View Poll Results: Got Onstar?
I have OnStar and Love It
58
30.85%
I have OnStar and Don't Like It or think it's just Okay...
56
29.79%
I don't have OnStar
69
36.70%
I'm thinking about OnStar but haven't decided yet
5
2.66%
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Got OnStar?
Race Director
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 12,999
Likes: 1
From: Youngstown Ohio
Wow...you all have been fortunate enough to not have been involved in a bad accident and that is great.
However, if you ever are, as my husband and I were a few years back, you'd be singing a different story.
When your car is not driveable, you are totally disoriented, wondering what the heck just happened
because you are now sitting in the grassy median on the interstate when you were cruising along
at 80mph, it is a little comforting to hear an OnStar rep asking if you are okay or if you need
any assistance.
They were there when we needed them and none of our vehicles will ever be without it.
However, if you ever are, as my husband and I were a few years back, you'd be singing a different story.
When your car is not driveable, you are totally disoriented, wondering what the heck just happened
because you are now sitting in the grassy median on the interstate when you were cruising along
at 80mph, it is a little comforting to hear an OnStar rep asking if you are okay or if you need
any assistance.
They were there when we needed them and none of our vehicles will ever be without it.
My sentiments exactly! 
"It's better to have something you don't need than to need something you don't have."
OnStar - It's like driving with a guardian angel watching over you.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 2,678
Likes: 1
Some people still have black & white tv's and I have no issues with that either.I live in a large city and travel in suburbs where children in kindergarten have cell phones and know how to dial 911. GOD forbid I'm in an accident and I cannot dial I'm certain everyone around has one.
The $150-$200 a year can be used on many things including charity.
Instructor
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 244
Likes: 1
From: I'll Keep My Guns , Freedom And Money. You Keep The Change. FL
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 7,610
Likes: 12
Le Mans Master
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 9,683
Likes: 186
From: Sunnyvale CA
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16,'19
Buying the Vette really stretched my budget. It just so happened the dealer had a Monterey red vert without OnStar in his inventory. I didn't feel I needed it, and it saved me some money.
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Safety Car
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 4,101
Likes: 719
From: Northeast MA & Mad Beach FL
Onstar may not be the greatest thing in the world but I look at it as added safety feature.
People can take it or leave it, .. Simple
Air bags and seat belts are a safety feature but I imagine if it was an option some people would pass on those too.
To each his own
Hope I never need any of these, but at least they're there, just in case
People can take it or leave it, .. Simple
Air bags and seat belts are a safety feature but I imagine if it was an option some people would pass on those too.
To each his own
Hope I never need any of these, but at least they're there, just in case
Race Director
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 10,399
Likes: 26
From: Austin Texas
Onstar may not be the greatest thing in the world but I look at it as added safety feature.
People can take it or leave it, .. Simple
Air bags and seat belts are a safety feature but I imagine if it was an option some people would pass on those too.
To each his own
Hope I never need any of these, but at least they're there, just in case
People can take it or leave it, .. Simple
Air bags and seat belts are a safety feature but I imagine if it was an option some people would pass on those too.
To each his own
Hope I never need any of these, but at least they're there, just in case
Safety Car
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 4,101
Likes: 719
From: Northeast MA & Mad Beach FL
Race Director
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 12,999
Likes: 1
From: Youngstown Ohio
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 2,678
Likes: 1
Outstanding point. For the little OnStar does it is overpriced. However, it does send you a email with the cars tire pressure.
Some on this thread applaud OnStar's life saving ability. That is fine. But, the system should have that single option for $4-5 a month. All the other stuff is completely useless and obsolete. Absolutely awful tech compared to Ford's superior SYNC system.
Team Owner
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 35,769
Likes: 148
From: Northern NYs Adirondack Mountains,http://www.visitsacandaga.com.
Not only do I not have On star I refuse to buy just about anything that GM sells that does have OnStar as standard equipment. (Today that means everything they sell.) The only exception MIGHT be another Vette if I ever get tired on my non OnStar 07Z06.
As people that have bought over 40 new top of the line vehicles’ my wife just bought yesterday a new SUV from another company and a few months ago I bought a new 4x4PU. We did not look or even consider a GM. I have had it with GM and all its
defaults, lighting systems you cannot control and now mandatory Onstar.
As people that have bought over 40 new top of the line vehicles’ my wife just bought yesterday a new SUV from another company and a few months ago I bought a new 4x4PU. We did not look or even consider a GM. I have had it with GM and all its
defaults, lighting systems you cannot control and now mandatory Onstar.
