Radar Detectors?
04-25-2010, 08:23 PM
#11
6th Gear Member
I run the BEL STI-Driver
Read the test reports and other info here: http://www.guysoflidar.com/index.html
A RD is only a tool. You have to know how to use it. Even with my RD, I rarely run hard unless I have a rabbit running about 1/10th or 2/10ths of a mile ahead of me. And if you want to do it right, consider active laser jamming.
Read the test reports and other info here: http://www.guysoflidar.com/index.html
A RD is only a tool. You have to know how to use it. Even with my RD, I rarely run hard unless I have a rabbit running about 1/10th or 2/10ths of a mile ahead of me. And if you want to do it right, consider active laser jamming.
04-25-2010, 09:37 PM
#13
5th Gear Member
Join Date: May 2005
Location: S.burbs Chicago
Posts: 4,793
I have the Escort 8500 x50 also. But it has acted a little strange on me. The last 2 years, about a month before the car going into storage, it would set of the laser alert anytime I went over about 30% throttle. Why only that time of the year, I don't know. Works fine in my winter beater. Car comes out of storage, and it works just fine.
Well fine as in some reason the yellow light on the plug into the cig lighter stays on all the time, and the max volume is only about 50% of what it use to be, but I think that comes from me dropping it.
Hard wired in the stang, no annoying yellow light to worry about, it still works 100%, other than its not very loud anymore.
Well fine as in some reason the yellow light on the plug into the cig lighter stays on all the time, and the max volume is only about 50% of what it use to be, but I think that comes from me dropping it.
Hard wired in the stang, no annoying yellow light to worry about, it still works 100%, other than its not very loud anymore.
04-26-2010, 12:56 AM
#14
1st Gear Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Texas
Posts: 64
I run the BEL STI-Driver
Read the test reports and other info here: http://www.guysoflidar.com/index.html
A RD is only a tool. You have to know how to use it. Even with my RD, I rarely run hard unless I have a rabbit running about 1/10th or 2/10ths of a mile ahead of me. And if you want to do it right, consider active laser jamming.
Read the test reports and other info here: http://www.guysoflidar.com/index.html
A RD is only a tool. You have to know how to use it. Even with my RD, I rarely run hard unless I have a rabbit running about 1/10th or 2/10ths of a mile ahead of me. And if you want to do it right, consider active laser jamming.
04-26-2010, 05:02 AM
#15
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Hudson County, NJ
Posts: 231
I run a V1 and it's saved my butt more times then I can remember. But as it has been said already..... it's a tool and must be used as one. I'm like you nuke.... only I call the other driver my "Bird Dog", Love when they roll up on me real fast, I just move over and smile.
04-26-2010, 05:45 AM
#16
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Canada
Posts: 242
I run a V1 and it's saved my butt more times then I can remember. But as it has been said already..... it's a tool and must be used as one. I'm like you nuke.... only I call the other driver my "Bird Dog", Love when they roll up on me real fast, I just move over and smile.
However, if you have a radar and still get pulled over for speeding, if the cop see's it you WILL NOT be able to get out of the ticket no matter what your excuse is.
04-26-2010, 10:37 AM
#19
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Athens, Georgia
Posts: 297
add one more to the escort 8500. hit me up for some good stories on how it has paid for its self.
i also get strange laser reading too. i put it in my friends chevy 2500 and it would claim it saw laser when he honked the horn. i think the frequency of his horn was an exact multiple of the frequency of laser radar? maybe the same with your exhaust note Stoenr
also SOMEONE HAS GOT TO KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT SO THE AUX PLUG TURNS OFF WITH THE CAR!
i also get strange laser reading too. i put it in my friends chevy 2500 and it would claim it saw laser when he honked the horn. i think the frequency of his horn was an exact multiple of the frequency of laser radar? maybe the same with your exhaust note Stoenr
also SOMEONE HAS GOT TO KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT SO THE AUX PLUG TURNS OFF WITH THE CAR!
04-26-2010, 11:39 AM
#20
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: NJ
Posts: 275
I have a Bel RX75 Plus which is a concealed radar/laser detector with the jammer. It has saved me more than the worth of the radar detector and install so far. I have the radar detector installed behind the front mesh grill in between the fog lights and it has great range. If you google the RX75 Plus, you can actually find the whole unit for about $400 and you just have to find someone to install it.