How important is radio to you?
 

Hey guys,

I'm doing a little bit of research and I would really appreciate your input. How important is it to you to have a radio (I'm talking strictly AM/FM here, not music in general) in your car? Let's say you were buying an aftermarket deck, would the lack of radio be a no-go?

Thanks for your input :)

EDIT: If there are any other features that are "absolute deal-breakers" please post them below. Thanks :)

for me, no radio = absolute deal breaker.

Ahh.... Looks like the election results after Nov 2nd.


Mu ha ha...................

what the hell is an "eltion" :scratchhe

now back to our regularly scheduled programming...

Radio is a need. How are you supposed to get pumped without some Rage Against The Machine or drive around town without music. As much as I love the sound of this engine, I have tons of music that I would prefer to listen to, music passes time.

Wait do I really have to explain why I like music? lol...

Haha thanks guys... keep in mind this is strictly AM/FM I am talking about here.

No radio = no deal. Other music sources require messing around and many driving or life situations preclude messing around. Satellite is fine, but local college/NPR stations are often better.

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Do they actually make decks w/o fm radio? just curious

Lol guess im a retard, Yes well at anyrate I HAVE to have a radio so...

Just a question, but why AM/FM...?

in my work truck I need the radio to listen to the Tigers when I'm on route/NPR/sports talk/Dave&Chuckthe freak/Mike in the Morning
in my 8 I have no need for it what so ever. I never listen to the radio only CD's.

I NEED a radio. Cant drive without music. However i do drive with the radio off sometimes just for relaxing and hearing the rotary.

I usually can't hear my radio over the TurboXS system. FTW...

Radio in the Speed3 sucks. I mean it has the worst damn reception...

I'd say my listening is easily 99% CD / 1% radio. So no, I wouldn't miss it.

I voted maybe.......Because it would depend on what type of car I would be getting into.

If it's a track 'only' car, then I would prefer to have radio-delete.

If it is my daily driven car, then I would prefer it, even though I don't listen to it much at all these days.

At the end, I'm really not a radio addict. I could do without it, and wouldn't complain either. I simply get so involved in driving, that I forget about all the other distractions.

You also asked of what other features would be absolute deal-breakers. I guess you could put me down for an auto tranny being a deal breaker for my own personal car. Who knows? Maybe I'll be persuaded over to an auto gearbox, such as what the GT-R has. As of now, I'd prefer a true manual, even if it is slower than some of the new DCT transmissions.

I couldn't care less about the radio. I only use my ipod and occasionally a cd or two.

Must have: aux-in, iPod, CD

AM/FM? Never use it.

Almost never use the radio but would still like it. There are occasions where it's good to have though. If there was a set up that was REALLY awesome and that was the one downside, then I'd probably be fine without it.

With the wide range of music today, it's hard for radio to really keep up with everything and I wouldn't find a majority of my music on radio. Maybe satellite, but still not the best.