i rewired the radio... plugged the constant battery wire from the radio into the wire coming off of the cigarette lighter, and the wire that i had going to the constant battery wire broke off too far back for me to splice another one into it
so i plugged the positive wire from the cigarette lighter into the accessory wire... but... apparently, the accessory wire is always hot as well.. cuz now the radio is always on (unless you turn it off, and so is the cigarette lighter... (i plug the radar detector into that) plus, if thats not bad enough... when i was trying to rewire the second cigarette lighter (the one on the side, towards the passenger compartment...) the same way i have the real cigarette lighter now.. i accidently broke the plug for it :/
some day, i need to get me some better wire strippers...
so that didnt turn out well... i wanted the radio to come on with the ignition, but to have power when the car is off so i dont lose my settings... and i wanted the radar detector to turn off with the ignition as well... :/