DniCeE TL

The 2003 TL comes with Onstar do you think we can Add On star on our TL? i have a 2000 TL Can this be done?

edgalang

you sure you want to? It's only neat for the first year...then you have to pay $250 a year just for having the availability of service....plus an additional fee everytime you use it. My parents have it on their mercedes....till this day they have yet to use it.

agean

yah i really wouldn't recommend it. it sounds good in theory, but not all that practical, plus it gets pretty expensive.

i would imagine that retrofitting the car with onstar would cost a fortune. sounds like something that would have to be done by the dealer, and i can only imagine the markup they take on something like that

LITypeS

One of the best features of OnStar is their vehicle tracking in case your car gets stolen. Also in the event your airbags deploy, someone automatically calls your car to make sure you're ok and notifies the police or ambulance. Another great feature is the phone system thats integrated in the cars speaker system. I have it on my 2003 and I think its well worth the money.

edgalang

I agree...I like the car tracking feature...along with the air bag deploy safety feature (cadillacs can even be unlocked by the Onstar people if happed to lock yourself out). But as for the phone system, correct me if I'm wrong, but it only operates on an analog channel (very easy to steal the code), plus analog minutes are like 3x the cost of digital minutes (dont mean to rub it in..but almost everyone has a cell phone by now). In addition to the yearly payments, I also think the Onstar antennea on the TL is one of the worst looking external units around. Why couldnt it be more subtle like on mercedes.

AK_MOBBER

funny I never noticed an onstar antennae ?!?