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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by ODAMO:
This on star thing really worries me. It seems that BIG brother can keep an eye on your every move. If they can email you telling how much oil life you have left, what else is it monitoring & how is all the info being used? If you run out of gas does it know this and where you are? If you get stuck out in the boonies does it also know this and can determine you may not be where you should be? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Don't be paranoid. Onstar does not track you for the fun of it. For one thing, an employee would be fired, and they don't have time to track you.
The report sent to onstar on your vehicle diagnosis is set up when you agree to it. The module will send a report of engine informaiton to onstar on a certain day, if the vehicle is off that day, it will send it the next time the vehicle is started.
Your spouse cannot call onstar and ask them what bar you are in. Only way onstar will track your vehicle is if you call for directions, your air bags go off, or a police agency with the right code number calls because you have reported the vehicle stolen.
As for out in the boonies, onstar could care less. It does not know you ran out of gas, unless you call them. When you call (other than the phone), they do get a signal as to where you are located. But there is no place you are not supposed to be. Heck, you could be inside the gold vault in Fort Knox and they would care less.