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see??? there you are still on here!!! i'm soooo impressed!! kazaa download...."he's a magic man, mama!"
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Fbodfather
They don't make songs about Volvos.
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Yup....just lookin' around and trying to find out who's going to Atlanta and what's going on in the world of Camaro and Firebird. I usually look in here a couple of times a day...assuming I'm not travelling........
By the way...I'm watching YOU from the OnStar Satellite........
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They dont put it there cause of the weight. The lighter the car, the better, lol.
But yeah, would be nice. It's amazing what the OnStar system can do.
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quote: Be careful of the Black helicopters - they see your every move!
Black helicopters....is that want they were....now I am in deep do do
Bill M 98 TA
If you're in the do-do, maybe that wasn't a helicopter, maybe it was a Canada goose. Posts: 2359 | From: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada | Registered: Jul 2001
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quote:Originally posted by Fbodfather: Yup....just lookin' around and trying to find out who's going to Atlanta and what's going on in the world of Camaro and Firebird. I usually look in here a couple of times a day...assuming I'm not travelling........
By the way...I'm watching YOU from the OnStar Satellite........
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Make it "optional equipment" please. I don't want to have to surgicaly remove big brothers little helpers from my life.
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Fbodfather
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quote:Originally posted by HTWLSS: Speaking of OnStar......can you make it available on the GM performance cars, please?
I don't want to have to buy a 6-cyl or truck/SUV to get it.
It will be on the C6 Corvette. Actually, we wanted it as an option on the Fbody and C5 Corvette, but there were issues early on in the program as to the microphones....
By the way...that black box you see on the roof of some GM cars is not the OnStar antenna...that's the antenna for XM Radio. The OnStar antenna is mounted (usually, if not always) to the rear window or the side rear window and has a small mast.
As to OnStar? I love it. Expensive? Perhaps for all the services....but I use it all the time on my company vehicle and once you have it, you will always want it. Not only has OnStar saved lives, but it has helped apprehend carjackings, kidnappings, and provided emergency services to people having heart attacks, strokes, etc....not to mention that if your airbags deploy, OnStar will contact you thru the system (assuming it is still in one piece) and send emergency help.
(do I sound like a commercial or what?!?!?!?!)
(and then there's the time(s) when I accidently left the keys in the car -- and one call and the car was unlocked........)
(that was a bonus commercial.........)
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Fbodfather
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quote:Originally posted by cytruffle:
quote:Originally posted by Fbodfather: By the way...I'm watching YOU from the OnStar Satellite........
ooooooh! too cool!!!! i'll wave atcha!!!
I saw you wave (with your middle finger?!?!?!?)
And what was that you were wearing? And why are you listening to 98.7 FM????
(oh yeah...and clean those wheels!!!)
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quote:Speaking of OnStar......can you make it available on the GM performance cars, please?
NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooo!!!!
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ROTFLMAO! I have had only 1 experience with OnStar and it was a total joke! Last month, I picked up a rental DeVille in St. Pete's and spent a couple of days in Tampa. Arrangements were made to drop the car off at the Ft. Lauderdale airport as i was spending the rewst of the rest of the week in Palm Beach. The bottom line was that I had to drive from Tampa to Palm Beach... and had already mapped out the direct route across the state. So... just for fun, as I was leaving the Tampa area, I called OnStar to get my best route to Palm Beach. What a joke that turned out to be! I got some ditz-brain on the line who was able to look at her GPS readout and tell me where I was and what direction I was heading. Very impressive! So after I told her where I was heading and she proceeds to give me this convoluted route thru ORLANDO, which would have taken me almost an hour out of my to the north, and then another hour coming back south! So... I suggested an alternative route, based on my highly developed mappinfg and navigation skills! ... and she said that the alternative route was OK... after she spent a good few minutes trying to find the route #'s on the map! On Star might be a good thing in an emergency, but I tell you what - the "icing on the cake" just ain't there yet!
quote:Originally posted by Fbodfather: By the way...that black box you see on the roof of some GM cars is not the OnStar antenna...that's the antenna for XM Radio. The OnStar antenna is mounted (usually, if not always) to the rear window or the side rear window and has a small mast.
