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Old Mar 9, 2004
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Radar Detectors

What is the best bang for the buck radar detector on the market...I am in desperate need of one...
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theres one that they say if u get a tickit they will pay
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Thats cool, do you know the name?
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No idea .but its like 1000 are more
Hears a good one are so i read. www.escortradar.com/solo.htm
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Only payed 100 for my cobra, saved my a$$ many times now.
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I had an old hand me down Vector for a couple of years until the AZ summer sun and closed car got to it, but from the day my friends watched it pick up a highway patrol from across a large valley(aka city at the bottom) they made me drive point anytime we road tripped
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my friend has one called a whistler, it beeps at all of the radars and was only like $49 at Best Buy, it hasn't let him down yet.....
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I've heard Cobras are pretty good.
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The valentine 1 is the best radar detector in the low end range,
http://www.valentine1.com/
cost around 400 dollars, you can only get them off that site. Better than the cobra, and all those low end detectors, but costs a little bit more.
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^^ I've heard great stuff about Valentine too. Best bang, but not for the buck...
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1 ticket will basically cost you 400 bucks....
Or at least in washington it will...
I got a ticket today actually, around a blind corner, no radar detector in the world would've helped me...
101 dollars + increased insurance rates for the next 5 years > 400 bucks
do you self a favor, spend the money in the right place the first time.
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get bel..its the best bang for the buck...with a very good KA band range......to get opinions...try eopinions.com..or radartest.com
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ya right im gonna get me one of those
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The Valentine 1 is by far the best detector on the planet (avaliable to us) so it's your best bet. However, if you are just in need of a detector that will satisfy the open place on your windshield for now go to Radio Shack. They have a detector for $50 and it's what I have. It's only a temporary one until i get the $ for the V1 but it's already paid for itself many times over.
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can cops detect if you have a radar detector?i heard that when they shoot thier clocking gun, if you have a detector it sends the signal back as all scrabled
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Originally posted by ati9700pro
If you have a detector it sends the signal back as all scrabled
It's caled VG-2, and it scrambles the signal that cops use to detect someone using a radar detedtor...if you are going to buy one (as I am) make sure that you buy one with this feature...
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but if it scrambles the signal wont they know then if it doesnt detect anything, or will just nothing show up on thier radar?
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Nothing shows up at all...haha...
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i guess its legal to have one of these in your car?
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Depends on what the law reads in your state...I know in California, you can have any type of radar detector as long as it doesn't completly jam the radar/laser signal...
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anyone heard of the K40 system??? I think it is a radar jammer. They put it in the front back and sides of your car and it scrambles the po po's radar, my buddy that works at best buy was telling me about them. anyone know if they work?
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They are'nt very reliable, and don't always do what they say that they will do, I would just spend the money on a really nice radar detector and VG-2 capable one at that...Go to www.eopinions.com and search for it, I believe that they have some reviews on there...
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lol, the problem is, that we have signs in manitoba that say, radar detectors are illegal in this province
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Originally posted by ati9700pro
lol, the problem is, that we have signs in manitoba that say, radar detectors are illegal in this province
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Well then I would venture to say that they are illegal...
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lol, but if i use it they will never know, like how will they know
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Originally posted by ati9700pro
can cops detect if you have a radar detector?i heard that when they shoot thier clocking gun, if you have a detector it sends the signal back as all scrabled
That's a radar jammer, which are typically Illegal.

However, Radar Detectors as far as I'm concerned are legal everywhere or at least they should be. All they do is Detect a signal, they don't send anything out, and it's your consititutional right to be albe to detect a broadcasted signal, which radar is.
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dont get the valentine

Watever it is dont get the valentine. Go to www.radartest.com, and they tell u that valentine is the radar that everyone expects to work and pay 400 dollars and still get tickets. its the one radar thats got a lot of angry mails back because that **** doesnt work. plus if u do get a ticket with valentine, they will only pay for the ticket, if its at a certain speed range. Meaning if u went 30 over it wont give u, ur money back. the best radar is ESCORT PASSPORT 9500, it $299.00, but its worth every penny. And trust me this works real well, it picked up a cop holding a laser gun on the other side of a hill, and by the time i got there my friend with the valentine got pulled over and was getting a ticket. dont get the valentine, i promise u will regret it. THey talk a lot but in the end they arent that reliable. They were the worlds top radar until they had a one on one test with the ESCORT 9500. like the car stores i go to, even tell me to get the escort and not the valentine.
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hmm, im prolly gunna get one of these
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Ya the escort 8500 is better than the valentine.
THere both really good but escort is better.
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I read that radar test was endorsded by the escort corporation... also the guy who makes the valentine, used to be the presicent of the escort corporation, but he left.
Go ahead, get the escort, and have NO ****ing idea how many signals you're being hit with, and from what direction
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