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Originally Posted by Matt'sSS
I never really considered OnStar as anything much more than a gimmick, but the more I hear about it the more I like it! Especially after getting stuck between Tampa & Ft Lauderdale waiting for probably 4 hours for our insurance to get a truck to us!
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Two stories that are a testament to OnStar: (I'll make 'em brief)
Grandmother is driving a new DTS and is gassing it up at a service station. A thug comes up -- pulls a gun, pushes her out of the way - jumps in the Caddy and tears out of the gas station........
...................with the 18 month old grandchild in a childseat in the rear of the Caddy.
The Grandmother immediately called 911 and OnStar.
OnStar tells the police that the car is at the intersection of two state highways - -they arrive with lights and siren........
........and no Caddy.
OnStar says "yes...the car is THERE...we'll flash the lights and blow the horn..." -- and over in the bushes the police hear the horn and see the headlights -- grandchild is still in the child seat.
Story #2
Customer is coming down a mountain road in a TrailBlazer - -SOMEHOW she manages to become airborne and clears the guardrail - leaving no marks -- but goes over the ravine -- and is knocked unconscious. OnStar immediately calls - gets no response - and immediately sends help...the TrailBlazer is located and the woman's life is saved....there would have been no way to see the vehicle in the ravine and she would have most likely bled to death....
THAT is why OnStar is so important.