Hello! I service pianos in a three county area here in central Pa. A fair portion of my work is in rural areas so I do a lot of driving. I usually can schedule a full days work in any location to make a 45-50 mile one way trip worth while. In the last three years I have averaged 14500 business miles per year including trips to meetings and conventions.. Dividing that number by 55 miles per hour, I see I spend 263 hours a year driving around for my business. That is almost 11 full days!! A few months ago, after doing that math, I decided to enhance the quality of those driving hours, so I installed satellite radio in my car. I am amazed how much this has increased my overall enjoyment of my work day. Now during my business driving hours I have 60 commercial-free channels of music to choose from, and 40 more of news and entertainment. Depending on my mood, I can choose rock, jazz, electronica, hip-hop, classical, reggae etc... I am SOOO glad I got this!! I would suggest satellite radio to anyone that puts on a lot of miles driving to work and back. It is a bit of an investment to get set up. Depending on how particular you are about the quality of the sound, you can spend between $380-$600. I believe it is most definitely worth it! I am subscribed to Sirius Satellite Radio www.sirius.com It is $12.99 a month. Its selection of music channels and lack of commercials is what drew me to it. There is also XM Satellite Radio www.xmradio.com This is the one that gets a lot of tv advertising time. It is $9.99 a month but the majority of its channels have commercials. I now look forward to those days when I put on the miles to work. Tomorrow I will easily pass 100 miles round-trip and I still can not wait till driving time! Michael Musial Reedsville Pa (25 miles round trip yesterday) _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
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