Wagon antenna vs. Sedan antenna
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Wagon antenna vs. Sedan antenna
I have noticed that the sedans get a traditional sharkfin antennae, but the wagons have a phallic looking one instead. I saw this on both the tech and non-tech package cars at my dealer, and of course they had no idea or had even noticed it before. It used to be that OnStar equipped Acuras had a similar change, but these cars don't have that. Can somebody tell me what the difference is for? Maybe the smaller sedan antenna could be put on a wagon.
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The US cars have XM/Sirius satellite radio.
I'm not sure why the wagon and sedan are different.
I'm not sure why the wagon and sedan are different.
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It's all about aerodynamics and wind tunnel testing. The sedan's sharkfin has to be sleek to cut through the air at 160mph. But who would ever take a box with four wheels known as a wagon above 50 mph? I mean really... the Radio Flyer is something a five year old plays with.
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I would assume that it is used since the wagon can come with a roof rack. I have hit the one on my sister's RDX several times removing stuff with out it breaking it. However the MDX has a flat one. So your guess is as good as mine.
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wraith, that's so far probably the best guess but odd that it isn't necessary for the MDX. I can see a bit of logic that it can use a bigger antenna in case bikes and boxes are blocking the antenna.
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The base of the sharkfin is larger than the little pointy antenna so you would need to cut a larger hole in the roof. The sharkfin also sticks up higher than the traditional antenna sans mast so there may be problems with things on the roof rack.
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In the sedan, the sharkfin antenna *only* houses the XM antenna. It could be just flat (similar to the Accords with XM) but I guess it's cooler to have it look like a shark fin. On the sedan, the FM and AM antenna is integrated in the read window.
The wagon's FM, AM and XM antenna is an all-in-one on the roof, hence the pointy "stick". The base of the antenna houses the XM while the pointy stick is the FM/AM one. I suspect that they were not able to fit an FM/AM antenna on the Wagon's rear window.
The wagon's FM, AM and XM antenna is an all-in-one on the roof, hence the pointy "stick". The base of the antenna houses the XM while the pointy stick is the FM/AM one. I suspect that they were not able to fit an FM/AM antenna on the Wagon's rear window.
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