I think I've found a way to mount it over the defroster vent without having to drill any holes in it. I picked up two butterfly toggle bolts and some shorter screws. I plan on cutting the base to allow the power cable through then use the butterflys to open up below the cross piece down in the vent. That way I can tighten them up and clamp the base to the top of the vent. Will post some pics when I get it done. Hope to work on it Friday afternoon.

 

While I did drill the decorative vent ring another option would be to subsitute the trim ring with wood (similar size and shape) For those considering doing this - at first one might consider just eliminating the trim ring - the problem that I found was that you needed the trim ring thickness to make it all work. The threads that attach to the base plate are also the threads that work the Gtech ball joint attachment. Without the trim ring the base to holder distance was increased which then did not permit a tight enough fot for the above ball joint. Thise may make little sense - hard to explain but in you do the install - it will become clear.


please post pics - better mouse trap

 

So, I finallly had the chance to start using my new GTECH my wonderful girlfriend gave to me for Valentine's day. I have tried to use it a few times, but haven't really had a chance to get into it very much.

I don't really have much more information that so many yothers have said here in the thread. But, I did want to share this tid bit of info.

I got the PASS software to work and download data using my Mac. Virtual PC was able to get the whole thing to work. Albeit, with a transfer rate that I wasn't expecting to be so slow. Yikes, I have forgotten how fast things like firewire drives and USB are. Man, are we spoiled now. Sorry, got off tangent, back to mac gtech usage. Once I had the drivers installed on my "XP" machine, the GTECH was sending data like a mad man.

After I downloaded the 2 types of data, I was able to look at yesterday's canyon carving routines on the G display. And see that my car has a 0-60 time of 6.3 seconds. Woo hoo!!

Hope everyone is having fun with their gtechs too...

-Jason