Got my V1G2 yesterday. Its a GREAT upgrade, I don't mind the loss of the knob since I adjust the volume once then never touch it...if you like to tweak the volume like my wife does, you will miss the knob (thats what I said
)....but this is set it and forget it.
Laser seems more sensitive if you can imagine that on a V1 but still falses to the iDrive touchscreen in my F80 so just did the electrical tape mod to cover the laser areas and all is good (was hoping perhaps new filtering of the laser channel would stop that but alas). Ka range as good as my Uniden R7 (but this new V1 is MUCH faster at scanning the Ka Band so presumably milliseconds faster at I/O Ka which our locals have FWIW) and laser detection on the V1 is still picking up the iDrive touchscreen...Go Mike V! Trading in my 2003 V1 that has saved me at least 10K in tickets over the years for a second V1G2...these guys just know what they're doing.