if you use the OnStar hands free feature, please read

[jstein]

you can just add minutes to begin with and still have the build in phone with onstar

[esperman]

Originally Posted by scrming

and as far as I know the FREE 30 minutes you got with the car are the only minutes that actually expire.. could be wrong...

the FREE 30 minutes expre in like 3 months. If you buy addtional minutes (I bought 100 more for 14.00) they expire within 12 months.

[Bryan2230]

I have a bluetooth enabled phone, but I also bought the 100 minutes for $15 (for emergency purposes). Since I got the Intro minutes, my free 30 minutes dont expire in 2 months, they roll over until next year, like my intro minutes.

[HeatherMarie2LT]

Originally Posted by drtwo

Simply bluetooth your phone to the car and whenever you are in the car with the phone in your pocket...you can answer from the cars controls. I'm not sure what else you would ever want???

Exactly. I never did understand the point of another line or Onstar minutes. Connect to Bluetooth, and hit the answer button when you have a call. Most people's cell phones have become part of their person anyway so I don't get what all your fuss is about

[All-Or-Nothing]

Originally Posted by HeatherMarie2LT

Exactly. I never did understand the point of another line or Onstar minutes. Connect to Bluetooth, and hit the answer button when you have a call. Most people's cell phones have become part of their person anyway so I don't get what all your fuss is about

I don't get it either. Bluetooth is free. Bluetooth is handsfree. Why pay for something you could get for free.

[dstairs]

Originally Posted by HeatherMarie2LT

Exactly. I never did understand the point of another line or Onstar minutes. Connect to Bluetooth, and hit the answer button when you have a call. Most people's cell phones have become part of their person anyway so I don't get what all your fuss is about

ONSTAR Handsfree offers more than another phone line. In a lot of regions in the country there are dead areas with no cell phone coverage. OnStar transmits on a much more powerful system and can reach and receive from towers much further away.

I do not think it is to be thought of as a replacement or an additional cell phone, rather as a very cheap insurance policy that provides a phone when your battery dies in your cell phone, you are in a dead zone, you drop and smash your phone or leave it at home. Remember Blutooth works only if you have that option, not all cars and trucks offer the connectativity package, some customers actually choose to have it deleted to save a few dollars even when it is available.