Well, I bought myself a little toy today. One of those fancy Garmin Street Pilot III devices that tell you where to go when you get lost (arguably, I don't need a machine to tell me where to go, but that is a different story for a rainy day). The price was just too good to pass up...

Of course now I come back to my pet peeve about the car -- why in God's name did Honda's engineers not think about putting another electric outlet into the front of the passenger cabin? I absolutely hate having to string a cable from the back to the dashboard.

Does anyone know if it is possible to add another outlet? I'm thinking maybe on the passenger side of the middle console, under the dashboard. Out of sight, out of mind, yet easily accessible. Anyone who has done something like this? Something else that yieds the same result? Buehler?

 

Rick Hesel has his Garmin hard-wired. I'll try searching for that thread.

It's a fun toy though. RudyW and Mark(LipS2000) hava one too.

 

Here's one.

Installed Street Pilot III

and another.

Custom Street Pilot Pictures

 

I am giving serious consideration to adding a fuse block on the passenger side for multiple circuits including MX radio and a HF transceiver. Go directly to the battery with a big inline fuse for the block and individual fuses for the add on components. I view my car as an ongoing project. Just put in a new HU, CD changer, Speakers and MX radio.
Andy

 

There are three 12+ open connections in the fuse block. I used one for my hardwired V1 install. I also added a connection into my aftermarket radio harness that powers my cell phone charger. My Apline headunit required a direct wire to the battery so it was doing nothing otherwise. This was for the exact reason you mentioned.

 

Jeff,

Isn't this what caused that one car at the beginning of that Austin Drive to pop his fuses? I also have my V1 hard wired but I'm afraid to add anything else.

 

you shouldn't have a problem with hard wiring it.