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Replying to: 62vetteefp (Mar 26, 2007 5:01 am)
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Replying to: tdiidman (Mar 26, 2007 5:46 am) I kind of agree with you about the GM options available...I think GM is really pushing their On-Star option...kind of self serving I think. |
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Mar 26, 2007 4:47 am) New CTS (rumor) by Cadillac will come with Bluetooth for European exports. 6 months later, BT for US. BT provides so much flexibility, ease of use, easy commands (mostly just say "dial number" or "call home" in most implementations, etc) -- On*star with Verizon -- hey that would be OK with us, we have Cincinnati Bell which allows you to use their systems without contract, so moving to Verizon would not be an issue. But, of course, Verizon almost certainly will not allow the same no contract approach. My BT phone paired with my car in June 2005 within seconds of me turning the BT feature on -- on the phone itself. The voice response works perfectly (about 98% of the time.) And the in car cradle means no battery worries. The Acadia seems to be so very well thought out -- and with a 60% residual from GMAC -- it seems to be competitive with BMW's X cars. The Germans, so I used to think, were always late in adopting technologies that American and Japanese cars had had for years (automatic headlights were on American cars decades ago, for example.) Now a really well thought out piece of technology comes out -- the Acadia -- and it lacks Bluetooth but it has an iPod plug (which in our case means little since the thing has sat radio.) I'll assume this "oversight" will be short lived. But, the fact (unless it is unproven) that the new 2008 CTS will ship BT to Europe for 6 months THEN offer it to US customers is perplexing. Hope you're right about Ohio -- but strange things may happen, I'd rather be ready than ticketed. 
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Mar 26, 2007 4:47 am) I agree. While this should have been an option, the Onstar alliance seems to complicate matters. And it's way to expensive to use Onstar for even a moderate cell phone user. But it's amazingly simple to add Bluetooth these days. They have all-in-one units that you charge like an earpiece and clip to your visor. Works with voice dialing. The Parrot minikit has gotten great reviews and I'll probably be getting one soon (I don't work for parrot, I just did some reasearch and this one looks good for the price). Spend more $$ and you can get even better http://www.parrot.biz/usa/products/parrotminikit
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Replying to: mrblonde49 (Mar 26, 2007 6:47 am) As for OnStar, they gave me an analogue system on my 03 and then everything will be phased out to digital but it's not upgradeable and it's too expensive per month for what it did. Mine's dead. Is OnStar a separate company or a GM subsidiary? What is the connection? And the Verizon connection using your Verizon-priced minutes on the OnStar handsfree wasn't available in this area and probably wouldn't have worked on our analogue system.
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Mar 26, 2007 7:13 am) Note, I have only used On-Star one time, so I guess it has been worth it...car wash somehow got the doors locked and was suggesting calling Pop-A-Lock, etc. I called the wife and she found the renewal papers, called On-Star and within 5 minutes had the doors remotely unlocked. Well, it would have been cheaper to have the wife bring her keys and unlock it, but it does have some potential benefit if you even need their emergency services such as air bag deployment, locate vehicle if stolen, etc. Looking at the On-Star site, it looks as if On-Star is part of GM, site show ON-STAR by GM.
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Replying to: wlbrown9 (Mar 26, 2007 9:24 am) (Apparently if you have let your On-Star lapse, there is a $100 activation fee to get the upgrade.) Alternate is to do a 2 year renewal and get 3 additional months free, not sure how that affects the digital upgrade. IIRC, I asked about the digital upgrade 2 years ago and was told that if you paid for it, it would run about $600. |
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Replying to: markcincinnati (Mar 26, 2007 4:22 am)
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| Well ordered our Acadia on 2/08/07 the dealer said it would take 6 to 8 weeks. Got a call from the dealer today(3/26/07)and said our Acadia was ready,we will be picking it up tomorrow.By my calculations that made it 7 weeks. | |
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Replying to: budi (Mar 26, 2007 10:19 am) 
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