Chevrolet Adds Mandatory $300 OnStar Subscription to the Price of the 2023 Corvette

1. Bad enough we have out of control inflation a gas gussler tax and now on star which i have never extended after the initial purchase of the car. Even though i have a deposit down on a Z it is rapidly becoming out of a middle class purchase. Is that what GM is hoping because the car just cant be built in the quantities that are needed?

2. Expect to one day see a free car, but the options will be killer!! 🙂
   Mandatory options – One way to show the incredible popularity of shit nobody wanted in the first place, but AVP Slick has a career riding on it.

3. Bingo! You are spot on. GM has made the connection between limited edition cars, member services, high demand and profit. Why make less money and have cars sitting on dealer lots when you can create demand and make each car to order? We as customers have turned the corner into this new world. Pay more, wait, get less. Ug.

4. If you have a smartphone. On Star is worthless. At least this is a minimalist version. I don’t have an issue with paying for something I want. It’s not having a choice that is the issue. GM should do a survey asking what things you would pay to receive. Audi did that earlier this year.

5. Already crossed a new Escalade or Denali off from the list because of this crap, Corvette and Z06 are next to go. Guess I’ll have to buy from somebody else that lets the buyer pick and choose what options they want on their cars. Or go Restomod.

6. Freedom of choice is where the American sports car should shine. Next thing you know, everyone will be required to order black wheels.

7. I have a 2023 that I took delivery of in June… I never used the trial of XM or OnStar due to something way more useful called ‘Android Auto’. I don’t need remote start or remote diagnostics either.

   All I have received are “Your service is expired but here is a promotional plan for you” mailers, but no bill per se.

   ‘Mandatory subscription’ for something I do not have a legit need for? What a joke! So what if we don’t pay up? What are they going to do? Kill the ignition so we can’t drive our cars? I dare them to try. GM doesn’t hold the lien to my car… I do- I paid trade-in plus 20+ years of savings, so I own mine, lock, stock & barrel.

   Maybe if they directed this kind of energy towards answering the demand for the car that they might not be in the pickle they are!

   What’s next? Only Jay Leno, Rick Hendrick, Emilia Hartford and Saudi sheiks get the E-Ray & ZR-1/Zora?

8. “The cost of the subscription is $300, and the app includes the ability to remote start, receive vehicle diagnostics, and more. ”

   The key question should be what does “and more” include.

9. I am saving up for a C8, have 25 grand so far, but now I am really thinking about just buying a used C7 instead.

10. NOW WE KNOW WHERE THE RIP OFF DEALERS GET IT !!I WAS SUPPOSE TO GET A FREE ECHO DOT ALONG WITH A MONTHS FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO ONSTAR YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE THE LIES I KEPT GETTING FROM THE ONSTAR PERSONNEL ONE AFTER ANOTHER.SO I CAN TELL YOU WHAT GM CAN DO WITH THEIR ONSTAR !!! LIARS!!! WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT GM ???

11. Next on the list…$1000 mandatory add for three years of free car washes and free air in your tires at “participating” Chevrolet dealerships.

12. This is GM, ‘mericuh, where greed is good!

13. OnStar became obsolete over a decade ago–the moment the smartphone was introduced. This BS is nothing more than welfare for all the call center employees GM subsidizes, who should have moved on to other jobs, circa 2009.

14. Do I hear a class action lawsuit in the works?

15. Mandated by the government so they can track you or shut your car off if your social credit score is bad. What do you think Verizon or ATT do with your phone data? We live in the times of Big Brother and it gets worse every day.

16. I don’t think they should mandate it. I do have an OnStar safety and security plan. It’s inexpensive but has features including Guardian which allows me to add family members to get the same benefits. Just an added layer of security for me to know my people can get help on the road. We did use the automatic crash response feature once when my wife was hurt in an accident. They responded instantly and were the first to call police. She was injured, so I’m glad they were able to help. The turn by turn is not that great, I use my phone app or Waze to get around unfamiliar territory.

17. Corporations have turned into Mobster’s now PROTECTION money of $30.00 a month next year $40.00 a month, $50.00 a month, $100.00 a month. I’ve had enough I will be removing my name from new corvette waiting list I’ll let some one else have the privilege of paying Protection to the Greedy Mob.

18. They are adding $300 for a service we will most likely never use but they can’t deliver a car with 2 extra quarts of transmission fluid unless we can tear the car apart ourselves or have the dealer to do it for $500 or more. They designed the car to go to the track! We are living in clown world.

19. Between the power of smartphones, Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, OnStar is obsolete.

    Again, it raises the question that @Brian L posted above…

    The second the payment was handed over to the dealer, GM no longer possesses that car. They are not the lien or title holder. As such, they have no rights over what is now the property of either you (if paid off) or the financier (if still paying). If you do not pay for the OnStar service, you don’t get the benefits of said service, nor does the service provider have any kind of control over your vehicle. In any case, I am having trouble seeing how GM can force this if you have already taken delivery of a 2023 model the way @Brian L has.

    What I can tell you is that if GM attempts to extort people who didn’t buy into this by collection actions or disabling a car, you can count on a class action suit.

    Mr. Reuss and Ms. Barra, we all know you read this site. End the insanity, end the wokeness, and get back to making great cars. You have a good one in the Corvette…..don’t continue jacking your reputation up with extortion stunts like this.

20. Even though I have never had an onstar subscription for my C7Z, I nevertheless checked my vehicle stats a2 years in to find it was automatically tracking all sorts of parameters about my driving, without ever asking me if this was OK. “Hard acceleration events” was onencategory, for instance. Just imagine what an insurance company would try to do with such data, even though there was no contexts, like, were these on a track, private road, etc. Imagine what some police departments might do. Time has shown that if the data is there l, it will be abused by some entity, whether or not it’s actually you that gets victimized.
    Not only is onstar essentially useless when you have a smart phone, it’s just one more tool that can be used against you.
    Really starting to second guess my planned purchase of a new vette, GM. gg

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