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Originally Posted by tcbracing
Some other advantages to Onstar...
- Turn by Turn navigation - when not equipped with Nav, you can still get INTEGRATED navigation without tying up your cell phone
- In Trip Diagnositcs - Onstar can remotely access your on board diagnostics while you are driving down the road and can give you trouble codes so you can verify if that CEL is serious or can wait
- Vehicle locator - Access to GPS location of your vehicle from the remote app.
To me it's like car insurance - you might not ever need to use everything it can provide, but when you do, you're glad it's there. If I can't afford $15-$20 month, I shouldn't be driving a new Camaro...
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When running GPS on my iPhone it doesn't tie anything up. I can still play music and use the phone. Bluetooth and Car Play gives you everything on the car's display screen.
Usually a serious CEL is accompanied by other indicators or bad performance. Non-essential CEL is nothing to panic about immediately. Besides, we've gone 30+ years with the CEL and no over the phone disgnostics.... It's not gonna kill your car.
And if you don't know where your car is, should you really be driving in the first place?
