Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site cca.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxb!mhuxn!mhuxm!mhuxj!houxm!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!cca!heiser From: heiser@cca.UUCP (Bill Heiser) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: Escort options (Dealer Radios) Message-ID: <1419@cca.UUCP> Date: Fri, 25-Jan-85 10:12:39 EST Article-I.D.: cca.1419 Posted: Fri Jan 25 10:12:39 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 28-Jan-85 06:11:53 EST References: <5550@rochester.UUCP> Reply-To: heiser@cca-unix.UUCP (Bill Heiser) Organization: Computer Corp America, Cambridge Lines: 19 Summary: This is a follow up to the article about factory-installed car radios. I agree wholeheartedly with Greg's statements about the virtues of installing one's own car stereo instead of opting for the factory-installed ones. The factory radios seem to be of cheap quality (probably a cost-cutting measure), although they carry a very hefty price tag. On my new Pontiac Grand Am, the AM radio came standard, but the AM-FM version with no cassette, and only cheapo speakers would have been somewhere in the order of $250. Even if I hadn't already had my own Pioneer system to install in this car, I definitely would not have ordered the stock radio. As Greg said, it is possible to find a radio & speaker system of superior quality for a fraction of the price. -- Network: decvax!cca!heiser USPS: Bill Heiser, PO Box 3202, Peabody, MA 01961-3202