Valentine 1 Users, Chime in please!

[1sikbmr]

Originally Posted by AwesomeBMW2

I need to do that... Did you tap into anywhere in particular in the fuse box?

I followed this one

http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthr...ht=v1+fuse+tap

[spdy330]

Yes, I have two.

[BPMSport]

best radar detector ever - i've had it for 6 years and still running strong.

Has saved me countless times. I've considered buying one for each car but I'm too cheap

Keep it mounted high up.

[zhp2m3]

Love my V1...took it off my E46 and just hardwired it to my E90. Biggest difference was that it took twice as long to get the light fixture panel down..what a PITA!!

Have it on the top of the windshield to the left of the rear view mirror..very clean and glad to have it up and running again.

[whats77inaname]

Originally Posted by M3Now!

I was a loyal V1 owner for about four years, and it was great. But, after reading a review of the new (EDIT) Passport 9500 IX, ordered one. Two weeks later the V1 was sold.

The really cool thing about the Passport is that it locks out false signals through the GPS, after three falses in the same place. I didn't realize just how many false signals it locks out until taking a trip out of town into new territory. At home it runs less than one false for every real signal. And great range front and back.

I do miss the arrows, but like the Passport better.

Cheers

I don't know if that would be a strength or a weakness. If I were a traffic enforcement cop, I'd run a radar detector and see what areas false, and I'd enforce in that area. My reasoning would be that most people driving w/detectors that frequent that stretch of road would be accustomed to the false reading, and simply ignore it. If enforcement ever adopted this methodology (who says some haven't?), your detector is potentially making you a sitting duck. Just saying....

[Stormtroooper]

Just ordered mine through www.radar-mirror.com and sent in my mirror for the integrated option.

[ThunderMoose]

Originally Posted by zhp2m3

Love my V1...took it off my E46 and just hardwired it to my E90. Biggest difference was that it took twice as long to get the light fixture panel down..what a PITA!!

Have it on the top of the windshield to the left of the rear view mirror..very clean and glad to have it up and running again.

LOL - same experience here.

In the E46, I had the remote display in the ashtray. It took me about 3 months to stop looking down when the detector went off.