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Hi everyone, I'm almost sure all of your have considered or at least heard of Radar Detectors.
From what I've heard from my friends is that the Valentine One is by far one of the Top radar detectors out there.
If anyone on this website has this detector, or have had any experience with any other radar detector, please input on your thoughts of effectiveness,price, etc.
Also if you do have a radar detector, if you could please post a picture or describe the location of the mount for radar detector in the s2000.
thanks for looking,
-racecar fun
From what I've heard from my friends is that the Valentine One is by far one of the Top radar detectors out there.
If anyone on this website has this detector, or have had any experience with any other radar detector, please input on your thoughts of effectiveness,price, etc.
Also if you do have a radar detector, if you could please post a picture or describe the location of the mount for radar detector in the s2000.
thanks for looking,
-racecar fun
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Originally Posted by racecar fun,Dec 2 2007, 04:46 PM
Hi everyone, I'm almost sure all of your have considered or at least heard of Radar Detectors.
From what I've heard from my friends is that the Valentine One is by far one of the Top radar detectors out there.
If anyone on this website has this detector, or have had any experience with any other radar detector, please input on your thoughts of effectiveness,price, etc.
Also if you do have a radar detector, if you could please post a picture or describe the location of the mount for radar detector in the s2000.
thanks for looking,
-racecar fun
From what I've heard from my friends is that the Valentine One is by far one of the Top radar detectors out there.
If anyone on this website has this detector, or have had any experience with any other radar detector, please input on your thoughts of effectiveness,price, etc.
Also if you do have a radar detector, if you could please post a picture or describe the location of the mount for radar detector in the s2000.
thanks for looking,
-racecar fun
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firm V1 believer, each car in my family has one too. Their service is the best too, if you send one back they do upgrades and fix anything as well.
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Escort 8500 x50 is what I use.
The main difference is the ability to log locations using the GPS function featured on the 9500. This is good if you have a situation like me, where I drive 40 miles on the highway every day. On my route there are 3 bridges that give off an Xband alert. I could log these locations and the 9500 wont go off when it detects that its in the area. It will only go off to that frequency, but there is always a chance that a cop can be using xband.
Sensitivities are the same on the 8500 and the 9500 from what I have read. As stated the V1 has a little bit longer range, but gives off more false alarms.
I like the Expert Mode function on the Escort detectors as well. This shows multiple strengths from the same band. Going back to the bridge situation, if there is a cop clocking by one of the three bridges, the police intensity will normally come first. I could then confirm that its a cop by viewing more than normal xbands once I get in range of the bridge.
For the V1 I do like the arrow feature. The mount on the V1 is also better than the X50. The x50 bracket rattles really bad up against the windshield. I have also gone through 2 cigarette lighter adapters on the s2000, but it is most likely because of the horrible mounting location in the S. A simple hardware using a telephone wire will fix that though.
The main difference is the ability to log locations using the GPS function featured on the 9500. This is good if you have a situation like me, where I drive 40 miles on the highway every day. On my route there are 3 bridges that give off an Xband alert. I could log these locations and the 9500 wont go off when it detects that its in the area. It will only go off to that frequency, but there is always a chance that a cop can be using xband.
Sensitivities are the same on the 8500 and the 9500 from what I have read. As stated the V1 has a little bit longer range, but gives off more false alarms.
I like the Expert Mode function on the Escort detectors as well. This shows multiple strengths from the same band. Going back to the bridge situation, if there is a cop clocking by one of the three bridges, the police intensity will normally come first. I could then confirm that its a cop by viewing more than normal xbands once I get in range of the bridge.
For the V1 I do like the arrow feature. The mount on the V1 is also better than the X50. The x50 bracket rattles really bad up against the windshield. I have also gone through 2 cigarette lighter adapters on the s2000, but it is most likely because of the horrible mounting location in the S. A simple hardware using a telephone wire will fix that though.
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Originally Posted by ChefJ,Dec 2 2007, 05:39 PM
I've got an 8500x50 but it falses when I accelerated to quickly and goes into laser which I hate. I may upgrade to the new escort or try the v1.
Laser is detected only when its being pointed very close to your car. You normally dont have a chance to slow down, or detect it until its on you.
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I have an escort S02 wireless, love it.
All it has to do is save you one time, and it pays for itself!
I have a question for all your V1 owners: Does it really matter if you know which way the radar source is coming from? Aren't you going to slow down regardless? Just never made sense to me.
All it has to do is save you one time, and it pays for itself!
I have a question for all your V1 owners: Does it really matter if you know which way the radar source is coming from? Aren't you going to slow down regardless? Just never made sense to me.
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Originally Posted by GPWhiteS2kFTW,Dec 2 2007, 06:00 PM
I have an escort S02 wireless, love it.
All it has to do is save you one time, and it pays for itself!
I have a question for all your V1 owners: Does it really matter if you know which way the radar source is coming from? Aren't you going to slow down regardless? Just never made sense to me.
All it has to do is save you one time, and it pays for itself!
I have a question for all your V1 owners: Does it really matter if you know which way the radar source is coming from? Aren't you going to slow down regardless? Just never made sense to me.