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I have a tendency of being a little heavy on the accelerator pedal and also wanted to know when it was safe to get into it without being snagged by a radar. I found that a radar detector was one of my needs.
My problem is I am kind of picky and I didn't want to see a dangling cord or unsightly suction cups stuck to my windshield which do have a tendency of losing their vacuum. I looked into the heavy duty suction cup radar hangers but found the diameter of the suction cup a little too big for me -- 1 3/4" to 2". Also, I couldn't find a suitable place to mount these suction cup mounts where it would be handy to reach & within my line of sight while driving.
I searched the internet and found sites that had rearview mirror radar detector mounts for Corvettes and Nissan Z's but they would not fit the 2005 Mustang and they were a little pricey -- $50 - $100. I finally found a web site that had a rearview radar mount that claimed to fit virtually every radar detector. Unfortunately it didn't say if it would fit virtually any car's rearview mirror. The mount looked very promsing so for the cost of $16, which included shipping, I felt it was worth the look see. I didn't want to buy a radar detector first and then not be happy on how I would mount it. Not only did the mount fit perfectly on the rearview mirror but it was made nicely -- light weight anodized aluminum, compatible for most radar detectors, portable, and keeps windshield unobstructed. The backside of the mount has a wide opening so not to interfere with the radar antenna and laser lens.
Now for the dangling cord problem. I was thinking that I could hard wire the cord to the map reading light and run the wire down the rearview mirror. I decided against that because I didn't like the idea of seeing that wire and I would always have to unplug when removing the detector when parking for a long period of time -- they do break windows to steal those detectors.
After doing some reading, I decided to go with the Escort Solo S2 cordless radar detector. It came the other day and I was very pleased. It fits perfectly in the rearview mirror mount. A small piece of velcro on the bottom front of the radar detector holds it firmly in place on the rearview mirror mount -- the velcro comes with the hanger. The mount does not interfere with the rear laser port which sights perfectly through the back window. The detector works well as far as distance -- it gave me fair warning yesterday. It's easy to dismount when parking -- just squeeze on the butterfly clip and take the whole thing down -- hanger and all. Best of all it is in your line of sight and very easily reached while driving.
In case anyone is interested here is the web site for the rearview mirror radar detector mount and I attached a couple of pictures.
http://www.buyreliant.com/mrbracket/mrbracket.htm
I feel like an infomercial......Later....Dave
My problem is I am kind of picky and I didn't want to see a dangling cord or unsightly suction cups stuck to my windshield which do have a tendency of losing their vacuum. I looked into the heavy duty suction cup radar hangers but found the diameter of the suction cup a little too big for me -- 1 3/4" to 2". Also, I couldn't find a suitable place to mount these suction cup mounts where it would be handy to reach & within my line of sight while driving.
I searched the internet and found sites that had rearview mirror radar detector mounts for Corvettes and Nissan Z's but they would not fit the 2005 Mustang and they were a little pricey -- $50 - $100. I finally found a web site that had a rearview radar mount that claimed to fit virtually every radar detector. Unfortunately it didn't say if it would fit virtually any car's rearview mirror. The mount looked very promsing so for the cost of $16, which included shipping, I felt it was worth the look see. I didn't want to buy a radar detector first and then not be happy on how I would mount it. Not only did the mount fit perfectly on the rearview mirror but it was made nicely -- light weight anodized aluminum, compatible for most radar detectors, portable, and keeps windshield unobstructed. The backside of the mount has a wide opening so not to interfere with the radar antenna and laser lens.
Now for the dangling cord problem. I was thinking that I could hard wire the cord to the map reading light and run the wire down the rearview mirror. I decided against that because I didn't like the idea of seeing that wire and I would always have to unplug when removing the detector when parking for a long period of time -- they do break windows to steal those detectors.
After doing some reading, I decided to go with the Escort Solo S2 cordless radar detector. It came the other day and I was very pleased. It fits perfectly in the rearview mirror mount. A small piece of velcro on the bottom front of the radar detector holds it firmly in place on the rearview mirror mount -- the velcro comes with the hanger. The mount does not interfere with the rear laser port which sights perfectly through the back window. The detector works well as far as distance -- it gave me fair warning yesterday. It's easy to dismount when parking -- just squeeze on the butterfly clip and take the whole thing down -- hanger and all. Best of all it is in your line of sight and very easily reached while driving.
In case anyone is interested here is the web site for the rearview mirror radar detector mount and I attached a couple of pictures.
http://www.buyreliant.com/mrbracket/mrbracket.htm
I feel like an infomercial......Later....Dave
