sirius unless you happen to live in a
really ****ty media market with limited choices of radio programming or
you don't have a little player that holds hundreds or thousands of your
selections you can play through your car radio. My truck's radio came
with about a half dozen of these subscription services pre-programmed
that you have to sign up and pay for...not likely I'll choose any of them.

These satellite radio stations are good for people who want to just
hear music and not commercials. There are lots of different channels
with some that just play obscure stuff like all Elvis, all Buffett or
all Grateful Dead. I understand it for folks who are not willing to
figure out the MP3 thing or just don't want to fool with it.

BTW I am sure your truck has ports for a couple kinds of flash media
and if you got the good radio it probably has a hard drive. I am not
sure how big the drive is but the Dodge I rented ate 4 gig and didn't
even bump the "gauge" off of empty.


Ports it has, but I haven't probed deeply enough to determine if it has
a hard drive. It also has a wireless charging pad for a cell phone and
an AC electric receptacle in the bed.

Heard someone talking about those pad cellphone chargers on the telly. Thought they said Apple IPhones don't work on them unless you buy a separate 'case'???


Yes, the current iterations of the iPhone don't work with the pad
chargers. There are adapter and cases, but the reviews of these I've
seen are mixed. The iPhone 7 probably will allow the use of a pad
charger, but...I don't know whether that means it will work through the
sort of heavily padded iPhone case I prefer.

On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:28:58 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

the 30+ gigs of my favorite music on my iPhone, ranging from Aaron
Neville to Wynton Marsalis, with thousands of alphabetical stops in
between, including the Dillards. I think but I am not sure that the
truck sound system will also play, via bluetooth, my favorite internet
radio stations, which are also non-commercial. Haven't tried that yet.


Bluetooth from the radio on the phone should work. I will suggest that
you see about putting your favorite music right into the truck system.
You should be able to break it out into different play lists to make
that more manageable. ~6,000 songs may be great for bragging rights
but it is not very user friendly.
If you are linked to he phone, it will still mute/stop the playback
while you are on the phone. It can also read your texts to you and it
can let you voice to text back if it is like the Samsung to Lincoln
connection my wife has.

On 4/25/16 4:52 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:28:58 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

the 30+ gigs of my favorite music on my iPhone, ranging from Aaron
Neville to Wynton Marsalis, with thousands of alphabetical stops in
between, including the Dillards. I think but I am not sure that the
truck sound system will also play, via bluetooth, my favorite internet
radio stations, which are also non-commercial. Haven't tried that yet.


Bluetooth from the radio on the phone should work. I will suggest that
you see about putting your favorite music right into the truck system.
You should be able to break it out into different play lists to make
that more manageable. ~6,000 songs may be great for bragging rights
but it is not very user friendly.
If you are linked to he phone, it will still mute/stop the playback
while you are on the phone. It can also read your texts to you and it
can let you voice to text back if it is like the Samsung to Lincoln
connection my wife has.



It does do two-way texts...learned that by accident. I'm really taking
it slow with the technology, since it has been a while since I drove a
truck, and though I've had pickups before, this one is pretty big and
coupled with the six speed manual, driving it properly requires a bit of
attention.

On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:59:09 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 4/25/16 4:52 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:28:58 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

the 30+ gigs of my favorite music on my iPhone, ranging from Aaron
Neville to Wynton Marsalis, with thousands of alphabetical stops in
between, including the Dillards. I think but I am not sure that the
truck sound system will also play, via bluetooth, my favorite internet
radio stations, which are also non-commercial. Haven't tried that yet.


Bluetooth from the radio on the phone should work. I will suggest that
you see about putting your favorite music right into the truck system.
You should be able to break it out into different play lists to make
that more manageable. ~6,000 songs may be great for bragging rights
but it is not very user friendly.
If you are linked to he phone, it will still mute/stop the playback
while you are on the phone. It can also read your texts to you and it
can let you voice to text back if it is like the Samsung to Lincoln
connection my wife has.



It does do two-way texts...learned that by accident. I'm really taking
it slow with the technology, since it has been a while since I drove a
truck, and though I've had pickups before, this one is pretty big and
coupled with the six speed manual, driving it properly requires a bit of
attention.

I have had a stick all of my life. It is second nature to me.
I will say, you will find yourself doing the "cabbie speed shift"
after a while, skipping 3 of those six speeds unless you are hauling a
trailer or something.
I end up using all 5 in my Prelude but not in order.

