C8 Remire start
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Instructor
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C8 Remire start
I wanted to know that if once you finish your one month trial of OnStar do you loose the ability to remotely start your car (via phone app) and check status ? I was able to have that feature with my C7 w/o extending my OnStar subscription. Is this something new?
Thanks !
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Race Director
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From: Central Illinois
You have to sign up for a basic package, it's like $12.95 a month, but they will discount it to $9.95 and you can suspend it over the winter if you live somewhere that you won't drive the car for a few months.
Racer
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St. Jude Donor '22
Toyota charges $8/month to remote start your car using the key fob after a 3 to 10-year included subscription ends and that is non-transferable if the car is sold. No internet connection required, not server to maintain... just the fob communicating directly with the car and they want to charge you $8 a month for the capability!
https://www.thedrive.com/news/43329/...iption-service
https://www.thedrive.com/news/43329/...iption-service
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Worth, at most, $9.95/YEAR for me. I'll just get close enough to use the fob on the very rare occasions I'll even want to use remote start. In 3 weeks of ownership I've only done it twice. Once to show off and once to play a joke on someone...
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The only reason I considered it was so if I went into a restaurant and didn't recall locking the car, I could do it from my phone without running around near a window to see if the lights flash on the car.
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