technology is always advancing, so who's to say you spend a grand on this radar unit and 6 months from now they have a new radar gun that this unit won't pick-up. what then, can you up grade it or is it junk?

Me, alefcole and onethreefive -- we all discussed your issue(s) today and came to a conclusion that

a. You need to get a lawyer. I can look up yellow page if you want. Without a lawyer (with your current situation), you're going to take a big chance.

b. You need either a Passport Escort (my preference) or a Valentime 1 (alefcole's preference). Keep your budget less than $400.

c. Need to slow the F' down.

Regards :hello:

AK

My detector was $450 new on E-bay. And you simply move it from car to car like a GPS nav unit. The Valentine 1 is a good detector, but it looks like it came from the 1980s, and if you live in any sort of urban area you will get false alarms repeatedly since it does NOT have GPS like mine. I believe that they are about the same price.

thanks for alll the help. i had one awhile ago and i swear it doesn't always work bc it would go off at random times like by a grocery store or like best buy from their doors and its such a pain.. ALSO someone told me once that it doesn't always work with the police radar things like they can turn it off so your dectector can't go off. i'll be getting one ASAP. thanx again guysss! :)

V1

I also recommend this radar detector. The GPS red light/speed cam is cool but I know from a resent trip this detector works very well. Detection over the hill and around curves was awesome. Saved me from at least 2 tickets. Trick is some one need to be n front of you to get the cop to shoot the radar that you will detect. So if you are the only car you will detect the radar being shot at you. Still better that nothing.

[edit] I forgot to mention it has a feature where you can tell it when it was set off by doors/etc. making it significantly less annoying that other radar detectors.

You think those are bad.
ALWAYS remember someone else has it worse than you.
I'd rather be in your position than being in mine, that's for sure.

you want premium membership...

What does this mean? :confused:

He(Crown) is going through some tough times as well (i'm not sure if it's speeding or different violation).

Ethan, I checked Buy.com and they had it(9500ix) for $434. Anywhere cheaper?

I passed a state trooper while going 100 mph this morning. He didn't budge, but still had me shaking.

I'll be getting the 9500ix most likely.

Dude I think you may have a speeding problem lol. Next time in Augusta I'll be sure to look out for a red Z

oh and V1 ftw

well...the reason why you don't think it works is probably because you have your detector pick up all the bands...X-band is archaic, they don't use X band anymore, and in Houston, K-band is close to phasing out too...KA-band is the predominant one now...I'm on my 4th Valentine 1, and I've always set the radar to ignore X-band, otherwise, when you go pass a store or a bank, it would go off...K-band also goes off, but K-band is also used by johnny law here, so I leave it on...

no one thing you gotta remember is that the device is a radar "detector", it detects radar. A lot of people talk and refer to it as a "radar", and it's not...it detects emitting radars...therefore, if the cop doesn't have his radar on, then your detector detect it...

I actually just did about 20 minutes of research and decided to go with the V1.

Ordered it and it'll delivered by Wednesday! $422 with shipping. Not as pretty as the Escort/Bel, but V1's reputation speaks for itself.

you will not be disappointed. tried and true, had an escort for a little while and it to is good. I just love the directional alerts along with the ease of hardwiring and blacking out the main unit, and having the little alerts mounted somewhere else.

You recommend getting the concealed display? I'm afraid after doing a clean install of the V1 itself, I'll have to still have a cable showing to connect the concealed display.

How's the cell-phone false alarms? That's possibly the worst aspect of the cheaper unit's I've seen.

Haven't really noticed too many false alarms, they happen from time to time but no where near what a whistler or other radio shack type one would have.

Any pictures of your install?

V1 was delivered today, and I have to say it's about half as big as I thought it would be! It's really compact, IMO.

I also have the remote audio controller and my installers are custom mounting it I to one of the three empty center console buttons. Pics will be up Tuesday!

Why? :confused: