Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Valentine 1 and radar

[cmlf1 (cmlf1]

I have an E39 as well, but the E46 does not have any access to the keyed power 
in the roof panel, as all of the power to the sunrrof switches seem always hot 
(?) and there is no good ground. I will have to take a closer look.

carl

----- Original Message -----
From: Dennis Liu 
Date: Friday, July 27, 2007 9:56 am
Subject: RE: [Ferrari] Valentine 1 and radar
To: cmlf1 [at] optonline.net
Cc: 'The FerrariList' 

> Huge fan. I've written litany after litany of praise for it (as 
> have many,
> many, many others). Crushes the Passport and other competitors 
> to the
> ground, for many reasons, but primarily because it's the only 
> detector in
> the world (patented) that has directional arrows to tell you the 
> LOCATION of
> the signal.
> 
> Anyway, it was insanely easy to install in my E38 and E39 BMWs, 
> and may be
> in yours. I just popped a panel to get access to the map lights 
> (near the
> Homelink buttons), and tapped into a power wire for the auto-dim 
> rear view
> mirror, which is "keyed power". The converter fit easily into 
> place, the
> power wire to the detector slid right out, and the V1 mounts 
> high and to the
> driver's right, just at the edge of windshield tint. Not easily 
> seen from
> outside the car, but easy enough to slip out if I'm parking 
> anywhere new.
> 
> vty,
> 
> --Dennis
> 
> _____ 
> 
> From: cmlf1 [at] optonline.net [mailto:cmlf1 [at] optonline.net] 
> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 9:43 AM
> To: BigHeadDennis [at] gmail.com
> Cc: 'The FerrariList'
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Valentine 1 and radar
> 
> 
> So I take it you are a fan of the V1? I just got one, and am 
> going to
> install it in my newly aquired 330ci this weekend. It is a pain 
> to wire, as
> there is so much plastic on these cars it is hard to find a ground
> anywhere.If they are woth the effort as opposed to a cordless 
> Passport, then
> I will not mind.
> 
> Carl
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dennis Liu 
> Date: Thursday, July 26, 2007 11:03 pm
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Valentine 1 and radar
> To: cmlf1 [at] optonline.net
> Cc: 'The FerrariList' 
> 
> > I've got three V1s, of varying vintages, and they've NEVER 
> > failed. Some are
> > now going on, oh, 15+ years? The sheriff was just plain lying, 
> > or else his
> > gun is horribly, horribly out of tune (which I cannot believe).
> > 
> > Vty,
> > 
> > --Dennis 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Misc [mailto:misc [at] 308systems.com] 
> > Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 10:45 PM
> > To: Dennis Liu
> > Cc: The FerrariList
> > Subject: [Ferrari] Valentine 1 and radar
> > 
> > Well, the local Sheriff tagged us renegade lawbreakers on our 
> > way back from
> > Cheyenne Frontier days for 60 in a 45 on a feeder street here 
> in 
> > Ft. Fun.
> > The Sheriff's cruiser was coming at me from about 100 yards 
> when 
> > I noticed
> > him pull over, turn around and flip on the lights. I looked 
> > down and was
> > going maybe 50 - 51, with my V1 fully powered.
> > 
> > The V1 never went off, even when he was pulled behind me 
> writing 
> > the ticket.
> > I asked him how he new I was doing 60 and he said "I've got 
> > radar". Then I
> > said I have a radar detector and it never went off, and he 
> > seemed flustered.
> > Then I asked him what band and he said "K band".
> > 
> > All this seems highly suspicious, and perhaps I am a victim of 
> > "increasingrevenue syndrom", or perhaps my V1 just 
> unexpectedly 
> > crapped out.
> > 
> > I plan on sending it to the factory for test/calibration to 
> > ensure it is
> > working, and I wonder if any of you have had similar 
> experiences 
> > with a
> > non-functional V1 (or overly zealous fundraising police)?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Mark Lueker
> > 308 SYSTEMS Inc.
> > 970-282-7006
> > www.308systems.com
> > 
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