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Perhaps there are some that use an fm antenna in there, but it would be pretty bad as you implied. Usually sharkfin is for satellite (including gps) antennas, some times cellular in cars with built in mobile phone. fm (when not a mast) is usually in the rear window or hidden somewhere in the...

Well, I had a car without power winows then installed power windows in it when I was 20 or so. But didn't buy a car that came with power widows til I was about 26. A/C on the other hand...

Pretty sure shark fin are not used for fm antenna, they're used for gps and satellite radio antennas which are much higher freq (and thus shorter antennas).

I've said it before, but I think the blank slate should include an fm antenna (either whip on the passenger fender, or integrated into the front windshield) and stanadrd DIN opening with that antenna's plug, along with the other necessary wires, including wires to the doors for speakers. That...

What you're paying for when you buy food from a truck is convenience, because it's located where you are. With a restaurant, you must go to it. There are food trucks that cost more or less than restaurants, and restaurants that cost more or less than food trucks. Its up to you how to spend...

I'm guessing its either broken or just way too quiet, I couldn't hear it at ALL even tho I can hear both people talking just fine, I hope that isn't a design flaw, it's important to be able to hear the indicators....

Another vote for bench seat. I have 2 kids. I'm kinda surprised this isn't already an option (or default!). I had a '93 Ranger with bench seat when I was a univeristy student, worked just fine for three young adults, and the Slate is even wider. In fact my Ranger was the "supercab" version...

Most head unit with a screen want this wire, and will only let you play videos when handbrake wire is grounded (handbrake/e-brake engaged), as a safety "feature". If you leave that wire unconnected/floating then it wont play video. Of course many self-installers will just hook it up to a hard...

You are mistaken. Digital/HD FM uses the exact same antenna as analog FM. (The same was true with TV btw, you didn't need a new antenna when TV went digital/HD either.) Also, seems HD FM is even *less* popular today than it was 15 years ago... although yes, thats a feature that's important to...

Presumably they wouldn't ship it with an empty DIN slot, if they werent including a radio they would likely put a compartment there people could use for storage. Same kinda thing you do when putting a single din radio in a double din slot, etc.

I see there's an option to mount an ipad, however an ipad with GPS Is super expensive. How bout getting Amazon to make a (cheap) fire tablet with GPS, so we could use it for navigation/entertainment in the Slate instead. And include a good satnav app that can download and use offline maps...

Driver side only power window seems silly. If only one side, I want it on passenger side so I can control it from drivers seat.

Yeah not for me The whole point of the two-way is so that I can tell if it started when I'm far away or can't easily see the vehicle. For example when I was a university student I would hit the auto start and then walk to the lower parking lot which would take about 10 to 15 minutes but by the...

I wouldn't want to have to use any of that stuff on that list for day-to-day usage. I don't mind there being an app for diagnosing problems or changing default settings to preferred settings (preferably available for OS besides android and ios) , but in no way would want to be required to use...

What's the point of that mat, wouldn't the bike fit just as well without it? I understand the body panels are plastic and unpainted, so it's not like there's a worry of scratching the paint....

What a coincidence, the first car I ever owned was an '82 Chevette, although mine was manual. Bought it for $500 in 1993. And also the slowest car I've ever owned, although I'm sure i got an 85mph speeding ticket in it. It just took a long time to get up to speed. I remember it was in Oregon...

I have driven my grampas ford escort zx2 quite a bit, with its 2L zetec engine, that also takes 8 seconds for 0-60. Is it driveable, sure, but it always seems slow to accelerate, often requiring pedal to the metal on on-ramps to get to freeway speed by the end,etc. So I was super...

Welp, I been reading up on this, and seems I'm out of luck. In my ideal imagined setup, in pickup configuration I'd like sliding rear window like my 93 ford ranger had. And in SUV configuration, I'd like a rolldown window in the tailgate like my 83 chevy blazer had. But I now understand...

I hadn't realized it was all plastic. I'm still learning about this vehicle. And learning about antennas. Perhaps it would be possible to put a few wires in the hood to make a sort of ground plane, to connect to the base of the antenna. But obviously this isn't a simple matter, probably why...

I admit I haven't tried BMWs version, but I've used something similar in the past and they are nowhere near as good as a real 30" whip, they're basically only useful for close stations. If you live somewhere 45+ miles away from the city, they hardly work at all. I would prefer they keep it...