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May 6, 2009 | 09:23 PM

#31

HHR_SS_QC

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From: Quebec City

You don't have to have an XM exterior antenna IMHO. I think the antenna windshield mount, like the one available on the XM website ($19.99), would be OK IMHO.

http://www.xmradio.com/shop/index.xm...ew=accessories

You could get a car XM radio for as little as $19.99CAN. It comes with the car kit. You just glue the antenna to the windshield mount, and you would be ready to go.

http://satellite-radio-source.ca/sto...products_id=34

May 6, 2009 | 09:27 PM

#32

urbexHHR

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From: Frankenmuth/Flint, MI

I hadn't seen the windshield antenna before, but I was thinking of the one that is magnetic that mounts on the roof. My dad has one in his old Silverado, and it scratched up the paint, and is a pain to run the wire around to try and hide it in the interior. It just looks cheap.

It still would have been easier had mine come with it. All I would have to do is order the subscription!

Although, maybe that's a good thing...I don't have the money anyways!!!

May 8, 2009 | 12:09 PM

#33

W0THK

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From: Minneapolis, MN

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrazyCarKid

I wish I had XM in my HHR...but I'd want it original so I had the original antenna and everything. My radio has the CAT button, so I could get it, it's just really the antenna I don't want to deal with.

Anyways, my dad has XM radio in our garage, and I used to hate it. There were no good stations for me. Well, when they merged with Sirius, they added Alt Nation (XM47) which I had heard before at work, and LOVED! Now I love listening to it! I wish I had it in the car!

You should be able to get a XM kit as an accessory from Chevy. Looks like they list for about $225, not including installation. There are third-party kits as well. We used a third-party kit in our HHR as I didn't know about the GM kit at the time. Works OK - not great- but OK.

TomK
Mpls, MN