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Radar Detectors/ Escort or Valentine?
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Bruce
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nothing touches the valentin. my roomate had an M5 with a valentin and the first thing i did when i got my r type ingegra was get one as well. he has it in that car his gt carrera and my other friend has it in his STI. i drive well above 120 all the time and my valentin will catch a cop every time. i am waiting for the new 08 STI to come out with paddle shifters or maybe a bmw 335. i will use nothing but valentin. i can't speak on the other but i'll tell you its the best 350 i ever spent.
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I've had mine since about '97
had various escorts before that
david valentine left cincinnati microwave and formed his own company
2 main reasons,though escorts may have these features now
his the threat direction indicator
and the bogey counter,which tells you how many threats
this is useful in an area you typically drive in which the detector will false
the bogey counter can tell you when there is an actual police
i.e. in an area you typically get a 2 reading.if you go through this area and get a 3 you have to consider a police in the area
had various escorts before that
david valentine left cincinnati microwave and formed his own company
2 main reasons,though escorts may have these features now
his the threat direction indicator
and the bogey counter,which tells you how many threats
this is useful in an area you typically drive in which the detector will false
the bogey counter can tell you when there is an actual police
i.e. in an area you typically get a 2 reading.if you go through this area and get a 3 you have to consider a police in the area
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Spartacus
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what gets me is late night passing those truckers at 120+ after 1ambruce410 said:
and then get hit with an instant on ambush
I know those truckers ratted me
chewyxrage
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4everhung said:
fuck yeah they do, I've even had truckers pull over into the fast lane when they see me approaching @ 120 just to make me slow down, wtf
drrman
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just remember, no and i repeat NO device will protect you against an "instant on" or a tropper running "VASCAR"...(VASCAR is a distance/time tool and has nothing to do with beams of light or radio frequency as some think)
so radar detectors are merely a tool to prevent some situations, many many people get tickets with radar detectors all the time
so radar detectors are merely a tool to prevent some situations, many many people get tickets with radar detectors all the time
Bruce
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true that. first ticket ever was 90 in a 55 with illegal lane usage. i was 16 and i got clocked by a light plane. they track your movement with the white reflectors. the cops were waiting for me ahead. my boy had to bail me out of jail, no seat belt no license 90 in 55 though i was doing a good 120. luckily the license was at home and my attorney's ate it like a sundae cone
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yeah you have to know how to "use" themdrrman said:
I've recieved 2 tickets at 100mph+ in the past year
both were after midnight in rural stretches of interstate
I had no traffic ahead of me to pick up an instant on "bounce"
the valentine 1 usually will pick up an instant on clock on a vehicle almost a mile ahead of me
so you need some traffic to feel safer
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