On Monday, April 25, 2016 at 6:50:24 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:59:09 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 4/25/16 4:52 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:28:58 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

the 30+ gigs of my favorite music on my iPhone, ranging from Aaron
Neville to Wynton Marsalis, with thousands of alphabetical stops in
between, including the Dillards. I think but I am not sure that the
truck sound system will also play, via bluetooth, my favorite internet
radio stations, which are also non-commercial. Haven't tried that yet..


Bluetooth from the radio on the phone should work. I will suggest that
you see about putting your favorite music right into the truck system.
You should be able to break it out into different play lists to make
that more manageable. ~6,000 songs may be great for bragging rights
but it is not very user friendly.
If you are linked to he phone, it will still mute/stop the playback
while you are on the phone. It can also read your texts to you and it
can let you voice to text back if it is like the Samsung to Lincoln
connection my wife has.



It does do two-way texts...learned that by accident. I'm really taking
it slow with the technology, since it has been a while since I drove a
truck, and though I've had pickups before, this one is pretty big and
coupled with the six speed manual, driving it properly requires a bit of
attention.

I have had a stick all of my life. It is second nature to me.
I will say, you will find yourself doing the "cabbie speed shift"
after a while, skipping 3 of those six speeds unless you are hauling a
trailer or something.
I end up using all 5 in my Prelude but not in order.

My Boxster was a six speed, but I never did the skip-shift in it. There's good evidence that lugging an engine in too high a gear is really bad for it, as it puts excessive loads on the internals. Besides, the Boxster made some good music when revving, even if you weren't getting on it hard. Too much fun.

I got lazy so the last two cars, the 'vette and the Audi, have both been autos. Faster anyways, and with the 8 speed in the Audi, it's always in the correct gear to scoot. In sport mode it's very entertaining.

On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 18:48:33 -0700 (PDT), Its Me
wrote:

On Monday, April 25, 2016 at 6:50:24 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:59:09 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 4/25/16 4:52 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:28:58 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

the 30+ gigs of my favorite music on my iPhone, ranging from Aaron
Neville to Wynton Marsalis, with thousands of alphabetical stops in
between, including the Dillards. I think but I am not sure that the
truck sound system will also play, via bluetooth, my favorite internet
radio stations, which are also non-commercial. Haven't tried that yet.


Bluetooth from the radio on the phone should work. I will suggest that
you see about putting your favorite music right into the truck system.
You should be able to break it out into different play lists to make
that more manageable. ~6,000 songs may be great for bragging rights
but it is not very user friendly.
If you are linked to he phone, it will still mute/stop the playback
while you are on the phone. It can also read your texts to you and it
can let you voice to text back if it is like the Samsung to Lincoln
connection my wife has.



It does do two-way texts...learned that by accident. I'm really taking
it slow with the technology, since it has been a while since I drove a
truck, and though I've had pickups before, this one is pretty big and
coupled with the six speed manual, driving it properly requires a bit of
attention.

I have had a stick all of my life. It is second nature to me.
I will say, you will find yourself doing the "cabbie speed shift"
after a while, skipping 3 of those six speeds unless you are hauling a
trailer or something.
I end up using all 5 in my Prelude but not in order.

My Boxster was a six speed, but I never did the skip-shift in it. There's good evidence that lugging an engine in too high a gear is really bad for it, as it puts excessive loads on the internals. Besides, the Boxster made some good music when revving, even if you weren't getting on it hard. Too much fun.

I got lazy so the last two cars, the 'vette and the Audi, have both been autos. Faster anyways, and with the 8 speed in the Audi, it's always in the correct gear to scoot. In sport mode it's very entertaining.

You can do a 1-3-5 if you are just bumping the car down the road
without lugging the engine. All those gears are for aggressively
driving where you want to hold it in the power band at different
speeds. You should be double clutching if you are serious about
getting to a lower gear and making a smooth downshift transition.
I did dabble in a little racing about 45-50 years ago but I outgrew
it. In those days it was English sports cars. They just laughed at my
Corvette.

I run through town in 3rd on my Guzzi. Get it out on the road and a lot of times I'll do the 1-3-5 Dom a dead stop. Lugging isn't good. I agree

Tim
"I run through town in 3rd on my Guzzi. Get it out on the road and a lot of times I'll do the 1-3-5 Dom a dead stop. Lugging isn't good. I agree "


Did you get to any of the Chicago vs St. Louis playoff games?
No Canadian teams to cheer for this year.