Good deal on a radar detector - Page 5

Trip · 01-15-2010, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by TIGGER

You're welcome...can I have a gif avatar now? Hahahahahaahahahahahaha!!!!!

no, but you can restore your current avatar and sig.

It's a server load issue, more people will want them and they slow it up because it's multiple avatars in one.

VatorMan · 01-15-2010, 11:44 AM

The V1 has saved my butt more times than I can count. $400 is basically one +20 MPH ticket and associated insurance rate adjustment. Even the equivalent Escort is $399. BTW-with the Valentine,any upgrade is $50 for life.

Why the arrows? False alarms? Most of the new luxury cars have active cruise controls now. Annoying? HELL YES. I find I can cause their cruise control to shut off by a hard brake check. Works well.

But I know what it is because of the arrows.

Amber Lamps · 01-15-2010, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Trip

no, but you can restore your current avatar and sig.

It's a server load issue, more people will want them and they slow it up because it's multiple avatars in one.

I understand, Broski! I still like my 10,000 requirement, mostly because I have almost 10,000 posts.... It's all good, it's definitely not important.

Amber Lamps · 01-15-2010, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by VatorMan

The V1 has saved my butt more times than I can count. $400 is basically one +20 MPH ticket and associated insurance rate adjustment. Even the equivalent Escort is $399. BTW-with the Valentine,any upgrade is $50 for life.

Why the arrows? False alarms? Most of the new luxury cars have active cruise controls now. Annoying? HELL YES. I find I can cause their cruise control to shut off by a hard brake check. Works well.

But I know what it is because of the arrows.

Yea, I had a V1 stolen from my truck and got cheap and bought a 955 Bel... well, it was back in the store and I had another V1 as fast as they could ship it. Every time the arrows go from front, to side, to back it makes me smile! BTW for those that are annoyed by the falses, you can program the V1 with lower sensitivity and eliminate certain un-used bands to minimize the problem.

VatorMan · 01-15-2010, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by TIGGER

Yea, I had a V1 stolen from my truck and got cheap and bought a 955 Bel... well, it was back in the store and I had another V1 as fast as they could ship it. Every time the arrows go from front, to side, to back it makes me smile! BTW for those that are annoyed by the falses, you can program the V1 with lower sensitivity and eliminate certain un-used bands to minimize the problem.

Be careful with that. I know that West Virginia and Kentucky still run really old X band. I run A on the highways and little l in the city.

Amber Lamps · 01-15-2010, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by VatorMan

Be careful with that. I know that West Virginia and Kentucky still run really old X band. I run A on the highways and little l in the city.

Yea, I mean that you can go in to the V1 and customize the sensitivity and bands at will.

http://www.valentine1.com/lab/MikesLabRpt3.asp

Same thing with the Escort. You can turn off any band that you want, obviously, I agree that you should be careful about this and be certain that the cops aren't using that band in your area or the area you are going to. I find that because of where I live, if I turn off "X" band, I reduce false alerts to almost nothing. That's just me, your experience may vary...

quackPOT · 01-15-2010, 05:53 PM

I have X band turned off in city mode, but enabled on highway mode. X-band has too much garbage in it when in the city and I can't ever recall a valid X alert.

Avatard · 01-16-2010, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Sixxxxer

Valentine 1 or Bust!

No dude, the above is correct. I have had them all.

They are all worthless except the Valentine. It's not about price/quality, or price/features, and you can't get it in any another unit - it has to do with interpreting the signals these things make. The "User Interface", if you will.

Only the Valentine One is NOT "the boy who cried wolf" and therefore it is the ONLY one worth purchasing. If you're not gonna spend the money on the Valentine, save it to pay tickets with.

Riceaholic · 01-16-2010, 03:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Trip

I am now the owner of a refurbed X50

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Nice buy. My X50 has been fantastic to me for a long time.

Trip · 01-20-2010, 09:41 AM

Escort x50 Day 1:

0 false signals, 0 signals of any kind

No cops sighted, first day with the radar detector is a bust due to no action. Made the complete trip to work and back, so that is good news that the detector isn't alerting me for stupid shit just yet.

I used highway easy mode.

01-15-2010, 11:44 AM	#42
VatorMan Wrap Yo Ass in Fiberglass Join Date: Feb 2008 Moto: Feet Posts: 1,605	The V1 has saved my butt more times than I can count. $400 is basically one +20 MPH ticket and associated insurance rate adjustment. Even the equivalent Escort is $399. BTW-with the Valentine,any upgrade is $50 for life. Why the arrows? False alarms? Most of the new luxury cars have active cruise controls now. Annoying? HELL YES. I find I can cause their cruise control to shut off by a hard brake check. Works well. But I know what it is because of the arrows.

01-15-2010, 05:53 PM	#47
quackPOT Grand Master Fu Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Treasure Valley, ID USA Moto: Ducati Multistrada GT Posts: 90	I have X band turned off in city mode, but enabled on highway mode. X-band has too much garbage in it when in the city and I can't ever recall a valid X alert.