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having OnStar is weird

IronWing

IronWing

No Lifer
My new car came with OnStar diagnostics. I just got an email telling me I have a flat tire on the driver's side rear.
 
MagnusTheBrewer said:
you'd rather get a tweet, Instagram, fb or, whatsapp?
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I'd rather see a light on the dash and that be the end of it. Barring that, GM could send pleasing women wearing beautiful gowns with flowers in their hair to advise me on all matters concerning tire pressure.
 
actually what he would rather have hapopen is the car automatically pulls over and says to the driver -- We have called to tow truchk to0 cpome a change your flat tire...it will arrive in 12 hrs. Until that time it is unsafe to drive so we are disabling your ignition!!
 
JEDIYoda said:
actually what he would rather have hapopen is the car automatically pulls over and says to the driver -- We have called to tow truchk to0 cpome a change your flat tire...it will arrive in 12 hrs. Until that time it is unsafe to drive so we are disabling your ignition!!
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Nah, you can safely drive on the rims if you don't mind buying new rims when you're done. Of course, the highway folks might get pissed off about the new grooves cut in the asphalt.
 
ondma said:
If that is correct, you should also have a TPMS warning light illuminated on the dash.
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If it works like my old Chevy Cruze, it will also show which tire is flat on the LCD display.

I found that the most useful feature of OnStar was remotely triggering the car horn from their smartphone app to help me figure out where I parked in the parking garage. It worked much better than the keyfob, which only worked from about 50 feet away and only worked reliably when you had a line of sight to the car. At that point, you can already see the damn thing.
 
I got in the car Saturday and after driving a very short distance a message came up in the dash saying that the LF tire was at 24 pounds and I then got an email telling me the tire was low at 24 pounds.

I returned home, found the screw in the tire, removed it and as I proceeded to rasp out the hole in preparation for the plug, the tire went completely flat and the LF turn signal started flashing. I got the plug in, and started inflating the tire. When it reached the proper pressure the horn beeped and the turn signal quit flashing.

Yes, I plug my tires and have done so for many, many years. You may feel free to deal with your tires any way you wish. I'm OK with that.
 
I hear GM is coming out with InStar, where they place a probe just under the driver's seat upholstery to give you an in-drive colonoscopy.
 
MagnusTheBrewer said:
you'd rather get a tweet, Instagram, fb or, whatsapp?
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megaphone blasting out for all the would to hear, like those programmable horns that would play different tunes

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