Last night at a company party with door prizes, I won a Sirius Starmate receiver and a year's subscription. So, today was install day.

My goal was two-fold. First to find the least obtrusive locations for both the antenna and the radio. Second, to use locations that required the least amount of effort and know-how to be able to install easily and without having to tear the car apart.

For the antenna, I settled on nestling it on the very front corner of the driver's side dashboard, just ahead of the windshield pillar. It's at a slight angle so that the wire goes straight under the molding and down from there, totally hidden from view. While tucking the wire away with the edge of a credit card, I came up with a novel "mount" for the receiver itself. I haven't had a problem with signal yet, but we'll see when it rains.

It was hard to find a place for the receiver that satisfied my desire to keep things looking uncluttered. The best place I found was directly under the ignition key hole. Unfortunately, even the best double sided adhesive foam tape wouldn't stick to the plastic knee guard. So, with the "stroke of genius" I had in running the antenna wire in mind, I took an old hotel door key card (any plastic card will do), folded it in half, and forced one half (a tight fit) between the knee guard and the dash panel above it. The rest of the card hanging down made a perfect mount for the receiver. I adhered the unit high enough on the card that you can't even see the card behind it. I can see the display easily through the steering wheel, though operating it while driving is a bit gamey. I can always use the remote too. And, it's also easily removed and replaced in case one is concerned about possible theft.

Attached is a pic. Forgive the poor lighting and low res of my cell phone cam.