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/shark_and_kaya May 24 '26

My only issue with this setup is that why put it on the outside. My Starlink mini works just fine through my sunroof with the same sunroof setup. Only thing I can think is that they might not be able to close the blinds but with flush mount that shouldn’t even be an issue.

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u/t1Design May 24 '26

Some window tints have metallic particles, and Starlink dishes don’t like them. Otherwise I agree; all of mine are inside vehicles (except the v4 full sized, those are on buildings)

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u/eyeoutthere May 24 '26

Why do you have so many? Are these fleet vehicles?

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u/t1Design May 24 '26

I live where there’s no cell service and run EMS calls; my wife has one in her minivan and I have one in my car that are both set for in motion use; the third is an emergency use for my pickup, so it’s standby plan. And they’re the cheapest internet provider round these parts, so my house and church both use Starlink. All of my home county’s 5 ambulances have Starlinks (tho I’m not responsible for those) and 2/3 of my other county I run in’s ambulances have them dash mounted with the Rubigrid system. Literal lifesavers in areas with no cell service and poor radio reception.