Radar detectors

[mike1944]

There's a lot of LEOs on the corvette forum.

A lot of them say the same thing ...if you are speeding, get pulled over, and you have a radar detector .....no mercy. You are getting a ticket.

 

[Kman]

There's a lot of LEOs on the corvette forum.

A lot of them say the same thing ...if you are speeding, get pulled over, and you have a radar detector .....no mercy. You are getting a ticket.

One click of the RJ-45 connector and slide the V1 out of its mount and it's in my center console. They would never know.

I've never had even a remotely close call since installing my V1. Get at least a half mile warning.

 

[Lidog]

Im wondering if that red camera warning works. We have a ton of those in my town - that would be so cool to have. How the heck did they figure that out?

I live in nassau county and the red light cameras are everywhere! I have had my 9500ix since december and so far there is only 1 camera light it doesnt recognize and its probably because there are two camera lights near each other and the gps isnt refined enough to realize that its two different lights. ****** has a database full of the these lights and it gets updated frequently. So far its only saved me from one ticket.

 

[SHWELL]

V1 owner for years.. Been upgrading for over a decade.. No tickets since aquiring it.. There may be newer/better units, but this unit has worked great for me. I think it is time for an update..

 

[09tahoehybrid]

Oh, I see what you're saying -- that was $$ just to get it to WORK again? Yipes. Not good.

I seem to remember the software-only upgrades costing nothing or some nominal amount. And, it's been a while, so I thought I'd go for this (costly) update...

Yeah, I'd highly recommend getting a V1 and calling it a day. You probably already know this, but Mike Valentine was the head engineer at ****** before going off on his own. So, I believe that the V1 flat-out works.

I'm pretty sure Valentine will charge at least $90 to fix a broken unit that is out of warranty. Also, Mike Valentine left ****** back in 1993! A lot has changed since then, so I dont know how thats really important?
Believe me, I know firsthand how useless Escorts customer service can be. But they simply have the superior product. At the end of the day use what works best for you. I got the V1 first, thinking it was the best out there, but it simply gives way too many false alerts. Not only was it annoying, but I never really could trust it.

Just my $.02

 

[felixgun]

Kmel where did you purchase your V1 from?

 

[KMeloney]

There's a lot of LEOs on the corvette forum.

A lot of them say the same thing ...if you are speeding, get pulled over, and you have a radar detector .....no mercy. You are getting a ticket.

You should start a "Once you get pulled over..." thread. This is more of a "Don't get pulled over" thread.




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[KMeloney]

I'm pretty sure Valentine will charge at least $90 to fix a broken unit that is out of warranty. Also, Mike Valentine left ****** back in 1993! A lot has changed since then, so I dont know how thats really important?
Believe me, I know firsthand how useless Escorts customer service can be. But they simply have the superior product. At the end of the day use what works best for you. I got the V1 first, thinking it was the best out there, but it simply gives way too many false alerts. Not only was it annoying, but I never really could trust it.

Just my $.02

It's only relevant about Mike because he was largely responsible for making the best detectors THEN, and unless the guy has just been hanging out since then, I suspect he's still trying to make the best detectors NOW.

I agree -- like golf clubs, get what works best for you.




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[KMeloney]

Felix -- Just go right through the valentine1.com site. I don't think they can be had elsewhere (unless there's a grey market, which I wouldn't mess with for this).


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[gnarpow]

I'm pretty sure Valentine will charge at least $90 to fix a broken unit that is out of warranty. Also, Mike Valentine left ****** back in 1993! A lot has changed since then, so I dont know how thats really important?
Believe me, I know firsthand how useless Escorts customer service can be. But they simply have the superior product. At the end of the day use what works best for you. I got the V1 first, thinking it was the best out there, but it simply gives way too many false alerts. Not only was it annoying, but I never really could trust it.

Just my $.02

I can handle a few false alarms for the cost of better customer service, a product that doesn't have built-in obsolescence (it's the second time that i've had to send it in because it "lost calibration") and the directional awareness which I now believe is a huge advantage. You don't think its a big deal until you have a detector without it.
False alarms? If there's radar out there I want to know about it. In town just turn down the sensitivity or turn the unit off. I don't speed in highly populated areas...