I hope you are able to get these last two posts, since when that effect used to happen to me, it was entirely disconcerting back then til I figured it out. Too much is not researched about cell phone tower energy convergence, it seems to me.

“Onstar reminding you where you were going…”

If you have an old cell phone, the battery in it can get weak, and, if your service is with one of those companies that has exceedingly strong coverage (Verizon, for instance), you might be getting, as I had experienced several times at exactly the same spot on one road here in Austin, a location-related “thought pause” from lots of emf’s. (Esp. when I had two expresso’s).

You can actually have 2 or three cell towers trying to maintain contact with an old phone which has a low or weak battery. Try trading phones with your spouse for a month (call forward to each other).
I got a different cell phone service provider (otherwise nothing at all wrong with Verizon), and a new phone, and only had that same occurrence at that exact same spot once in the last year when the battery in the new phone was really low, and the phone was in my (tight) pants pocket. Maybe my body was too much of the antenna, seriously. When I placed the old phone on the dash going past that bad spot, the effect never happened.

Take care while you are away. We will miss you for the two weeks.

Dan.

I really see all your points very well and actually agree with those sensations completely regarding everything you have all said.

But did you know that if it were allowed by the owner as a new industry standard, not only would automated datastream transmission to GM vastly help GM extend the battery life as well as the other main powertrain components to an extremely exceptional benefit toward, and as well as at, the End of component Life, but, also especially, in case of an accident, the live human intellectual response is by far one of the most highly desired functions you could ask for.

That response may also include “live” technical responses for unanticipated situations which could never be foreseen, and, such questions must be answered to you in real time.

In these cases, I would certainly wish for live persons to be at my beck and call for any unusual incident, and, for when I have simple operational questions about my Volt, to be answered immediately.
How many of us complain bitterly and impatiently about being in phone-option-selection-”hell” when we need or want to talk to a live (correct) person right away when calling for assistance to just about any company nowadays?

Yes, there are many things about Volt that few of us know about, but, I certainly want, *demand*, that ONstar be in my Volt.

The servicing of the Volt will be so very clear to GM operations and Techs, there just will not be any of this
WAG baloney associated with it, so, servicing costs after the extended bumper to bumper (be SURE to get that) warranty will be far more clearly defined in electric vehicles than it ever was in ICE vehicles. THAT I CAN ABSOLUTELY ASSURE YOU as an ASE-Examined L-1 Advanced Systems Educator.

97% of otherwise good independent techs will NOT be servicing the Volt or likely any BEV. My interest in learning everything about the Volt is as much based on keeping even the Advanced L-1 techs
FAR AWAY from anything GM (or anyone else) does not want them to touch. My responsibility to my techs is firstly safety for them. With Volt, it might be sometime in 2017 at the soonest that they might actually DO something with the ICE only.
This brings the other caution I have for all independent techs and all others who do not know ICE diagnostics extremely well. That is, that the market for ICE diagnostics AND work will begin to start to dry up starting in about 4 years with Voltec market penetration, so they are strongly advised to start as soon as possible to learn everything the right way with the GM ICE Advanced Diagnostics software that is already downloaded into a Genisys scanner if they want to survive financially after about 4 years from now.

This is also because you can not just clear codes in a 2010. You must have the OEM factory diagnostics bidirectional testing software to remain in business, and, you must be TRAINED in the use of it to stay in business, as everyone else either fails or presents very high costs in their rates for low repair effectiveness.

The owner even nowadays with over 100,000 miles is right now, on average, driving around with one serious hidden problem, one pending serious problem, and one minor problem that also needs attention. NONE AT ALL OBVIOUS. Mainly due to loud stereos, brisk AC’s, and lots of sound proofing. The computer needs to report everything to GM to get it to you under warranty work.

Now that’s funny. I don’t care who you are.

Let’s Just Get The Volts’ Wheels On The Road!!**********NPNS