[Raptor Jesus]

Originally Posted by sengli

The one and only time I pushed the onstar button for help after I got a CEL...no one answered.

Did they call back like 3 days later and say sorry I was busy? If so tell my ex hi.

[6sigma]

Originally Posted by Emoto

Me too. I am usually content just disappointing one woman at a time.

As for OnStar, I don't see the value it provides as being worth much of anything. Maybe someone can explain to me where the value is, because I'm not seeing it.

The main value I see is crash notification, safety assist with location (flat tires, etc), and easy ability to track vehicle in the remote app. Also, I get an insurance discount for having it active. The nav features seem worthless, since your phone or built-in nav works better, but you don't have to subscribe to the navigation service tier. The basic protection plan runs $10/month if you catch a promo and renew for a year. I think I save that much in insurance, so it's worth it to me.

[Emoto]

Originally Posted by 6sigma

The main value I see is crash notification, safety assist with location (flat tires, etc), and easy ability to track vehicle in the remote app. Also, I get an insurance discount for having it active. The nav features seem worthless, since your phone or built-in nav works better, but you don't have to subscribe to the navigation service tier. The basic protection plan runs $10/month if you catch a promo and renew for a year. I think I save that much in insurance, so it's worth it to me.

That would have been my next question - how much of an insurance discount does one get? If the insurance savings equals the cost of OnStar, that's pretty cool.

[karmatourer]

Originally Posted by RyanR623

I'm just impressed you have three wives

3 wives,smh! I married 1 of them 2x. I don't know which is worse,3x or marrying 1 2x which I did not count in the final total. So this isn't a contest after all!

[arpad_m]

Originally Posted by karmatourer

I'll tell you what else is ridiculous-BMW charging for Apple CarPlay. It would be a deal breaker for me if I was in the market.
"BMW will turn Apple CarPlay into a subscription service beginning with its 2019-model-year vehicles. The German automaker currently charges a one-time $300 to add Apple CarPlay capability to navigation-equipped BMW models. Going forward, though, navigation-equipped BMWs will come with CarPlay at no charge for one year".

Talked about this exact thing with a friend yesterday who is a business dev manager here for BMW's "ConnectedDrive Experience" or somesuch, and he says this push is coming from Germany, he tried to resist hard telling them several ways how this pay-after-first-year model wouldn't fly in the US market, so far in vain.

[2SSRS@Gen5diy]

I buy cars not apps, never got Onstar in any of the cars we have ever owned.

[NYJets12]

Originally Posted by Emoto

That would have been my next question - how much of an insurance discount does one get? If the insurance savings equals the cost of OnStar, that's pretty cool.

My insurance gives me $190 a year discount enough to pay for onstar so I may as well get it if not I’d have to give the insurance company the $190 a year. The discount depends on miles a year driven, and how you drive , hard breaking if you wear your seatbelt, hard acceleration etc. onstar sends that to your insurance company and that determines your discount.

[DangerZL1]

Originally Posted by NYJets12

The discount depends on miles a year driven, and how you drive , hard breaking if you wear your seatbelt, hard acceleration etc. onstar sends that to your insurance company and that determines your discount.

I don't think I'd make it more than a week without being cancelled.

[Magnum922]

I never used onstar since I got my car. I hate it when you get those occasional onstar commercials even when your just moving your car from one spot to the other.