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bunkerbuster1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-31-09 02:42 PM
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14. Those Home Security ads are a hoot!
I love how they essentially advertise that you don't need their monitoring system, since a loud alarm always scares off the bad guys.
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  -About OnStar PM Martin  Mar-31-09 01:51 PM   #0 
  - Probably.  rcrush   Mar-31-09 01:52 PM   #1 
  - No idea, but their commercials piss me off.  tridim   Mar-31-09 01:58 PM   #2 
  - How about those Brink's Home Security commercials?  Cheap_Trick   Mar-31-09 02:21 PM   #9 
     - Not even close  ProgressiveProfessor   Mar-31-09 02:40 PM   #13 
     - The best  rrneck   Mar-31-09 03:11 PM   #15 
     - Those Home Security ads are a hoot!  bunkerbuster1   Mar-31-09 02:42 PM   #14 
        - The better systems don't use sirens...all they do piss off the neighbors when the inevitable false  ProgressiveProfessor   Mar-31-09 03:19 PM   #17 
  - It's a phone with a built-in GPS which is *designed* to track you.  baldguy   Mar-31-09 02:02 PM   #3 
  - If you pull the fuse on the OnStar system  PM Martin   Mar-31-09 02:04 PM   #4 
  - I asked our local dealership if they would do that.  Arctic Dave   Mar-31-09 02:09 PM   #6 
  - bit of a long shot  8 track mind   Mar-31-09 02:22 PM   #10 
  - Yes, and probably a half-dozen other essential systems along with it.  baldguy   Mar-31-09 02:13 PM   #7 
  - all phones with a built-in GPS are *designed* to track you. you get that, right?  1   Mar-31-09 10:04 PM   #25 
     - You can TURN A CELL PHONE OFF, but *not* the OnStar. You get that, right?  baldguy   Mar-31-09 10:51 PM   #26 
        - Also a cell phone  PM Martin   Mar-31-09 10:55 PM   #27 
        - Umm, cell phones track you to distances much less than a few thousand feet,  MadHound   Mar-31-09 11:17 PM   #29 
           - the ignorance on this thread about what your cell phone reveals about you is frightening...  1   Apr-01-09 12:31 AM   #30 
              - Yes, that ignorance is frightening,  MadHound   Apr-01-09 07:33 AM   #32 
              - And you don't know what a SIMM chip is or does.  baldguy   Apr-01-09 08:58 AM   #34 
              - 1980 is calling and it wants you incredibly outdated "knowledge" back  Statistical   Apr-01-09 09:09 AM   #35 
        - yes you can. but how is it the cell phone remembers all of your stored phone numbers...  1   Apr-01-09 12:34 AM   #31 
           - It's called "memory"-- how do computers remember stuff,  crispini   Apr-01-09 07:50 AM   #33 
           - The same way my digital camera "remembers" the pictures I took at Aunt Agnes's house last year? n/t  cherokeeprogressive   Apr-02-09 04:28 PM   #37 
  - I've read a story where the .gov obtained a warrant to listen in on some dude's.....  pinniped   Mar-31-09 02:08 PM   #5 
  - ive heard  iamthebandfanman   Mar-31-09 02:14 PM   #8 
  - One thing they will turn it on for....  Rosco T.   Mar-31-09 02:23 PM   #11 
  - Good thing I did not waste my money ona GM car.  PM Martin   Mar-31-09 02:37 PM   #12 
  - I just love  rrneck   Mar-31-09 03:13 PM   #16 
  - kick  PM Martin   Mar-31-09 09:41 PM   #18 
  - Or you can buy a Ford, which does not have the system.  roamer65   Mar-31-09 09:54 PM   #19 
  - True. I did not buy a GM car for the record.  PM Martin   Mar-31-09 09:55 PM   #20 
     - The salesman got a hoot out of my statement when I bought my Chevy truck.  roamer65   Mar-31-09 10:02 PM   #24 
  - Shit, We're Going Buy A New Vehicle Soon. I'm Gonna Tell Them I Won't Buy A  Dinger   Mar-31-09 09:56 PM   #21 
  - OnStar Creeps Me Out (nt)  Dinger   Mar-31-09 09:57 PM   #22 
  - not for nuthin, but tony soprano had this exact device removed from his escalade. i'm just saying...  1   Mar-31-09 10:02 PM   #23 
  - Fictional, but good point. What's Danny Marino rolling in these days.  flvegan   Mar-31-09 11:00 PM   #28 
  - Very true.  PM Martin   Apr-02-09 04:22 PM   #36 
  - FBI has used OnStar  Indy Lurker   Apr-02-09 04:46 PM   #38 
  - Thank you.  PM Martin   Apr-02-09 09:15 PM   #39 
  - The idea of OnStar has always creeped me out.  Canuckistanian   Apr-02-09 09:29 PM   #40 
 

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