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Originally Posted by Robertb
Dear Lady Fitz:
I love your plan. I have to admit I do miss the electric seats. I did pay for a super speaker system aftermarket and that is fabulous and I love the satellite radio. Did you get a front clear plastic piece to protect the hood paint? That was my first addition and has kept pebbles form gouging up my hood paint. I also got those great Weathertech Floor Mats and love them... a perfect fit and ultimate protection!
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I'm happy with the speakers that came with my truck. My truck is satellite ready. It had part of the trial subscription still on it when I got it but I wasn't all that impressed with what they had to offer. I tried to go on line to find out what the subscriptions cost but it was one of those sites where you actually have to start the ordering process and not find out the cost until they know everything there is to know about you (they also insisted on putting a cookie on my computer and I wouldn't let them; it's my danged computer and I'll determine who puts what on it). Sorry, this old broad won't play that game. Even then, I still was considering it when Sirrius had the gall to call me about renewing the subscription. I detest telemarketers, survey services, political calls, plus, at the time, I was working third shift and sleeping during the day so a telemarketing call waking me up did not endear them to me. I let them know I had been considering renewing but their phone call convinced me to never do business with them again. The call was quasi legal since I had bought a used truck that just happened to have a subscription to their service (I say quasi because I bought the truck, not the subscription; I didn't even know it had one); I myself never did business with them (a loophole in the Do Not Call List allows businesses to call anyone who has done business with them in the previous six months). Besides, 6 CDs loaded up with MP3s (mine are 192, 256, and 320 kbps so they are indistinguishable from the original .wav files) hold over 30 hours of music so I'm not going to get bored driving between decent stations (which are rare). I have over 400 CDs on my computer at home so I have plenty of choices.
I always thought the plastic hood shields looked ridiculous so I never had one and probably never will. Most of my driving is on fairly clean roads, I don't tailgate, especially behind big trucks, and the hood sets so high above the road (even though it's at factory height) so I haven't noticed any damage to the finish. The windshield, on the other hand, has a bijillion almost microscopic pits in it. They aren't interfering with vision so I'm not going to worry about it. Sooner or later, it will collect a rock and my insurance will replace it with one that has harder glass (both of the little Rangers I had years ago also came with soft windshields).
I live in a desert where we don't get a lot of mud so the factory floor mats that came with the truck are adequate and look nice.
I love the electric seats only because I can adjust the angle and height of the seat as well as how far from the wheel it is (the pedals are also adjustable). Once I get it fine tuned to where I like it, I leave it alone until some yahoo changes it on me (it doesn't matter if I tell car washes, etc. not to move the seat, they will anyway; I'm disconnecting the power the next time I take it in).