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04-01-2024, 1:14pm | #1 | ||||||
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Seriously - OnStar??
Just bought a new 2024 Silverado, at delivery the salesman was showing the OnStar service and subscription.
Does GM honestly expect anyone to pay $49 a month for this? The only services I want are the ones I can get through my cell phone and Apple CarPlay. |
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04-01-2024, 1:24pm | #2 | ||||||
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onstar is only good if you go off the side of the road and die, they will make a commercial and your family can get HUGE royalties.
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04-01-2024, 1:25pm | #3 | ||||||
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I pay about $140/ year for my Porsche services: navigation, traffic, fuel prices, parking, etc. Then add in Sirius for the radio. It would be more if I had wifi in the car.
My Ranger is $120/ year I think. That just has remote start/ lock, and location from an app on my phone. |
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04-01-2024, 1:39pm | #4 | ||||||
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When GM disables new Android and Apple Play vehicles, which is coming, That will be your choice for added capabilities. They are looking for a totally closed architecture that is proprietary. For many selfish and real reasons.
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Pics of the new truck please.
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04-01-2024, 2:30pm | #6 | ||||||
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If I could do it, I'd rip that OnStar crap all the way out. I don't need it or want it. The day is coming when it will be used to time your mph between two points and nail you for it. Easy to do and all that's needed is and Executive Order apparently.
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Thread delivers!
I always wondered why the toll road folks didn't do that. They have your exact time between booths. A simple computer program could determine if your speed averaged grossly over the limit. |
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04-01-2024, 3:56pm | #10 | ||||||
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There are cities doing this. On the other hand, if you broke free from a traffic jam you were stuck in, you could run a while at WOT.
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OnStar is about to get cornholed by a huge class action lawsuit for giving vehicle data to insurance companies w/o consent.
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Cannot believe not one low-IQ gm exec did not think this out:
https://www.freep.com/story/money/ca...t/73143189007/ |
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Between this and losing tens of thousands of dollars on every EV it sells, GM is clearly swirling the drain.
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The one thing I hate that GM is doing now, if you don't have onstar or a data plan, they constantly remind you in the display and make you click through several screens to get rid of the advertisement. Stealership says the only way to get it to stop is to call onstar from the car and tell them you don't want the service, but that didn't do anything except waste my time.
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04-03-2024, 8:12pm | #18 | ||||||
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The only other advantage to onstart is that they can disable your vehicle if it’s stole.
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Why I may not ever sell my 2004 2500HD GMC, only if it didn't have that gas sucking 6.0L
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