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08-30-2005, 02:12 AM
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OnStar
Who still has there onstar? If you still do, Why and if you don't Why? Pro'* and Con'*.
Inquiring Minds Want to know!
Inquiring Minds Want to know!
08-30-2005, 08:51 PM
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I don't have mine activated, not worth the money. I've had a mobile phone for years anyway. I always have the cell phone on my person.
09-02-2005, 05:21 PM
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I heard a commercial for it on the radio recently... now they can retreive codes for you. So if you get a check engine light they can tell you to worry or not to worry...
Only good use I know of so far.
Only good use I know of so far.
09-02-2005, 08:52 PM
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Some time ago I read a neat little DIY article about how to jury-rig the OnStar GPS unit to accept a terminal into which a laptop is plugged. The article explained what you would have to do to load up the necessary GPS processing software and, of course, mapping software. The result was a real trick GPS mapping system. Has anyone run across this article? Now that would be helluva way to use at least part of the OnStar system.
09-02-2005, 11:50 PM
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Originally Posted by compyelc4
Some time ago I read a neat little DIY article about how to jury-rig the OnStar GPS unit to accept a terminal into which a laptop is plugged. The article explained what you would have to do to load up the necessary GPS processing software and, of course, mapping software. The result was a real trick GPS mapping system. Has anyone run across this article? Now that would be helluva way to use at least part of the OnStar system.
there was a article on club GP about it
09-03-2005, 02:06 AM
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Originally Posted by BillBoost37
I heard a commercial for it on the radio recently... now they can retreive codes for you. So if you get a check engine light they can tell you to worry or not to worry...
Only good use I know of so far.
Only good use I know of so far.
Onstar has alwasy been able to retrieve the codes for you.
It says that in the Onstar manual that came with my 01. 