Rhschnauss

MikeAtLincoln

You can get Sirius for at least half price if you tell them it is too expensive. You will be transferred to the "retension department" for a better offer.

superpop

100 bucks is a good deal for all access, don't know about traffic though. I just use Waze as it alerts me to the 5.0.

Corey140

That's a good deal for All Access.

They usually don't deal on the traffic though.

Katie22

Sirus XM has a great lineup but the bit rate is junk. You essentially get less than half of the information that a song takes up to hear correctly. The end result is poor sound quality. Now your car has a great sound system and if your use sirus........well you get the idea.....

On a side note if you really really want Sirus then get it and use your phone to stream it off the internet to the car radio at a MUCH HIGHER bit rate for far better sound quality.

If you have the 3D Burmeister system like we do then its like sacrilege to use Sirus.

Rhschnauss

<div style="text-align:left;">i ended up with all access package plus traffic for $209 for the year. Traffic is an additional fee per month, but I was told it was included in the all access package I ordered. The music package was $99 per year, quite a bit less than having traffic. Wondering if traffic is worth it.<br /><br /></div>

Rhschnauss

Rhschnauss

Will the 2015 be able to get traffic via FM radio, or do you have to buy traffic from Sirius?

TMC (traffic message channel)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_message_channel

kingbkahl

Never pay 100$! I paid 29.99 for 6 months, just keep telling them you arent interested in the price offered, it takes 30 mins but once you do it once, everytime it expires, call them and say you want the same price again!!

steveb9771

Free RDS traffic data via FM radio is only available on pre-facelift W221 vehicles. Mercedes switched to using Sirius traffic with the W221 facelift which requires a paid subscription with Sirius. RDS traffic is a clever solution. It only provides traffic data for roads within the local area (you can't see traffic 50 miles away). Its only real disadvantage is that it can take a few minutes for your vehicle receive traffic data after the engine is started which does not enable you to immediately determine the best route to take. I assume SIrius traffic has a faster update rate (but it might not since it is transmitting traffic data for the entire country). It would have been nice if Mercedes provided BOTH capabilities to receive traffic. I assume Sirius provides Mercedes a financial incentive to restrict their vehicles to use only SIRIUS traffic.

superpop

It is a matter of time before the car manufacturers figure out that they cannot nickel dime people on this stuff, the game has changed. Waze is free and better than any nav or traffic solution I have seen. I would be nice if I could throw waze up on my screen in the car though. I didn't buy my S for the nav though.

lh713