radar detectors
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Forum Name: Car Security and Convenience
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Printed Date: May 19, 2024 at 11:34 PM
Topic: radar detectors
Posted By: noob
Subject: radar detectors
Date Posted: October 15, 2003 at 2:08 PM
kinda deals with security......my security......but, who knows what about radar detectors......i just got my first speeding ticket....i was wondering how well they work, and if its worth spendin more money on a nice one as opposed to a cheap one.........just any info helps.......plus i work at bestbuy so i get a handsome discount on most of them
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Posted By: Sound World
Date Posted: October 15, 2003 at 7:41 PM
Buy a Valentine One, it's the best one out there. The only downside is that it costs $400, well worth it if you got a heavy foot. You also have to buy direct from the company. I've had shi##y Cobra's before and their is no comparison. Check out their website.
Posted By: yakky
Date Posted: October 16, 2003 at 5:53 AM
Anything you buy at bestbuy is going to be a POS. There are radar detectors and there are valentine one's. I've had mine since 1996 and its served me well. Even the Valentine 1 is just a tool, drive like a dumbass or find a good cop and you are toast. How did you get your ticket, would a radar detector have prevented it?
Posted By: noob
Date Posted: October 17, 2003 at 10:34 AM
yea a detector would have prevented it......it was like 1045 at night so i couldnt see who was who and i was doin 92 on the freeway when the cop pulled me over he said hed been followin me since a few offramps back......i was just drivin crazy...... like i always do, if i woulda had one i woulda known he was behind me the whole time
Posted By: noob
Date Posted: October 17, 2003 at 10:38 AM
yea the valentines look nice im thinkin bout it
Posted By: yakky
Date Posted: October 17, 2003 at 10:46 AM
A radar detector is not a police car detector. If he was following you, he was PACING you. Unless he had the gun on, you wouldn't have picked anything up. Most cops do not run around with their radar guns on. Radar detectors are useless in situations such as yours. Maybe next time you decide to push it, you look around and make sure you have your bases covered.
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