I just bought this a few days ago and man it is great. I think it is much better than the Valentine One but to each his own. My question is for the current Passport 8500 users. I just bought the direct wire hookup only and since this thing uses that SmartCord, where did you mount this. I was thinking of running the wires from the Contour badge on the inside (the one where the PATS system light is) and just have it stick out of there. Anyone else have any suggestions?