Who's keeping XM or Onstar after free runs out?
07-11-2014, 05:38 PM
#42
Le Mans Master
My Onstar expires on 7/20...I will not be renewing it. I purposely did not buy the phone minutes when I mpurchased the car to avoid them (ONStar) from automatically charging for renewal! (whole purpose of selling you phone minutes cheaply) I am keeping XM as long as I can keep it at $5 a month.
07-11-2014, 05:41 PM
#43
Le Mans Master
I will renew OnStar (I actually like having it). I will NOT renew satellite radio. The reception is terrible, the stations suck, the voice activation never provides me the station I asked for, and the whole damn service is "down" half the time. I would never pay for that crap. I don't even use it when it's free...
07-11-2014, 08:20 PM
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07-11-2014, 09:10 PM
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It always amuses me how so many of us owners buy these expensive Corvettes and then freak out at the prospect of paying a few bucks more for little luxuries like Sirius/XM, OnStar, and Navi.
It's like we have these indulgent cars and yet we won't spend what amounts to the cost of an extra pizza per month to maximize the ownership experience. "Yep...I'll blow 60 70 or 80K on a new car, but I'll be darned if I will spend 20 bucks more per month!"
Reminds me of when I sold new Oldsmobiles and Cadillacs and folks would pass up the "factory" floor mats cause they could get cheap floor mats at WalMart. People. Go figure.....
It's like we have these indulgent cars and yet we won't spend what amounts to the cost of an extra pizza per month to maximize the ownership experience. "Yep...I'll blow 60 70 or 80K on a new car, but I'll be darned if I will spend 20 bucks more per month!"
Reminds me of when I sold new Oldsmobiles and Cadillacs and folks would pass up the "factory" floor mats cause they could get cheap floor mats at WalMart. People. Go figure.....
07-11-2014, 09:17 PM
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I've had XM Radio for over 7 years. As a matter of fact, I have 3 vehicles and one boombox with XM. When they want to raise the rate and when it's time to renew, having 4 systems gives me leverage to keep my cost lower. They back off every time. 
Yes, I like my XM 
Yes, I like my XM
07-11-2014, 09:28 PM
#48
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07-11-2014, 09:35 PM
#49
Le Mans Master
It always amuses me how so many of us owners buy these expensive Corvettes and then freak out at the prospect of paying a few bucks more for little luxuries like Sirius/XM, OnStar, and Navi.
It's like we have these indulgent cars and yet we won't spend what amounts to the cost of an extra pizza per month to maximize the ownership experience. "Yep...I'll blow 60 70 or 80K on a new car, but I'll be darned if I will spend 20 bucks more per month!"
Reminds me of when I sold new Oldsmobiles and Cadillacs and folks would pass up the "factory" floor mats cause they could get cheap floor mats at WalMart. People. Go figure.....
It's like we have these indulgent cars and yet we won't spend what amounts to the cost of an extra pizza per month to maximize the ownership experience. "Yep...I'll blow 60 70 or 80K on a new car, but I'll be darned if I will spend 20 bucks more per month!"
Reminds me of when I sold new Oldsmobiles and Cadillacs and folks would pass up the "factory" floor mats cause they could get cheap floor mats at WalMart. People. Go figure.....
07-11-2014, 09:46 PM
#50
Le Mans Master
07-11-2014, 09:48 PM
#51
It would be different if these were good systems. OnStar will not work for you if you are in a bad accident and the battery cable is severed. Totally useless system when you need it the most. Sat radio has poor sound quality. Nothing to lose by tossing both of these systems.
07-11-2014, 10:06 PM
#53
Well, think of it this way. Fees for Onstar, XM (which I think I will keep), phone/data plan, cable TV, home alarm monitoring, Internet, etc...you can blow $200 bucks a month or more. So while as a stand alone item, any one of these is not a big deal, but when you see how much you blow on subscription services, it is a big deal. $2400 post tax dollars is a lot of money per year no matter how you look at it.
07-11-2014, 10:17 PM
#54
Racer
Keeping both. I am of the thought that i paid for it all it shouldn't kill me. I would rather have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. But..... To each is his/her own. With that said, there is no wrong decision.
Happy Motering.
Happy Motering.
07-11-2014, 11:46 PM
#55
Le Mans Master
OnStar has been billing itself for years as something that will save your life. The truth is in any front end accident or side swipe you stand a high chance of losing the battery and therefore the whole benefit of Onstar. Push the blue button and ask them how many fatalities have been recorded where OnStar did not call home.
07-11-2014, 11:53 PM
#56
Do you have any statistics to back that up?
I like the service, and have already posted where it personally made a difference in an accident, so the onus is not on me to disprove anything.
I like the service, and have already posted where it personally made a difference in an accident, so the onus is not on me to disprove anything.
07-12-2014, 12:00 AM
#57
Le Mans Master
I am just trying to tell you that the fake sense of safety OnStar gives you is all in the marketing. You are better off with a cell phone. Before you jump in and say that if you are unconscious you cannot use your cell phone realize that if you are unconscious the chances are high that it was a serious accident and OnStar will not function anyway. You are free to believe whatever you want and purchase OnStar as long as you want however there have been many fatalities where OnStar did not work.