RedCandySHO
Canuck SHO 2
Anyone here have Sirius Nav traffic? Been thinking about getting now that I am in the USA cities a lot....worth it?
Sirius Nav Traffic?
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SHOrod
Torrie Tuned
I had it for awhile and did like it when I was driving through the Twin Cities, but that was the only place that I ever had it provide any information. I was on my way to a destination in northern Wisconsin. Since I had a destination programmed, Nav Traffic alerted me to an accident and expected delays and asked if I wanted it to route me around the incident. Not fully understanding what I was doing at the time, I told it to ignore and I never did see the accident or experience traffic delays, but it was a neat feature and option. Not neat enough to convince me to subscribe to Sirius though.
Are you looking to add this to the factory Nav system, or considering it for voice only (non-Nav system)?
-Rod
Are you looking to add this to the factory Nav system, or considering it for voice only (non-Nav system)?
-Rod
EcoBrick Bob
SHO Member
When I had it (first 6 mo in Flex) only alerted me a couple times... Both had cleared before I got there. Ran into both delays and accidents it did not know about. Great Idea though if it worked.
Um I think it is worth it. I have it and live in VEGAS. Its like "LA Lite" out here in many ways, including traffic. If the road is red from traffic, I would say most of the time when I get to that part, traffic is indeed at a standstill. In addition to highways, it also appears to show major city streets. I have seen it update even as I arrived at a standstill area.
I know they offer gas prices, weather and movie times also. That stuff I do not find as useful. For one it takes forever to pull up. For two I have an Iphone and well, see part 1. I can get any of that crap in about 10 seconds on my phone, takes sometimes (no bs) 10 minutes to pull up on the NAV. Neither one is especially easy to use for that purpose while driving so that's a tie.
Nonetheless it is cheap. I think its like $80 for the whole year or something. So if you do a lot of driving it is worth it. However, maybe I just keep the map zoomed in too close but, I find I am alerted to traffic issues fairly well by these freeway signs we have here that basically are for traffic alerts.
The two work together well though. Example = today. Driving home the alert sign over the road said "road blocked one lane open" or something after my exit. Sirius showed traffic flowing ok except right before my exit. I would say between the two it perfectly described what I actually encountered, heavy traffic before my exit but nothing that slowed me down too much.
Don't know how much more detail I can give. For the money it is decent. Says on their web page its just $3.99 a month for the traffic only. I'd do that if you're cheap as I find the other parts of travel link useless if you have a smartphone.
I know they offer gas prices, weather and movie times also. That stuff I do not find as useful. For one it takes forever to pull up. For two I have an Iphone and well, see part 1. I can get any of that crap in about 10 seconds on my phone, takes sometimes (no bs) 10 minutes to pull up on the NAV. Neither one is especially easy to use for that purpose while driving so that's a tie.
Nonetheless it is cheap. I think its like $80 for the whole year or something. So if you do a lot of driving it is worth it. However, maybe I just keep the map zoomed in too close but, I find I am alerted to traffic issues fairly well by these freeway signs we have here that basically are for traffic alerts.
The two work together well though. Example = today. Driving home the alert sign over the road said "road blocked one lane open" or something after my exit. Sirius showed traffic flowing ok except right before my exit. I would say between the two it perfectly described what I actually encountered, heavy traffic before my exit but nothing that slowed me down too much.
Don't know how much more detail I can give. For the money it is decent. Says on their web page its just $3.99 a month for the traffic only. I'd do that if you're cheap as I find the other parts of travel link useless if you have a smartphone.
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hawkeye18
Sorta cares
I have it on my car and I like it. Living around DC, it's a neccessity.
SHO-MAN
Member
I've had it for about 10 months now. I drive the D.C., Philadelphia and Baltimore area a lot and has worked well. It has alerted me several time and I've even taken the suggested go around with some success (took me into some shady areas), otherwise I will continue to purchase when time to re-new
RedCandySHO
Canuck SHO 2
Ordered it today....worked pretty good on the way home. The Sirius call center staff really need to get it together though.....they told me my car didn't support it based on my radio's ESN number. She had no idea the car has a separate ESN for the traffic / travel link service...
ttrull
New Member
Found this to be true for Boston as well; I liked the Sirius Traffic CHannel for Boston better.
How did you get them to activate it? That's what they told me a few months ago when they were calling me to renew.
RedCandySHO
Canuck SHO 2
If you go to the info screen in the nav system, it will list 2 different ESN numbers.
SIRIUS Radio ESN: XXXXXXXXXXXX
SIRIUS Travel Link ESN: XXXXXXXXXXXX
Give them the Travel Link ESN. Suddenly they will realize Travel Link & Traffic are available for your car.....
SIRIUS Radio ESN: XXXXXXXXXXXX
SIRIUS Travel Link ESN: XXXXXXXXXXXX
Give them the Travel Link ESN. Suddenly they will realize Travel Link & Traffic are available for your car.....
Not recommended (note my response is based on the Ford Nav / Sirius Traffic combo). I have it in my '11 SHO, and although the traffic colors on the screen are 80% accurate, the Ford Nav does not use the traffic feature to calculate the optimal route. It will alert you to traffic "incidents", but not heavy traffic "conditions". It does calculate the time based on traffic, but again, not the optimal route. For example, it will calculate a route that states 1.5 hrs. I decide to go a different way and the time cuts down to an hour (rounding). Another annoying thing is it alerts me to three road construction projects every time I leave work. Your would think it could remember that. I am seriously considering buying a TomTom with Live traffic. Appears to be the most accurate one out there.
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markathome
2010 SHO
I recently renewed and kept the Travel Link feature. The SiriusXM folks didn't realize it was even a product they offered until I inquired. It was pretty cheap. I keep it for the radar/gas prices/movie listings/sports scores and of course the coolness factor. It once alerted me to traffic on the interstate, I ignored it, and when I reached the area of alert, it was in the other traffic lane/direction, so, was misleading.
I wish Ford didn't block Google map downloads. Probably some non-compete clause with SiriusXM. (Google maps will send map/directions to nav units without SiriusXM.)
I wish Ford didn't block Google map downloads. Probably some non-compete clause with SiriusXM. (Google maps will send map/directions to nav units without SiriusXM.)
gipraw
Pro Detailer
I like the Travel link, The weather and other things it provides, along with traffic flow along my route are worth it to me.
Wardawg
Member
I like it for the sports scores as well, cause another nice thing is it will show you the scores and if the games is being broadcast on Sirius it will tell you the channel so you can listen to it live. And another thing is with the price of gas prices these days you can pull up gas stations in your area by price as well.
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