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Old 01-31-2006, 03:34 PM
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I am thinking about getting a radar detector, do you guys think that they are worth the money and if so what are the best ones to get. It will be a present for me that is why im not getting parts for the car
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Old 01-31-2006, 04:30 PM
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The Belltronics Pro RX 65 is badass. I know a couple of guys who have them and saved their a**es a few times.
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Old 01-31-2006, 04:45 PM
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yea, they are worth it, if you are speeding like 80 mph. above 80 its hard to slow down in time. i dont know about all brands but mine is probably from 2003. i dont know if they made some better models yet. but it saved my *** a couple times.
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Old 01-31-2006, 05:37 PM
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Valetine are the best.

I got a Cobra and it works just fine.
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Old 01-31-2006, 05:39 PM
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I forget the one model name for the Valentine but its supposed to be the best on the market. But its like $400-450 bucks though. I would get a good one though, if it saves you from ONE ticket it paid for itsself.
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Old 01-31-2006, 06:39 PM
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i got a cobra, it works alright. saved my *** a bunch of times. for some reason it only works for me on the highway and a couple cars in my town. i think it only works on the cruizers with the lidar and radar in them
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Old 01-31-2006, 06:48 PM
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I got a cobra ESD 7000, 6band, works good, not the best, gives me some false alarms, and rarly picks up cops when radar on the side of the road, I usally get them when there driving.
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Old 01-31-2006, 07:02 PM
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Ya see... thats what I mean. If Im going to spend money to get a radar detector you mind as well get a good one.
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Old 01-31-2006, 07:08 PM
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ive got a 38 dollar whistler and works great. Picks them up pretty far away...... very rare false alarms by hospitals though. Im buying another!
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Old 01-31-2006, 11:29 PM
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Rocky Mountain Radar. They are made here in El Paso. A friend of mine bought one and we have tested it out. I have a stalker pro radar gun and we have tested it out and the radar jamming works. His radar detector picks up the signal from my stalker pro and goes off, it then signals on my stalker like a 1 second delay before it reads any mph. We turned off his radar detector and he'd drive by me and I'd pick up a speed immediately. As soon as the detector was back on, it'd take a good 1 second before it would read anything. They state that it is supposed to do this or your money back.. Kinda suck to get a ticket and then find out it doesn't work...

I'll try to find out the model # of the unit my buddy bought..

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