Best Radar Detector
04-24-2006, 04:06 PM
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Best Radar Detector Looking into buying a radar detector soon, was wondering what good or bad experiences people have had with which ones. I'm trying to get a general consesus on which make/model is best then I'll make a decision on which one to get! Thanks guys.
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04-24-2006, 08:47 PM
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04-25-2006, 06:31 PM
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yes they can be helpful but the only time you get saved is when a cop thinks someone is speeding in front of you somewhere or if they forget to turn them off. atleast in california the highway patrol is much smarter and they simply turn it off until they think they have somebody and often you are already dead when you hear it.
04-25-2006, 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by rocketrider93
yes they can be helpful but the only time you get saved is when a cop thinks someone is speeding in front of you somewhere or if they forget to turn them off. atleast in california the highway patrol is much smarter and they simply turn it off until they think they have somebody and often you are already dead when you hear it.
Thats why you have to be smart when using it...
Dont be the idiot who drives 110 and wonder why he still got a ticket....
and Yes i LOVE my V1
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04-26-2006, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by H8 LUZN
Thats why you have to be smart when using it...
Dont be the idiot who drives 110 and wonder why he still got a ticket....
and Yes i LOVE my V1
Dont be the idiot who drives 110 and wonder why he still got a ticket....
and Yes i LOVE my V1
04-27-2006, 08:19 AM
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I've got a Bel980 and love it, its saved my bacon way too many times. Like above, the success of a radar detector is partly based on knowing how it works (picking up stray radar signals from cops radaring cars in front of you) ... when your the only one on the road late at night. Your pretty much cooked as soon as that badboy lights you up.
My brother has a passport 8500 x50 or whatever, his seems to be alil better at detecting than my 980 ... so if I had to get another one, I'd probly get it.
As per the V1 - I dont' care where the cop is, I just wanna know when one is around lol
My brother has a passport 8500 x50 or whatever, his seems to be alil better at detecting than my 980 ... so if I had to get another one, I'd probly get it.
As per the V1 - I dont' care where the cop is, I just wanna know when one is around lol
05-01-2006, 05:28 AM
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I moved this here to the correct section, Stereo & Electronics.
I bought a 8500 X50 for my Camaro and a V1 for the T/A. After driving the two and getting used to both of them I prefer the V1 over the X50. I liked the V1 sooo much I bought another one for my Camaro.
You can track more targets with the V1 (tells you with a numbered display) and the arrows point in the directions of the target(s).
So go with the V1, you won't be sorry!
Peace,
Craig.
I bought a 8500 X50 for my Camaro and a V1 for the T/A. After driving the two and getting used to both of them I prefer the V1 over the X50. I liked the V1 sooo much I bought another one for my Camaro.
You can track more targets with the V1 (tells you with a numbered display) and the arrows point in the directions of the target(s).
So go with the V1, you won't be sorry!
Peace,
Craig.
05-01-2006, 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by ls1charged
i dont understand why everybody hates the rocky mountain radar laser/radar scrambler. i think it works really well, its kept me and my friend out of ALOT of trouble.
If you want a real laser jammer (also called a shifter, btw: this only keeps the lazer signal off you for a few seconds) then you have to spend at least a few hundred bucks with one of several companies. Check out what the guys with lambos, ferraris, //M series bimmers and other high end cars use those are pretty much the only lazer jammers out there that work (other than the ZR3)
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05-01-2006, 03:53 PM
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I prefer my K40 RD850 to the Valentine I had before. It just seems to be more accurate. It doesn't tell me a direction but i always saw that as unnecessary.
K40 is also the maker of the bluetooth radar and laser cloaking (Calibre). I haven't used it but the system carries a lifetime guarantee from any radar or laser speeding tickets. I know a few dealerships are selling the systems on new vettes and other faster cars. I read somewhere that it comes on all new ferari's, but I can't remember where so that might be wrong.
K40 is also the maker of the bluetooth radar and laser cloaking (Calibre). I haven't used it but the system carries a lifetime guarantee from any radar or laser speeding tickets. I know a few dealerships are selling the systems on new vettes and other faster cars. I read somewhere that it comes on all new ferari's, but I can't remember where so that might be wrong.
05-19-2006, 04:43 PM
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i have a vector 940
detects Ka and everything really far away, not bad on false alarms, and I got it for 150 when it was new and one of the best. still working good. (no laser here in ALABAMA)
detects Ka and everything really far away, not bad on false alarms, and I got it for 150 when it was new and one of the best. still working good. (no laser here in ALABAMA)
