OnStar Worht it?

[Lizard1]

Coming up on the end of my complimentary 1 yr subscription to OnStar and they asked me to renew it for $16-17 /mo. I told them no thanks and then they offere $12-13 /mo. I said keep going down to $10 and you got yourself a deal which they could not do.

I was bargaining just to bargain but really haven't even used it. I've got Nav, I've got a cell phone - what else I need it for. Oh yeah, airbag deployment for emergencies? Yeah that's nice but necessary - I mean 99.9% of us have been driving for eons without this service and....

So is there another reason that I'm missing because if so, I have no problem going back and "renewing" my OnStar

 

[LAP TOP GAMER]

Yeah but that one time you need it, you will be gad you had it. I am a huge fan of On star and think it is well worth it.

 

[Lizard1]

i agree about that one time thing but i was hoping there was something big i was missing.

ps - guess i should get a refund on that college education; well atleast the spelling portion

 

[kimdvm]

I just pay the safety/security fee, since I wasn't using directions, etc much. (Is that $12 a month now, I'm not sure?)

It was worth it for me when I accidentally locked my purse and my 2-yr old in the car. Getting a police officer or a locksmith could have taken a while. ONSTAR had it unlocked as fast as I could borrow a cell phone to call them.

I also like the "red button" in case I have an emergency; in a real emergency is no time to be trying to give directions over a cell phone, especially if you are in unfamiliar territory. I just wish they would make the red button to function when the car power is turned off, which I don't think it currently does.

Coming up on the end of my complimentary 1 yr subscription to OnStar and they asked me to renew it for $16-17 /mo. I told them no thanks and then they offere $12-13 /mo. I said keep going down to $10 and you got yourself a deal which they could not do.

I was bargaining just to bargain but really haven't even used it. I've got Nav, I've got a cell phone - what else I need it for. Oh yeah, airbag deployment for emergencies? Yeah that's nice but necessary - I mean 99.9% of us have been driving for eons without this service and....

So is there another reason that I'm missing because if so, I have no problem going back and "renewing" my OnStar

 

[LAP TOP GAMER]

It makes reporting an emergency faster as they already know you're location.

 

[jigga27]

I'm on my free subscription too. But couldn't one just NOT subscribe, but when you need it during an emergency just press the ONSTAR button and subscribe for that month?

 

[VF1000R]

I hit the Emergency Button Today, OnStar Tech told me too

Took them 5 minutes to answer. Hmmm,

 

[Lizard1]

i guess that's better than the busy signal you get from dialing 911 because of all the indigent people using ambulances for a taxi ride to their doctor's appt :mad2: