WhiteDevil828

so will a free app I have in my phone which is always with me.

See8

There are all kinds of metrics that can be used to influence insurance rates. Credit score. Number of traffic citations, etc. There is another metric I read that people who charge their phones overnight are a significantly less of an insurance risk than people who don't.

The short answer is the opinion of what is hard breaking and acceleration would not be considered either in realityland -- but is reported as such. I know this because it provides exact dates & times of said occurrences. So I was able to see when I was driving my C8 like a grandma it still said I was nailing the gas and slamming on the brakes.

But it's now neither here nor there for me as i disabled this reporting feature it is no longer reporting any of this nonsense.

justplainjim

Big brother everywhere. Your cell phone, camera's.everywhere, etc..

3LZR21U

Doesn't mean you have to enable them. Doesn't mean you have to help them out. Doesn't mean you have to blindly go along with it.

Red Mist Rulz

And how do you deactivate that?

rawbar

After calling them I was told to push the button in the car and ask for provisioning. Provisioning had never heard of LexisNexus and insisted OnStar wasn't sharing my data with a 3rd party. Eventually they said they shut everything off they possibly could and that it should solve whatever my issue is. I really won't know if it was successful without ordering another LN report in a few months.
You may want to follow this thread, someone is in there right now with the modules out, posting pics trying to figure out how to disable the car from sending data out.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...post1607601030

Walter Raulerson

It's a choice and lots of $$$$ for everything BUT I want simple and Nav is simple for me but I haven't found out about traffic yet the C7 had traffic and nav

Walter Raulerson

Well at least it isn't RED

rawbar

The thread I shared a few posts up now has a link to a YouTube video explaining how to disable OnStar. TLDR; you need to remove the front passenger wheel liner and disconnect the 4G antenna.

Andybump

@22c8z51 Since you determined that it worked to just disconnect the antenna (rather then wrapping it), then could the disconnect be done under the dash at the telematics if that is easier (and if one can tell which connector it is).

NA Screamer

What if you communicated with the dealer by phone and then never gave them an email address? What would happen to their effort to set up an OnStar account for you?

Glen e

i’m gonna take a 3000 mile trip in a couple months and will be staying at some small town motels. So I called OnStar and bought the safety and security package for 30 bucks. It will allow me to set a perimeter fence around the car so that if it moves, I know it’s been hijacked. OnStar then can ,with a police report , slow down the car, lock the car, brick the car. That’s worth 30 bucks. When I get home from my trip, I will cancel the whole subscription.

of all the on star features, this is the only one I want. I also have an apple AirTag hidden deep within the car for tracking purposes.

rawbar

curious if you found a place that cant be accessed easily, otherwise thieves will get a notice there is one on the car following them and they can make it beep to find it. it's a good idea, I just have no idea where to stick one. maybe drop it between the seats, i can never get anything out when i do that

EvanZR1

It's part of the setup process on the dealer side, so they are going to need an email address. By not giving them one, you're just making it more difficult on yourself as they are likely tying it to a dummy address or dealer address. Either way, it's my understanding that you are opted into Smart Driver by default under the name of the person buying the car. Not giving them an email address will just make it harder to opt out.

3LZR21U

disable the audio output....

rawbar

You'd have to get in there and cut the traces to the speaker, but that works. Just like our stupid car and having to manually disconnect the antenna, the Airtag is the same to disable audio.

Revmanii

I'm usually not of fan of monthly or yearly charges for something like this but I will say Onstar saved my *** pretty nicely when the car over heated on a highway in the middle of Ohio on the way home to upsate NY after buying it from a Chevy dealer just south of Sherevport. LA. Onstar got a flatbed out to me reasonably quickly and transported to a local dealer. They were awesome and diagnosed and fixed it the same day. I lost probably 5-6 hours drive time and had to to crash in a hotel a little east of Buffallo, NY as I'd left Bowling Green, KY at 1:00AM and wasn't safe to drive any further. GM even re-imbursed me for that unexpected last night hotel expense eventually.

Bluehinder

I never gave my dealer an email. They never asked. You don't need an email to buy a car. I've bought six Corvettes from the same dealer and not once was an email used or required. All my other cars for that matter too.

Glen e

no you don’t, there’s a YouTube on this. As soon as you pop it open, you realize the speaker is a magnetic disc that is just held in by magnetism. It pops right out, AirTag continues to work fine with no speaker. I’ve done two of them.

JRYELLOWCORVETTE

I have an extreme dislike of GM in general. They screwed me years ago. The only GM product I would ever own is the Corvette. It would be awesome if Corvette could become their own company but I know that’s not happening.

Other manufacturers have tried charging fees for BS things including BMW-Audi & Mercedes