ill probably go buy one myself. i heard good things about it
Radar detector
Instructor
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 161
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From: Maine
Your right
[QUOTE=tigertank;1566802200]here the formula
MONEY+ ATTY= DRIVE FAST thats all need!!
Remember as Brock Yates once said " There is no State in the country that has the death penalty for speeding "
Just pay as you go, we dont need no stinkin speed limits
MONEY+ ATTY= DRIVE FAST thats all need!!
Remember as Brock Yates once said " There is no State in the country that has the death penalty for speeding "
Just pay as you go, we dont need no stinkin speed limits
Last edited by NorthEnco; Sep 21, 2015 at 02:45 PM.
Racer
Joined: Apr 2014
Posts: 345
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From: los angeles California
Instructor
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 161
Likes: 3
From: Maine
V1
Valentine 1 Great open road range. Find a rabbit, stay 1/4 mile behind him and let him trip the radar. No Rabbit=No Speed. If you want to stay in the passing lane and fly, nothing will protect you. With instant on, you have to pick up the radar when another car gets shot. More range=more warning. If you hear one beep, slow down. Valentine 1 has the best open road range. Also the arrows are a big thing to me!!
Safety Car
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 3,830
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From: Rocky Mountains
I use an Escort Redline. It doesn't have GPS lockout but it's got the most sensitive antenna (horn) on the market. Not cheap, but it pays for itself. It's already saved me twice. Now all I need is a laser jammer.
Racer
Joined: Mar 2014
Posts: 345
Likes: 86
From: Goodlettsville Tennessee
Not a detector, but I use the smartphone app Waze. Waze + Valentine 1 = almost no tickets.
Only gotten 1 ticket in 8 years with my valentine 1 and that was instant on Lidar.
Car and driver had an article on it. good read. They averaged over 90+ using waze.
http://www.caranddriver.com/features...tested-feature
Only gotten 1 ticket in 8 years with my valentine 1 and that was instant on Lidar.
Car and driver had an article on it. good read. They averaged over 90+ using waze.
http://www.caranddriver.com/features...tested-feature
Pro
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 607
Likes: 9
From: Sandy Eggo, California
i have the cheapest one walmart sells a cobra unit for 40 bucks or so and it works just as well as the escort 9500 i spemy 400 on make sure its up as high on the windshield as possible.... remember radar picks up the fastest moving object when it just roaming...... stay out of left lane use the bigger cars for cover and if ur first ur busted and yes i have 21 years behind the badge and the radar.... if all else fails hire the best traffic atty and it will never make it to court or your driving record...moving radar is +/- 2mph stationary is+/- 1mph thats from the manufacturer...... its also only as good as the last time it was calibrated and i dont mean the littlr tuning forks i mean a factory calibration,,,, the speedo on a real police package car has a cert calibrated speedo.... ive seen my radar tuned with my little forks then drive around and it shows my vehicle speed and compared to the speedo be off as much as 3 to 4mph!!!!
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 2,764
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From: Central Florida
Wow this was a seven year old thread until brought back to life, the detectors still are a tool to lessen your chances of getting popped, mine goes off all the time k and ka band way before I see the LEO
Escort 9500
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Racer
Joined: Apr 2014
Posts: 345
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From: los angeles California
Wow
I'm glad it wasn't me this time around. Good info on 310s part though.
I still rock my escort passportmax2.
Racer
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 257
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From: Shady Shores Texas
Radar detector
Another vote for the Passport 9500ix I've had it for a long time and it saves me constantly. I bought it on Craigslist for $200 and then bought the hard wire kit for $35.
Don't listen to those who say it's too late if it's going off, I almost got pinched a few months ago by a trooper cuz I was the only car on the highway and he flipped his radar on when I was in view...I hit the brakes fast enough that he couldn't get get a read and just gave me a warning. He wouldn't tell me the speed he got me at because I slowed down too fast. My radar on highway mode can detect up to 1 mile and I never ignore it.
Good luck man
Don't listen to those who say it's too late if it's going off, I almost got pinched a few months ago by a trooper cuz I was the only car on the highway and he flipped his radar on when I was in view...I hit the brakes fast enough that he couldn't get get a read and just gave me a warning. He wouldn't tell me the speed he got me at because I slowed down too fast. My radar on highway mode can detect up to 1 mile and I never ignore it.
Good luck man
Racer
Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 470
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From: San Diego CA
4th Gear
Joined: Jul 2015
Posts: 4
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From: DANVILLE IN
New 2015 Escort Passport
Do your own research but I found that Radarbusters had the most honest reviews with real-time validated test results. Good luck
Race Director
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 14,639
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From: Winston-Salem North Carolina
St. Jude Donor '08-'09
Thanks for your post, my current detector ( Belltronics ) is about 6-7 years old and I need to get a newer one. No tickets but the collision alert systems in newer cars is causing a lot of false alarms in it.
Safety Car
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 3,830
Likes: 394
From: Rocky Mountains
www.rdforum.org is also a great resource for radar detector enthusiasts.
Radar Roy sells something called the Redline XR. But I found out from the forum it's simply a pre-programmed Redline. Vortex (same guy who did that mini comparison video above and a member of rdforum) has a youtube video that taught me how to program the band segmentation on my Redline. You can disable certain frequency bands that aren't used by any of the radar guns in the USA. It speeds up the scanning, making it alert faster. So I was able to get a normal Redline from amazon for about $100 cheaper than buying from Roy, and program it myself to get XR performance.
