Guest

Cannot agree with that. I have had no problems with mine.

Lexus_IS300

lol, obviously you've never owned a k40. they are the best working radar in the market



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'01 Lexus IS300
'91 Acura NSX
'95 Nissan Maxima

anant369

I have a K40 in one car and V1 in another, I think the V1 works better, it does get more false alarms though.

Lexus_IS300

i bought my car with the unit on there already. but i think it is in the $1k price range. the unit works well. i dont think anything surpass it. i still have about 4months to where the shop will pay my ticket if i get pulled over for speeding (when you buy it, you get a year).


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'01 Lexus IS300
'91 Acura NSX
'95 Nissan Maxima

Guest

V1 is a religion, and I believe in it.

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asloudasitgets

in the picture, how do you have power with out the ciggarette lighter pluged in?

ncbuckeye

Street you coming to NC anytime soon? Damn, down here they want $1600, fully integrated with all "the bells and whistles". $800 fully integrated?

AndySara

Originally posted by anant369:
V1 is the best way to to go. Those other radar dectectors that are built in to the car have a major problem, they are mounted to low and can't pick up the signals.
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lol, obviously you've never owned a k40. they are the best working radar in the market

K40's are good. However, the bumper mounted sensors do not perform as well as the windshield mounted ones.
If you are running alone...then yes. In a pack, especially if you are in the middle, signals will be blocked by other cars.

dj5

For a cordless radar detector, check out the Escort Solo S2 for about $330 for http://www.escortstore.com/s2.htm.

If you shop around on the internet you could probably find a better price.

I currently have the Escort 8500 hardwired.
Check out this discussion for an example of how I hardwired my 8500.

The V1 and Escort 8500 are probably the two best on the market.
the Solo S2 is new and may be just as good as the 8500.

Nothing will save you from Laser. You will only get a signal when you have been hit. I have been thinking about trying out the Escort laser diffuser.

jdone

I have been using the Solo (the original $199.95) model for three years. It is more than adequate for casual use-certainly better than the things sold at Radio Shack or Target. Serious speeders would be well advised to cough up the extra money for the V-1, Passport 8500, or the Solo=2.

sotiri

One way to save yourself from laser is to remove your front plate.
The police aim the laser at the front plate, for maximum reflectivity, and there is really no other place for them to aim at. They sometimes try to get a measurement from aiming at your headlights, but the curvature of the mirrors dramatically degrades the ammount of signal returned, if any at all, and also if your headlights are on, the infrared laser beam is completely absorbed in the light spectrum.

I have been hit with laser several times, speeding without slowing down, and I have just blown by the officer with the laser gun. The only time I have recieved a ticket was when I was driving my fiance's car, which had the front plate on, got hit with laser, and got pulled over.
The officer was cool, I asked him, (playing dumb) where did he aim his laser, he replied at the plate, because thats where they get the reflection back from.

great1

That's not True, I have my front plates off since I got my car, and still got 2 tickets from a laser gun! Any opinion on the Rocky Mountain radar/laser jammer?

NsX Pilot

i belive jammers and blockers are illegal and most cops will stop u upon getting back a false signal and then your gonna be in a heap of trouble . As far as radar detectors are concerned the v1 works well and i like the arrows and lazer detection it built into the unit as well ... if you want a nice custom install here is a link to a site which makes custom mirrors for the v1

http://www.apexcone.com/Radar/RadarLove.html

here is a pic of an install

Raheel

That is so concealed and SWEET! how much is all that cost? $1000?

NsX Pilot

i think the guy charges $100 bucks for the install if u supply the mirror...this is just to install the electronics in the mirror that is.

Type S Lady

The Valentine has kept me out of troubles for 6 years now. It's worth the $399 I spent!

Edward'TLS

Headlights ! Headlights ! Take off your heatlights too. The reflectors inside them act as a giant mirror for the laser beam. But if your car get close enough, all the shinny metal trims on your car will become significant.

pianoman41

Lidar will obtain a speed reading off of just about any vertical surface of your car. It is true that the more reflective ones (license plate, headlights, etc) will give a reading from a further distance, but even without those lidar will still work by aiming at the body/grille of the car. Even the windshield will work. And color matters too. All things being equal, a red car will be detected at a further range than a darker color car. Red is the easiest, white is the second easiest, and black is the hardest. This color effect is very minor but it does exist.

fsttyms1

i prefer my pasport 8500 over my v1. the pasport has a better range and less false alarms. not to mention it looks a he!! of alot better