Bryce: I’f I’m wrong, I stand corrected

TOZO, your comment makes perfect sense only if it’s possible to steal your own car.

Saw it on a TV report, works great.

Bring it here to the US and watch the crime rate go down.

155MPH (or 250KM/H) is just a safety feature (possibly government mandated). No one NEEDS to go above that speed and cars become more dangerous for inexpirienced drivers to control at those speeds.

Also, what is up with the conspiracy theory about speeding tickets? Money collected for speeding tickets goes to the government, not back to GM.

Bryce, this feature is nice but I doubt people are going to choose GM over another car they are considering just because it can be shut down instead of just located (what all Assist systems offer).

OnStar with or without a shut down system is no reason to choose a GM product over another brand. The lack of an Assist system may be a reason not to choose a car but OnStar itself doest sell the GM brand since other manufacturers offer comparable systems.

Jazz, I would guess this system would work the same as vehicle recovery only shutting down the car once cops are near or once its in a safe place. Currently almost all Assists (OnStar, BMW Assist, MB TeleAid) work the same. The cars don’t know they have been stolen. You report the car stolen to the police. You get a case number. You call the Assist number and give your Assist number and the police case number. The Assist rep calls the police, verifies it has been reported stolen then assists the police in locating the vehicle (GPS).

In this case the OnStar rep would either shut down the car or wait for the police to request the car be shut down. Its a great option but not a huge leap from existing vehicle recovery options from all Assist systems.

I know that that quote is probably five years old, but why do you think OnStar would want to seperate itself from GM?

“TROY, MICH.–Genera Motors’ OnStar division has its first non-GM customer as it announces the driver assistance program will be installed in Honda’s 2002 “Acura” RL vehicles in the U.S. The move to install on Honda vehicles is the division’s first step toward diversifying its customer base and distancing itself from the GM image (Brandweek, April 10).

Bryce. That could be a GM car or a car from Honda’s faux-luxury division. Honda calls it something else, but it’s OnStar

I hope that GM exploits OnStar to it’s fullest. This is such an exclusive feature that customers should be swooning for GM products. I want to hear, “I refuse to own a car without OnStar”.

I know tons of people whose cars were stolen with Boomerangs on them (GPS) – the signal disappears and no one knows what the **** happened or where the car is.