1st Gen JCW Most liked posts in thread: Refreshing Rufus - 2005 MCS JCW

I had 'em on my first R53 and had good luck with no issues. The new ones seem even more sturdy. I've always bought the best ones I could at the time and avoided the cheapies. We will see how it goes!

 

I'll assume that Murphy is either a dog or a child... luckily, neither of which will turn up in my garage! One, because our garage is a detached one and the dogs can't get in and the other because, on that fourth or fifth date when my (now) wife told me that she never wanted children I told her that I loved her!

 

Yep. I waited over a year for it to come out. I was going to get a new detector before MOTD 2019 and decided to wait. Vortex Radar (YouTube) got a hold of both and ran a series of tests. The V1 Gen2 and the Uniden R7 tested almost the same (some bands went a few feet earlier to one, some bands a few feet earlier to the other). The R7 is supposed to be a bit better at detecting / muting false positives.

Needing to pair your cell phone to a radar detector and have it on display to get GPS functions is lunacy in this day and age of cheap and easy GPS. I intentionally keep my phone in my pocket while I'm driving as it's one more distraction that I don't need. The V1G2 was an immediate loser in that regard with no GPS functionalilty. it also didn't help that the V1G2 doesn't have a hard-wire kit yet (I hate flapping cords in the car). It has the "Savvy" thing that plugs into the ODB port, but you know where that port is on our car and I wouldn't want anything sticking down there permanently given my 6'4" self and size 13+ feet.

I just rotated the tires (fronts are almost showing cord on the inner edge! eeek!), did a brake fluid flush, filled the PS fluid (a bit low after changing the tank) and mounted the x-brace. I hate to say it, but I'm running out of things to do! The car needs a good vac, a polish and some ceramic coating, but I think I've run out of mods unless I want to start masking off the engine bay panels for some CR/Clear touch-up or start painting more engine bay bits (and I'm not sure if I'm going there).