this is my first one, even though i tried to make it last 10 years for various BMW gatherings... lol... always something in the way...

Isn't that tracvision antenna like $3K? and if you have home directv, then it is only $5 a month extra? it looks like in your case you could benefit from the ACM module - if you have an email address, shoot it me, I'll send you the PDFs for the ACM installation, maybe you could make sense out of it...