As to OnStar? I love it. Expensive? Perhaps for all the services....but I use it all the time on my company vehicle and once you have it, you will always want it.
You are right about the XM but on the Trucks the on star antena is on the roof of the vehicle . Looks like crap in my opinion.
The On Star is great we /she uses it all the time when its available in the car she has.We used it 3 times once in a night to gat to a resteraunt we wanted to get to.And as to locking the keys in she olny mentioned once using it but knowing her its been more than that.
It will be a welcome feeling when we go to Maine to see a friend to have that option with us Posts: 3091 | From: Canton Mi. | Registered: Oct 2002
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quote:You are right about the XM but on the Trucks the on star antena is on the roof of the vehicle . Looks like crap in my opinion
Supposidly the engineers are working on ways to make it smaller and body color.... remember this is the first generation of this stuff. I'm seing more cars today without antena's for the radio its only a matter of time for this stuff also....
Posts: 1045 | From: Seattle, WA | Registered: Nov 2001
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quote:Originally posted by Fbodfather: By the way...I'm watching YOU from the OnStar Satellite........
ooooooh! too cool!!!! i'll wave atcha!!!
I saw you wave (with your middle finger?!?!?!?)
And what was that you were wearing? And why are you listening to 98.7 FM????
(oh yeah...and clean those wheels!!!)
that was my SSOA flag i was waving atcha, darlin'! i was wearing my slp performance parts t-shirt & camaro SS boxers, and i was listening to 102.1, the EDGE; the wheels...well...you got me there! (dammit!)
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Onstar is awesome. First time I every used it was in Bowling Green. Trying to find my hotel. When I orderd my HD back in January I made sure I got that option.
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Doesn't anyone want the joys anymore of being lost and finding yourself on a great road you've never traveled before ending somewhere better than the place you set out to go. Posts: 94 | From: Portland, Oregon USA | Registered: Nov 2002
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quote:Originally posted by SS Derek: Doesn't anyone want the joys anymore of being lost and finding yourself on a great road you've never traveled before ending somewhere better than the place you set out to go.
No because the wife will be with you when you find that winding road with no speed limit and all you will hear is "I Told You to Turd 5 miles Back" Posts: 3091 | From: Canton Mi. | Registered: Oct 2002
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quote:You are right about the XM but on the Trucks the on star antena is on the roof of the vehicle . Looks like crap in my opinion
Supposidly the engineers are working on ways to make it smaller and body color.... remember this is the first generation of this stuff. I'm seing more cars today without antena's for the radio its only a matter of time for this stuff also....
The Envoy that I had had the AM in one of the rear windows and the FM was in the other.
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I read in the paper the other day that big brother is going to start using the way we walk to catch bad guys from satellite and surveillance videos. Supposedly it is as unique as fingerprints and is 80 to 95% effective in IDing someone. I'm with Derek, who cares if you get lost. (Actually, I've never been lost, just temporarily disoriented.) More driving is better, unless you're late and the wife is starting to do the slow simmer. Posts: 58 | From: Vancouver, WA | Registered: Apr 2001
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Duuude....I get lost Waaaay to easily. I'd love it on my SS. Plus, you can use it as a phone, and if you lock your keys in it like people mentioned before, also it can disable you vehicle if it is stolen. I've gotten lost way too many times...even on my way home from work, lol. Good to see it will be available on the C6. Posts: 2651 | From: Enola (Harrisburg Area), Pennsylvania | Registered: Jan 2002
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I agree about having Onstar for help when needed but don't care for XM Radio. I will put the cd's in the changer an dlisten to those babies or the radio but can't hand XM. My buddy has it in his 03 Silverado and feels 50-50 about it. Posts: 2841 | From: Westland, MI | Registered: Apr 2003
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