I think the V1's performance is good enough to never make me wonder what better radar detectors are out there.
If you need a radar detector to do more than detect all kinds of radar and tell you where they are, then there may be better choices.

 

I'm happy with the performance of mine but I really do recommend trying out at least a couple of the models mentioned here. You're not doing yourself a favor by sticking your head in a hole in the ground.

[QUOTE=hecash,Jul 14 2008, 07:15 PM] I have owned both and and at the same time in at least one of the family cars.

 

[QUOTE=hecash,Jul 16 2008, 01:47 PM] I think not in this case.

 

Thought this was funny, because I've heard these exact same excuses from Miata owners comparing their cars to S2000's:

1. The handling of the Miata was not signicantly less than the S2000.
2. The "VTEC" feature doesn't have any value to me. I don't have enough time in a track event to care from where the extra power is coming. I'm busy downshifting as fast and as far down as I can to slow without getting passed.
3. There are no other useful features that justify the additional cost in my view.
4. All of my friends that drive them are good references and they liked it too. That's not to say that my friends that don't drive it are not good judges of value.

But we all know why we all drive S2000's.

 

rx65 i boughgt off ebay and its legit, never had as ingle problem except for the speaker blowing out about a year after gettign due to me having the volume all the way up since day one.

i got a new speaker from beltronics for $7 shipped and soldered it in, took 5 minutes.

**** a v1, really, i got this thing for $235 shipped and i've never had a problem with it, ever.

saved me countless times!