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Old Nov 10, 2005 | 01:37 AM
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buy the good ones, i bought a $90 radioshack special, and it sucked, pickup up radar when you were right up on top of the cop. then i threw that in the garbage and bought a 300 dollar one. and it was def. worth it, saved me a couple of times. so sensative. def. worth the money to get the better ones.
werd. I had a 100 dollar whistler. everytime I revved my car past 4500 rpm after owning it just six months, the laser warning would go off. Then it got stolen, I bought a 300 dollar passport 7500 and have had it for two years, no problems.
ive had my detector for a year and a half and never hit laser.
Old Nov 10, 2005 | 03:01 AM
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i dont have the money to be spending that much on a detector......should i get the 40 dollar whistler....or use my money on something more useful....if it will work i want it
i suggest slowing down till you get enough $$$ to buy an escort or valentine
Old Nov 10, 2005 | 12:06 PM
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buy the good ones, i bought a $90 radioshack special, and it sucked, pickup up radar when you were right up on top of the cop. then i threw that in the garbage and bought a 300 dollar one. and it was def. worth it, saved me a couple of times. so sensative. def. worth the money to get the better ones.
werd. I had a 100 dollar whistler. everytime I revved my car past 4500 rpm after owning it just six months, the laser warning would go off. Then it got stolen, I bought a 300 dollar passport 7500 and have had it for two years, no problems.
ive had my detector for a year and a half and never hit laser.
yea same hear, i never hit a laser. if i did it would of been a false alarm or somthing
Old Nov 10, 2005 | 12:31 PM
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Listen i've got the good ole faithful walmart radar detetor. The cobra something...$93. Go buy that and it will alert you about rader. It does k,ka,x, and some other kinds, I'm not sure what...but still....I haven't got a ticket since i've had it...
Old Nov 10, 2005 | 08:40 PM
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^^ Well thats because you haven't speeded since you got it :P
Old Nov 11, 2005 | 10:39 PM
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ya i think some of them just beep so much over nothing that no one ever goes fast anymore
Old Nov 23, 2005 | 08:56 PM
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Hmph...I'm stuck between getting the Escort 8500 or the Solo version. I like the idea of the cordless; just grab it and throw it in the glove box, and not having wires all over.

Old Nov 23, 2005 | 10:04 PM
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on ebay a while ago this guy was selling a c6 corvette mirror with the Valentine 1 detector built into it. It was so nice!
Old Nov 24, 2005 | 04:19 AM
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buy the good ones, i bought a $90 radioshack special, and it sucked, pickup up radar when you were right up on top of the cop. then i threw that in the garbage and bought a 300 dollar one. and it was def. worth it, saved me a couple of times. so sensative. def. worth the money to get the better ones.
werd. I had a 100 dollar whistler. everytime I revved my car past 4500 rpm after owning it just six months, the laser warning would go off. Then it got stolen, I bought a 300 dollar passport 7500 and have had it for two years, no problems.
ive had my detector for a year and a half and never hit laser.
I still to this day have no idea WHY it did that...

I take it you've never driven by any large airport then? I've had LASER warnings in Chicagos smaller airport, Ft Wayne Int'l and Indianapolis' airport.

When that laser warning goes off it's LOUD and instant. It always scares the **** out of me.
Old Nov 24, 2005 | 03:03 PM
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Go with the Passport 8500 X50 I just got it and it is bad a$$.



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