Radar

ok lets talk about some radar dectors i found some but which is best the radar dector or the ones with radar dectector and lasar scrambler
ROCKY MOUNTAIN DSL-312 RADAR / LASAR SCRAMBLER i looked at this one sounds and will it really disable the police radar thanks

lets say youre running on the interstate, speed limit is 70mph. you have one of the scrambler things. the cop clocks you at 40mph b/c the thing scrambled his gun. well hes gonna stop you anyway b/c he knows somethings up. thats the only problem with the scramblers. as for the best radar detectors, try looking at the Valentine One. its said to be the best on the market. and it shows it with the price. if youve ever heard of the cannonball runs, the races across the country in exotic and high end cars, they recommend that every driver have one of these radar detectors.

what brand is that one your talking about, where i live in ALABAMA lasar scramblesers are legal i mean theres nothing a cop could do if being legal

Here is the Valentine Website (http://valentine1.com/) I hear it's the best... shows where the threat is... how many... or if it's possibly a false alarm...pretty sweet... and has like a range beyond line of sight.

Edit: $399 + shipping so it's not cheap

Look for a valentine on ebay

just b/c they are legal doesnt mean that hes not gonna stop you. and most of the time, he can guess how fast you were going, and thats all he needs. the only way to contest that is to go to court and say that you were using a laser scrambler so he couldnt have clocked you at the right speed.
my g/f just got stopped the other night. the cop said he clocked her going 55 but she was really going 65 in a 40. so he obviously didnt clock her and he was just guessing but he could tell that she was speeding. and thats all he needed to pull her over and give her a ticket. but she only got a warning. i wish i could get warnings

but she only got a warning. i wish i could get warnings

haha, grow some tits and maybe you will.

yeah

yeah I've never gotten a ticket :grinyes:

I've had MANY times that I should have too. Heck recently I was going 90 in a 60 and then I came up to some traffic so then i was going about 73 in the 60 in the carpool lane cause I had a passanger. Well I'm generally really good abotu looking around, looking at mirrors, etc. Well because we were talking and stuff I didn't notice the state cop riding my ass. I have no clue how lon ghe'd be there, but I happened to glance in my rearview mirror and said under my breathe "oh fuck..." lol. So I slowly began to slow down and got to 65 and of ocurse I'm so waiting for him to flip on his lights and he just gets in the lane next to me, goes around and of course I'm paranoid as hell and then he gets infront of me and flips on his lights and pulls the guy over infront of me. me and my friend were like WTF????? Why did he pull that guy over instead of me???? We were going the same speed and infact I was going wa faster than him before I came up on the traffic. Extremely weird.

I'd love to get a Valentine, but my husband is such a stickler about speed and stuff and is dead against once. Thats why I was so paranoid about getting pulled over, not worried about a ticket since it'd be my first one, but about telling my husband lol.

FUCK VALENTINE 1!!!!!! Get a Passport 8500 X50. These thing are F-ing awesome!I have been runing in groups where other people had the valentine, and well... I saved all of our asses!

whats so good about the Passport 8500 X50 i read the stuff on the website but it just looks like i could get a $60 with the same stuff at least that what it looks like may be i am wrong whats the differences

and whats a good radar for highway driving i usually drive about 80 or 90 on highway so what should i need for this ?

The Passport is able to read radar/ laser from pretty far distances. The best way to get ahold of a radar is to get one off Ebay. Thats where i got mine for $200. And any radar you get for $60 msrp is going to be a piece of crap!

FUCK VALENTINE 1!!!!!! Get a Passport 8500 X50. These thing are F-ing awesome!I have been runing in groups where other people had the valentine, and well... I saved all of our asses!


This man speaks wise words. The X50 is indeed the GOD of all radar detectors. I have picked up cops shooting KA band radar up to 7 miles away on an open highway stretch. There is nothing better than the X50. Plus its cheaper than the V1. Dont bother with those Wallmart brand ones, you will be over confidant with it and screw yourself with a ticket. X50 is the way to go!!!

which 1 is better?

