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OnStar
Curious what are you all paying to extend your on OnStar for a Year—they told me $336.00 (including taxes)——Annual does not include data Plan??????????Sound right.......Harvey...
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C8 Jake—- have a Rapid Blue convertible at 3000 but I ASSUME that convertibles will not appear but who knows—cannot see them reopening before 6/1..
Guess it’s like having lo jack for one and if you get locked out..
Guess it’s like having lo jack for one and if you get locked out..
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Free OnStar for 1 Month - Then Make a Deal
GM has gotten cheaper. We used to get a year or 6-months free with OnStar and Sirius XM Radio. For 2020 Vettes we only get 1 month free of OnStar. Set up that account when you get your newbie. Then, just before it's time to renew call them and ask for the cancellation department. That's the place where they can wheel and deal. Let them talk and make an offer. Then ask for the "GM Family Discount." Or you can tell them you're not sure how much you'd really use it and it's not worth it to do a year. They should give you another 3 months free trial easy. You'll get a deal. They don't want you to leave. Just be firm until you get the deal you can live with. I started off getting a deal for $199 some years back when list price was $299. I dropped it after a couple of years. I do have Sirius XM and I like that. I just travel a lot and don't really get to use it as much as I would like. But I get good prices on Sirius like $30 for 5 months service.
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I'm trying to figure out why Harvey wants to extend it. When the Z06 comes out the car will be gone anyway. Maybe he thinks THIS is the one he keeps more than a year......NOT! 
i should point out I assumed the first year is free, I could be wrong. I've had many GM vehicles with OnStar, and like others I had no use for it.
i should point out I assumed the first year is free, I could be wrong. I've had many GM vehicles with OnStar, and like others I had no use for it.
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OnStar has a lot of benefits. One, if you crash and they send folks with your destination seem like a good idea to me. You also get unlock/lock your car via cell phone - this allows me to keep a spare set of keys in the car incase lose mine while walking around, etc. You can also setup so if you car leaves while it is parked somewhere you get a message. Also, can find your car.
To agree with call and ask for cancelation and get the best price you can.
To agree with call and ask for cancelation and get the best price you can.
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OnStar has a lot of benefits. One, if you crash and they send folks with your destination seem like a good idea to me. You also get unlock/lock your car via cell phone - this allows me to keep a spare set of keys in the car incase lose mine while walking around, etc. You can also setup so if you car leaves while it is parked somewhere you get a message. Also, can find your car.
To agree with call and ask for cancelation and get the best price you can.
To agree with call and ask for cancelation and get the best price you can.
I already tried the "on-demand diagnostics" when my main screen went dark, and they could only tell me to go to the dealer.
Where are these "advisors" located? US? I thought I read somewhere they were in the Phillipines.
GM would be smarter to give a 12-month free trial, and then maybe I'd change my mind. As it is, it seems really cheap to give us only 1-month.
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GM has gotten cheaper. We used to get a year or 6-months free with OnStar and Sirius XM Radio. For 2020 Vettes we only get 1 month free of OnStar. Set up that account when you get your newbie. Then, just before it's time to renew call them and ask for the cancellation department. That's the place where they can wheel and deal. Let them talk and make an offer. Then ask for the "GM Family Discount." Or you can tell them you're not sure how much you'd really use it and it's not worth it to do a year. They should give you another 3 months free trial easy. You'll get a deal. They don't want you to leave. Just be firm until you get the deal you can live with. I started off getting a deal for $199 some years back when list price was $299. I dropped it after a couple of years. I do have Sirius XM and I like that. I just travel a lot and don't really get to use it as much as I would like. But I get good prices on Sirius like $30 for 5 months service.
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On the C8, Sirius/XM is either 3 month free trial (1LT) or 12 month free trial (2LT/3LT)
U2K SiriusXM Radio, enjoy a 3-month (1LT) or 12-month (2LT, 3LT) All Access trial subscription with over 150 channels including commercial-free music, plus sports, news and entertainment. Plus listening on the SiriusXM app, online and at home on compatible connected devices is included, so you'll hear the best SiriusXM has to offer, anywhere life takes you. Welcome to the world of SiriusXM.
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There's been a thread or 2 about this. Everyone is sent a "welcome to your 3-month trial" by Sirius regardless. I don't care for it so did nothing, but there is a post from someone who called Sirius on it, and were told to go back to their dealer to sort out. Sirius didn't know about any 12-month trial apparently.
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There's been a thread or 2 about this. Everyone is sent a "welcome to your 3-month trial" by Sirius regardless. I don't care for it so did nothing, but there is a post from someone who called Sirius on it, and were told to go back to their dealer to sort out. Sirius didn't know about any 12-month trial apparently.