I finally pulled the trigger on an escort 9500ix from Amazon warehouse deals. Its a damaged box item but I got it for $304 which is like $70 less than what the "new" ones are. It's the one with the blue display and while I'd prefer the red one, I wasn't willing to pay more for it. I already purchased a "radar box" from legal speeding to put it in and I'll either mount the box in the center of my dash or I'll put it on a ram mount. My ST has balls! Ram balls that is... Everywhere so I can decide where is the best place for the radar box. I want to make a water proof "smart cord" type control box to mount under my dash to have a mute button, power switch, and alert lights available without compromising the waterproof box where the detector will live. I have a schematic of the smart cord, I'm going to get my buddy to wire it up for me as he is much better at that type of work than me!