The other day I was in the fast lane, behind 30 or so cars when this other SUV pulls up behind me and in about 30 seconds my V1 goes off on the Ka-band like crazy with the arrow pointing in the reverse. I look around and there ain't anything like a cop behind me or anywhere else. And I'm not speeding, since I'm stuck behind those 30 other cars. So I figure it won't hurt to pull over to the slow lane and see what happens. Sure enough, that SUV passes me and the V1's arrows track him from behind, to beside, to in front and then he turns it off. It is pretty obvious the guy had a Ka-band transmitter he uses to scare radar detector users out of the way. I wrote down his plate, and contemplated calling the FCC since, unless he is specially licensed, he's probably committing a felony broadcasting on a restricted frequency, but I didn't bother. Next time he runs into a V1 owner he may not be so lucky though...

Meanwhile, I'm pretty sure he used his transmitter on me because he could see the silhoutte of the V1 mounted above my rear-view mirror and figured my radar detector would make me an easy target. So I've been thinking about some sort of console molding that could go up there above the rear-view mirror, maybe with some map-lights and sun-roof controls and that the new, slimmer, V1 could "hide" in behind lightly tinted glass (or maybe just with cut-outs that precisely match the receiver horns and cover all of the built-in display and knobs) and just use the remote display tucked away somewhere innocuous and definitely not visible to drivers in the rear.

Anybody else look into something like that? I think it would combine the best of both worlds, you get V1 quality in a well concealed installation that you could still remove when necessary for a lot less than any of the hidden-in-the-grille units.