Not a bit Frank. As I said its a bit lower than the mirror so I can glance at the arrows at will. I also have a vert with a tiny rear window, still no problem. It's rear 'view' is more blocked by my body where I have it mounted on my Hayabusa and still works perfectly. I also have it mounted on suction cups, no clip, so it removes easily for storage.

 

Not claiming that I don't speed, but does anyone else see the irony/contradiction here?

 

As I have said in other RADAR Detector posts, I drive five - seven over the limit.

I spend so much time sitting in a car that the Detector gives me something to do.
When it goes off it alerts me, so I look around for the popo.
It is not unusual for me to sit in a car from full tank to empty without stopping.
It is not uncommon for me to drive 1,000 miles round trip in a day.

Some of you get paid to sit in an office. That sucks!
I get paid to drive. Current mileage rate is 56.5 per mile.
I have a five hour one way rule, Why take a plane when you can drive it?
I get to see the world (South East) through a windshield.

You don't need HUD, the speed is on the GPS.
If you program your car to the GPS you can use it to help you save fuel, as well.

I rarely travel to the same place twice in a year.
So yes, I do use my GPS often.
I know some of you only need your GPS to get you from your garage to the Classic car meet or Applebe's then back home.
I don't envy you. I like owning cars to drive them.
In couple of years when I hit 200K miles, I will sell this Vette and buy another car and join that forum which too will have a few of the same condescending type of folks.

There are coulpe guys on this forum who know me personally(he11 one is on this thread), they will tell you the only time I am in a car is for work.
When I am not working I am on a motorcycle.
Last year I logged 24,000 miles between five bikes, that is 6,000 miles less than 2011.

 

When you say 'the same condescending type of folks' you be sure to include yourself in that description. If all I drove or rode was five to seven MPH over the limit, I'd sell my V1 as I'd have no use for it, except maybe in NC....

 

You put WAY too much stock in your GPS. Yes, they have that feature, but who in the hell would use that as a true measure of their speed, and in your case, constantly looking UP at it? Is your speedo broke? HUD gives you much more than your speed, to include rpm, radio station, gauge levels, turn signal, etc... All I'm saying is, if you were so concerned about never looking down away from the winshield for whatever reason because of fear of wrecking, then you should be a major proponent of HUD.

Again, you have a good set up and I hope you continue to enjoy it...just watch for the thieves who can see how nice of a speed-measuring GPS that you have there.

 

I did chat with Kevin at partstaxi about the HUD.
That is a labor of love to install it in a Base C6.
Thoug hthe cost is affordable, I don't think the time to install is worth the benefit.
I am pretty sure it will not help the resale when I part with the car.
So I opted not to get it.

I pull all of my toys off the windshield when I park the car.

I have only been broken into once at the ATL Airport...
I had a 2010 LaCrosse CXS and the passenger side did not lock when I walked away.
Someone cleaned out my glove box. They got one of my HK USP, my wife's glasses and the owners manual.
They didn't get my RD or GPS from the drivers side.
Sure would like to have that gun back...
Somebody probably swapped it for a 100.00 Wal-Mart card at a gun buy back program.

 

 

You just don't know what kind of day or morning the popo is having. It was 4 in the morning going to work and a popo pulled me over for speeding, 5 mph over the posted limit.
I drive my DD Prius and I do have a radar. They love to catch you in the morning.

 

Riceman - Did he write you or just warn? It might be the car which set him off...

There is a 55MPH section just south of Jasper, GA.
I can not tell you how many people I have seen get popped by LASER coming down the hill in that section. Usually they are flying, though.
The road is posted 65mph everywhere but there.
From what I understand GA troopers don't have a quota like the troopers in NC.
If an NC Trooper gets out of his car, plan on a ticket.

I have been popped by an NC Trooper up in the mountains 30 miles from civilization in every direction on the bike and had them knock the speed down, then tell me who to see in the Clerks office to get the ticket knocked down even more, as long as the fine sticks.
It is no longer about safety as much a revenue.

 

Completely understandable. While I agree that it's a nice feature and one of the reasons why I wanted a 2LT package, it's not something that I would purchase on the aftermarket. Not worth the expense and headache IMO.

 

sounds like you need the transparent top. I just look at the stop lights through the top.

 

could always have your Radar detector projected through the HUD

 

Well, forget about buying a BMW , they have an even bigger percentage of jackasses on their forum....although not by much.

I believe it was Virginia a few years ago, where the Troopers were giving tickets to people that had a GPS on their windshield as it "Obstructed the forward view".

Nice install, do radar detectors still go off when they pick up a wireless burglar alarm, ala McDonalds?

 

Riceman - Did he write you or just warn? It might be the car which set him off...


At the time I was driving my F150, I guess she watches pickup brake the speed limit.

 

Yes but the sound the V1 gives off is different for the various signals they receive. The ones to listen for have a scratchy kind of tone instead of a clear tone. I use mine in 'logic' mode so the burglar alarms and other useless tones don't sound.