V1 Moment of the Month

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April 2010: Mike had my six.

One night a few years back, I was driving home. It was autumn and the sun was setting earlier, helped along by our change over from Daylight Savings Time. I was driving my "cop magnet," a 1994 Yellow Mitsubishi 300GT VR4.

I had recently bought a V1, having believed in its unique directional-arrow technology. So here it is, 7:30 in the evening, and I am driving home through a residential area and doing the posted speed limit of 25 mph. This is a quiet neighborhood; traffic officers don’t waste their time here. V1 thinks otherwise. It signals a quick beep, instant-on style, the rear arrow lighting up. I look back; nothing but darkness. I shrug, a fluke.

This is a long and winding road that I take home every night. I drive to the next bend and V1 hits me again, same full light-up on the strength meter and the same rear arrow direction. I am now truly perplexed. Not even a car behind me, right? Wrong!

As I continue around the next bend, the overhead street lights break the stealth...a township police officer is behind me with his headlights off. The jig is up. We win...that's me and my V1.

Hey, without the rear arrow I would have been looking AHEAD. Thankfully, V1 was watching my six.

I was completely sold. In fact, I currently own four, yes four, of these units. I am in the process of upgrading my two oldest units as I write this. I'm not shopping for any of those other brands. My V1s and I are inseparable: seatbelt on; ignition on; Valentine One on! That's my "start to drive" sequence!

Thanks, Mike, for fifteen years of V1 vigilance.

Vincent J. Corsello
Morristown, NJ

[MondoRock]

Great story! To your point, the arrows are key.

[jmccam]

Damn. Thought I would win that one it this month!

[Offshore]

Another V1 vest out the door, how cool would that be to wear out on the town...

[focalcivic]

Actually if i ever win a vest, I am never taking it off, when I get married my vest will go over the tux etc.

[milkman]

The ARROWS are something else!

[Motor On]

I really can't be the only one here with the vest right?

Good story, those arrows probably weren't the save, the save was in the sensitivity, the arrows gave the confirmation and the piece of mind that is the primary reason for my owning a V1.

[ChaoticZen]

Hey Jazzy, nice save! Are you on 3si.org? I have owned 2 VR4's and 1 Stealth for almost 8 years...I really miss them...they are truly awesome cars with a timeless look. I still got some upgrade parts collecting dust in my garage too, like 1G DSM converted SMIC, poly motormounts...etc. Anyway, sorry to get off the topic!

[CJR238]

I got a nice white Polo shirt from Escort, with a beautiful embroidered Escort logo.

[tx_v1]

i won v1 moment once. i forgot what the date was. it was about my stupid ex gf and her bf pulling next to my car and speeding off while my v1 went off and i stayed speed limit.

that vest was sweet, but it was waaaay too big for me so i sold it on ebay. i also got a key chain too.