[s-cars] Remote V1, was C5 A6 wet footwell resolved

[JC]

Ahhh motorcycular radar.... reminds me of something I'd forgotten 
completely which was the sweet setup I had on one of my GPz's years 
ago.  A Passport (when that was the thing to have) hard mount in a 
sneaky spot inside the OEM fairing where I could slip it in and lock 
into place swapping between the car/bike quickly. Earphone wire run 
under the saddle to the crotchular area and could run the wire up inside 
my riding suit jacket to a jack at the back of my helmet.. Very stealth 
(used to drive through the no-radar law states often back when that was 
more of an issue and never got nabbed) but very effective.  That was a 
good mod, thanks for the flashback.  Whoa flashback to going 100+ on 
motorcycles frequently. Heh heh those were the days. Glad I'm still 
tellin' the tales.

Re: the car, using the remote V1 display and cleverly mounting it and 
then weatherproofing the main unit is almost the 'easy' part... the 
problem is losing the great V1 front/back sensing, which remote mounting 
is bound to do.

I've been around this a bit for my M3 'vert as I don't like 'having my 
unit exposed' when I'm cruising top down. (entendres galore there), but 
have yet to find a satisfactory solution. Some guys mount them on the 
rear deck in a modded OEM alarm sensor housing so it looks like some 
proper part of the car, but still has windows front/rear.  However it 
the forward receptivity is significantly impacted from this approach, 
and it means if you ever park top-down in public and some 
curious/nefarious passer-by grabs it you might lose your V1.  And the 
"easy" weatherproof mount in front again loses the rearward visibility 
factor and therefore all the directionality benefit of the V1. All this 
not the problem that was orginally posted but just to say - yeah I've 
been thinking about it too. For now I've got it tucked down on the dash 
at the A pillar, almost invisible to spectators but again sacrificing 
its rear visibility.  Ideally V1 would offer a model that was modular, 
front/rear antennas separated for mounting as you wish, then the main 
unit or remote display can go inside... I've thought about hacking one 
apart but they're a bit pricey for tearing into as a hackable project... 
but maybe some day I'll give it a whack...

JC

On 9/9/2012 9:15 PM, racingiron at comcast.net wrote:
> I have a plastic case that Legal Speeding used to sell.  It's basically like two halves of a blister pack made to fit the V1.  I got it for my motorcycle, but I really haven't used it much.  Valentine and the instructions with the case both warn against running for long periods of time with the unit fully enclosed due to the heat that is generated.  They suggest leaving the V1 attached the the base half and only adding the top when the weather gets foul.
>
> Since you don't need to view the unit, why not just use something like a ziplock bag?  I know some motorcycle guys who just use those shower-cap type things with a rubber band.  I guess you need to have some impact protection?  I wonder of you could open the unit and just relocate the sensors.  They might be soldered onto a board, but if they're just wired, it would be easy to extend the wiring.
>
> Eric R.
> '86 urq
> '92 urS
> '93 urS
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