u/ronswanson221

Anyone got the secret? I’ve tried to search and so search how to do it in the 2026, none of the directions seems to apply to the OS.

Nothing is in the profile settings, when I delete the profile and recreate it nothing comes up to link a key fob as stated.

Is it really smart enough to know automatically what key fob I have in the car when I create the profile?

Also any tips when creating the second profile. Do I add just google and media accounts, do I need to add the myCadillac account and if so do I make one or my wife or login in with my cred? The google and media accounts should be easy enough.

Just got my new Vistiq. Sick car, great tech, gorgeous, big. I hate how all EVs except Rivian are gong with the low to the ground approach for SUVs.

I am super happy but there are two things that are a bit ridiculous and not needed.

1. Onstar. This service absolutely blows. To even get the car off the lot, you must complete an “onboarding call.” These morons couldn’t get the car out of demo mode and kept me on the phone an hour to fix it. Horrible new car experience.

The sales people also said call them with any question. “The EV concierge is super knowledgeable”. Called them when the 2-3 questions so far. Far from knowledgable. Basically searching a knowledge base.

Just get rid of it. It’s not needed and not valuable.

2. Google OS. While the Google OS isn’t bad and it’s fairly intuitive. I don’t understand why the car manufacturer wants to force my phone integration experience. Why not just offer CarPlay and android auto for phone related functions? It’s really silly to have to use the Google system and deal with its bugs for my iPhone versus just making it as easy as CarPlay does for me.

I’m sure for the Google people it’s better but in the same regard, I wouldn’t expect a Google person to have to use a non-Google experience. It just seems like a weird choice and I don’t know why GM wants to alienate consumers like that.

And by the way, using Gemini as the Google Assistant makes it so you can’t even text with your phone. At least if you’re gonna give me the option to use Gemini and they’re gonna force me to use Google. You can make your shit work.

Other than that, this is a top-notch car and I’m super excited about it. I’ll deal with these things, but it could be so easy to make this more friendly.

Ken Wright is our go to daily drinker. Just the normal Willamette Valley Pinot.

We have been getting cases since 2020, and it’s always been one of the easiest to drink Pinots with little breath time. Great fruit, well balanced, reasonably priced.

We have recently moved on to 2024 since our distribution centers and stores are out of 2023. The first case tasted so alcoholic that we ended up taking it back. All we could taste was alcohol even after allowing a couple of bottles 2-3 hours to open up.

I returned it and asked for a replacement case. Found the new case has the same problem. I live in a state that doesn’t stock this wine so I have to special order it, and they bring in the cases when we order.

Has anyone else noticed this difference in the 2024 vintage. Is it too young? Was it a bad year? Not sure what is going on.

Probably going to be an unpopular topic but hear me out. We are going to Willamette in the fall. We want to be safe and not drive to the wineries, but are also looking to be economical. We also want to support the industry and help the local economy, but we have limits and are not made of money.

I’ve been inquiring about the price of wine drivers. The prices at a min seem to be $50 an hour which over a few days of tasting and the scheduling blocks offered can add to a big total quickly. Even those offering to drive our car add up quickly.

Having that said, it made me wonder why you wouldn’t just take a ride share. it’s possible to preschedule rides, and from what I could see the rates are reasonably better. Here’s the details.

- It is just my wife and I going. Not a big group of people.
- We don’t really need help booking the tours. We have done the research, know locals who have given recommendations.
- We have about 4 days of tasting, focusing each day on a different valley and places we want to try in each region. Not that those plans are 100% locked in, but I would say 75% of the list are places we want to see, 25% suggestions we are taking from friends, this subreddit research, and others.
- We are glad to let people book the tours for us if they get extra money and it’s a benefit to them, not against it.

At the end of the research it seems that ride share would be a significant savings. When you add up flights, hotels/Airbnb, rental car, meals and entertainment, etc, it seems the cost of a private driver just isn’t economical for us.

Opinions, am I missing anything? Would honestly appreciate any insight.

**Update: putting locations here for help. **

Staying: Newberg

Touring:

Day 1: Dundee Hills
Day 2: Ribbon Ridge and Yamhill Carlton
Day 3: Chahalem
Day 4: Eola Amity

Heading to Willamette in October and looking for private driver recommendations. We don’t want a tour. Looking for a driver that will take us wherever we want to go.

Any recommendations are appreciated.