Bought a brand new 2015 Silverado today.
Tried out the 'turn-by-turn' navigation assistance.
Step 1: Press OnStar Button
Step 2: Wait up to a minute for customer support to answer
Step 3: Listen to tech-support warning that call is being monitored
Step 4: Listen to random person thank me for using OnStar
Step 5: Listen to random person ask me how might they assist me
Step 6: Ask random person why there aren't any maps, and how to input my destination
Step 7: Listen to random person tell me that every god damn fucking time i want to go anywhere with nav support, i need to repeat Steps 1-5 then tell random OnStar person my destination of choice before they will download the special 'turn-by-turn' directions to my dashboard display.
Step 8: Drive into retaining wall.
Seriously.
This is fucking garbage.
OnStar 2015 'turn-by-turn' nav support is literally just an arrow pointing the direction you need to go, and how far till you need to turn or whatever.
No maps, nothing like Google Maps, nothing like Apple Maps even.
Just the destination till the next turn.
After calling the dealership, i was informed that the car i needed to buy (not the one i actually bought) was the one with the most expensive package, and totally different than the one i drove off the lot.
"But GeraltsBeard" (you might ask) "why did you not ask these types of questions before driving off the lot?"
Excellent question.
BECAUSE IT IS 2015 and when you see that a car has nav assistance, I did not fathom that it would take the form of a floating post-it note without any context to my surroundings, like every other navigation tool since 1999 has. I mean sure, i pressed the button, and saw a compass with a message to call OnStar, but i logically thought that since it was a test drive, and OnStar was not activated yet, that it would unlock when OnStar was set up.
It has everything i could want, except a potato for a navigation system.
Imagine needing to call customer service every time you wanted to find the nearest Taco Bell in an unfamiliar part of town.
The last car i had for 15 years.
This has been an exciting disappointment of a day
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This is more a PSA and query if anyone else has experienced this nightmare of backwards technology.
Someone had the thought "You know how people hate calling tech support? lets make that an integral part of our navigation technology, while removing all actual maps and other useful information except an annoying DING DING DING when you are 50m from where you have to merge into traffic. People will LOVE that!"