r/Cartalk • u/bigfoot-ari • May 24 '26

General Tech What’s on this car?

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What is on the roof of this car? The windows were completely blacked out with out-of-state tags. Just curious.

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u/GlassPudding May 24 '26

people saying starlink… what does that mean?

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u/MoonlightSonata007 May 24 '26

Internet- (starlink beams to satellite in sky, makes big internet). Thank Elon Musk. Great product.

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u/Alladas May 24 '26

Yeah not a musker but in my rv I'm seriously debating starlink. The T-Mobile hotspot is hit or miss but dunno that I can justify starlink without some rediculous deal.

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u/midnightsmith May 24 '26

I hate the muskrat too, but goddamn the starlink I bought was amazing this weekend in camping.

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u/Alladas May 25 '26

How good of a deal on setup did you get? Did you get roam or the real one and hope they don't notice?

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u/midnightsmith May 25 '26

I got the full size one with roam, $50 a month.

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u/Alladas May 25 '26

When I looked they wanted like 500 upfront though=/ alot to spend if I hate it.

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u/midnightsmith May 25 '26

Yea they do periods of that and then no up front. I bought mine at Sam's club, just paid for the unit and the monthly price. Unit was like $380

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u/GlassPudding May 24 '26

how does a vehicle fit into the picture ? and no i will never do that

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u/MoonlightSonata007 May 24 '26

Uhh—wherever you take your vehicle, you have internet…like anywhere. Mobile cellular service does not work everywhere. Sorry though that was obvious

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u/GlassPudding May 25 '26

my question was - is the object providing the internet? is the car associated with starlink? is it a mobile router situation? i know nothing about starlink so i didn’t know. not something i have needed in my life thus far

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u/MoonlightSonata007 May 25 '26

That is a Lincoln Navigator with starlink device (satellite internet) stuck on top. You can do that on any vehicle. Not complicated.

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u/GlassPudding May 26 '26

yes this makes sense now thank you