The first one... and I may get push back on this from those that think ONSTAR is some ANGEL looking over them or their love ones.
Do you remember when you bought your equinox the sales guy telling you how you would get 8 years of service, etc. Let's be clear, he/she was telling you the truth and you would have been a fool, to think that this was some plan with all the bells and whistles, but what he didn't tell you is that built into the plan, by default mind you, is a 20.00 a month (for those of you who do not want to do math, that's 240.00 a year) ONSTAR/ATT service which is needed in order to use the built in GOOGLE, ALEXA, WAZE, SIRI, etc. in the infotainment (please allow me to laugh here) LOL. Yes, that is correct.... if you want to say "hey google" you need to have wifi. I guess this makes sense, except we've grown used to having our phones connected to the car and using it for the ability of maps, spotify, etc. and someone should have made us aware that GM and ONSTAR was going to withdrawl 20.00 a month for a cell plan must of us would not buy because we already have a CELL PLAN. Also keep in mind that this is not unlimited. If you want that one... so that the kiddies can play on their tablets (depending on the coverage) that plan is 35.00 dollars a month
. What if ATT doesn't offer good coverage where you live? It doesn't matter... 20.00 a month. Ok, so the redeeming value of this, is that if you're reading this, you've been informed and you can cancel before the 3 month trial is up. Now, for the good stuff - if, you connect your phone to the car via Bluetooth as we've been doing for years, you can use your phones cell plan and not have to pay ONSTAR for this extra plan. BTW, removing this wifi plan did not prevent you from using the 8 year basic service you were given for free. ONSTAR will still send am ambulance, police in the event of an accident. All the 20 a month does is give the infotainment wifi in the car. Now fit my second gripe, or maybe I'm doing something wrong???
Now that is winter, I've noticed that if you turn on the heater in the car too soon after you started your engine, the fan still kicks on and now you're treated to... yes - cold air. Really? Maybe I'm confused, but this is 2024, do all cars not wait until the car is warm to begin blowing air all over your face? I have never had a really expensive car, but I've had my share of new cars (it's one of my vices) and I can safely say that most if not all others have waited for the engine to warm up before spewing air all over the car... what his is child air going to do? Sigh.. Again, 37k car and i have to wait 5 minutes or drive cold 5 minutes before I can turn the heater on. Unless, you can enlighten me on how I'm doing something wrong.
Stay toasty!
Do you remember when you bought your equinox the sales guy telling you how you would get 8 years of service, etc. Let's be clear, he/she was telling you the truth and you would have been a fool, to think that this was some plan with all the bells and whistles, but what he didn't tell you is that built into the plan, by default mind you, is a 20.00 a month (for those of you who do not want to do math, that's 240.00 a year) ONSTAR/ATT service which is needed in order to use the built in GOOGLE, ALEXA, WAZE, SIRI, etc. in the infotainment (please allow me to laugh here) LOL. Yes, that is correct.... if you want to say "hey google" you need to have wifi. I guess this makes sense, except we've grown used to having our phones connected to the car and using it for the ability of maps, spotify, etc. and someone should have made us aware that GM and ONSTAR was going to withdrawl 20.00 a month for a cell plan must of us would not buy because we already have a CELL PLAN. Also keep in mind that this is not unlimited. If you want that one... so that the kiddies can play on their tablets (depending on the coverage) that plan is 35.00 dollars a month
. What if ATT doesn't offer good coverage where you live? It doesn't matter... 20.00 a month. Ok, so the redeeming value of this, is that if you're reading this, you've been informed and you can cancel before the 3 month trial is up. Now, for the good stuff - if, you connect your phone to the car via Bluetooth as we've been doing for years, you can use your phones cell plan and not have to pay ONSTAR for this extra plan. BTW, removing this wifi plan did not prevent you from using the 8 year basic service you were given for free. ONSTAR will still send am ambulance, police in the event of an accident. All the 20 a month does is give the infotainment wifi in the car. Now fit my second gripe, or maybe I'm doing something wrong???Now that is winter, I've noticed that if you turn on the heater in the car too soon after you started your engine, the fan still kicks on and now you're treated to... yes - cold air. Really? Maybe I'm confused, but this is 2024, do all cars not wait until the car is warm to begin blowing air all over your face? I have never had a really expensive car, but I've had my share of new cars (it's one of my vices) and I can safely say that most if not all others have waited for the engine to warm up before spewing air all over the car... what his is child air going to do? Sigh.. Again, 37k car and i have to wait 5 minutes or drive cold 5 minutes before I can turn the heater on. Unless, you can enlighten me on how I'm doing something wrong.
Stay toasty!
