Recent content by StuartV

Of course! Thanks.

Over there they mention possibly having an additional wave of "testers" at some point. I went ahead and registered and sent my VIN just in case that happens and it gets me SPAAK a little sooner.

That really stinks that @RamCares did that over there and didn't give us peasants here the opportunity to get in on the first wave (whenever it finally does roll out).

I've had Retrax and BakFlip (hard tri-fold) in the past. Then I put a Bak Revolver on my '19. After having that for 3 years, I put another Revolver on the used '21 I bought and I now I have a Revolver on my '25. I like the Revolver SO much better than I liked the couple of Retrax's and the...

See that light pole in the second pic? The one you can only see a bit of between the rear view mirror and the dash? Yeah, I don't want half my view of that blocked by a radar detector hanging there. Where it is does not block my view of anything I need to see. I can still use my sun visor just...

My visor still works just fine. It's in front of the visor and up high... I can't see the detector when the visor is flipped down, but I can hear it and my phone (running SpectreNav) shows me the same info that the detector displays.

Replaced the suction cup mount with a $10 semi-permanent mount from eBay. Done now and very happy with the results.

Now, I could just put the whole Valentine 1 in a weatherproof enclosure with a clear front and put it in the grill, and then use my phone as the remote display. :) Which is pretty much what I am doing with it on my motorcycle. Stick it inside my tankbag where nobody, including me, can see it...

I ordered this $10 bracket off eBay. Stick with 3M tape to the glass. Even better than a suction cup. And only $10. https://www.ebay.com/itm/115249357749 Where it is now, I can easily reach the RD itself to hit the Mute button. And - THEORETICALLY - I will get better radar reception with it up...

I think I've settled on my (more-or-less) final answer. Up high, with a Gen5DIY wiring harness for power. https://www.gen5diy.com/collections/19-20-ram-plug-play-harnesses/products/19-20-ram-radar-detector-harness

I added a radar detector. Valentine 1 Gen 2 with a Gen5DIY wiring harness to run it using power from the mirror. https://www.gen5diy.com/collections/19-20-ram-plug-play-harnesses/products/19-20-ram-radar-detector-harness I tried it first down at the bottom of the windshield, taking power from...

I switched my fuse over today to make the 12V power outlet on top of the Uconnect (i.e. on the dash) turn on and off with the truck instead of being always on. It was a huge pain to figure out which fuse needed to be moved. I swear it is not in the location that the owner's manual shows (in its...

I wish I could run JBV1. But, I had an Android phone for years - until Google seriously screwed me over. I switched to an iPhone and I won't go back to running Android. Apple is bad, but Google is far worse. And I have no interest in having two phones and having to monitor them both for...

There are smartphone apps nowadays that will connect to your radar detector and also use the GPS in your phone and monitor flight data and will actually tell you if there is a police plane/copter in the air near you...

I generally only go 10 over in my truck - and I haven't had a ticket in my truck since 2011, I think. But, I just got my first ticket on my motorcycle in 10 years. On it, I stick to 10 over for normal cruising ... usually. Sometimes, in some carefully chosen places, I may exceed the 10 over...