Escort Passport 8500 Radar Detector
or
Cobra ESD 7000 Radar Detector


the escort Price range: $269.95 - $346.99
Detection Types: Laser, KA Band, K Band, X Band

the cobra Price range: $37.49 - $52.47
Detection Types: Laser, KU Band, KA Band, K Band, X Band


does any1 know wat KU Band, KA Band, K Band and X Band stand for?

Escort Passport:
http://howstuffworks.shopping.com/xPF-Escort_Passport_8500

Cobra:
http://howstuffworks.shopping.com/xPF-Cobra_ESD_7000


Recap:
which is better? the cobra is much cheaper then the escort. and the site where i got this from shows that the escort got 4 1/2 stars while the cobra got 5 stars.

THe cobra has 1 review giving it 5 stars. the escort has 65 reviews lowering its stars with bad comments.

My overall opinion with radar detectors is that any decent one(which there are probably around 10) will be fine. I ran for years on my $80 ebay cobra 8 or 9 band. It saved me plenty of times, but I got pulled over plenty of times. Bottom line, no radar detector makes you invincible. You can get the best out there and still get pulled over. So get a decent one for a good deal. If you can find any of the ones mentioned for a good deal on ebay, then do that. Be happy, but realize that you aren't invincible. Just my .02

THe cobra has 1 review giving it 5 stars. the escort has 65 reviews lowering its stars with bad comments.

ic never really noticed that. gr8 going :)

Is buying a good radar detector a good investment? Obviously, if it saves you just once when you are going real fast, it'll be worth the cash and points on your license rite?

I have about 200 dollars and im not sure whether to buy a good radar detector, i think the valentine 1 works good, Or should i buy a CAI?

Do you want to avoid some tickets or gain 3hp?

Is the valentive One legal in most states?

Pretty sure it's legal in most states I mean if radar detecters are legal... thats all it is!

Is buying a good radar detector a good investment? Obviously, if it saves you just once when you are going real fast, it'll be worth the cash and points on your license rite?

I have about 200 dollars and im not sure whether to buy a good radar detector, i think the valentine 1 works good, Or should i buy a CAI?

OK, heres the deal. Just because a detector says it detects all the same bands as the more expenssive ones does not make it equal. The different bands (KA, K, X, Laser) are the frequency at which the radar is being shot. Where reliability gets more noticable is when the detector jets up in price. Just because a cheap $50 detector says it will detect all those bands does not mean it will detect them in time. The Passport X50 has a rediculous detection range. This is why it is more $$ than the Cobra. In years past the V1 has been rated the best on the market, but this has changed. The X50 has it beat hands down in every aspect, including price (plus it looks a hell of alot better). The only thing that the V1 has that the X50 doesnt is a direction meter. This is nice, but sometimes when multiple bands are being detected at once all 4 ways light up, so its pretty much useless. The X50 also has an "Expert Meter", which allows it to DISPLAY up to 8 or 9 bands at the same time, this is Key when determening the most threatening signal. For the most part X band is no longer used by Law Enforcement, so any X band signal is probably low and being set off by an automatic door or security system. The X50 has a setting to turn the Xband to low or off all togeather. KA band is ALWAYS a cop, and detects very quickly. Like i said earlier in a post, i have picked up cops miles in front of me on the Highway, plenty of time to slow down. I would recomend the X50 hands down over ANY other detector. It is easy to use, and easy to program for your personal wants and needs. I have alot of information on the X50 if anyone has anymore questions.

Also for the person who asked about Ku band. Dont worry about that feture unless you plan on moving to Europe, as that is the only place it is used.

VG2 Cloaking is also very important. The V1 failed everytime with this test even though it says it has it. The X50 passed about 75 percent of the time, which is not perfect, but better than nothing at all. NOT ALL STATES ARE LEGAL!!! Make sure you check your DMV!!!!! Almost all states are, but i know there are 1 or 2 out there.

illegal in South Carolina

ty rod, im prob gona get the passport 1