theyve saved me from jail time in my uncles car, once i get the money i will have one forever and just keep upgrading, plus it has the arrows and the counter

 

ok heres the thing yea they onl help you if the cop is lazy and leaves the thing on like for speed traps yea it will help but if your driveing and a cop decied tat you goig to fast by the looks of it and tags you just by turning it on real quick he will get you and it wont even go off untill its to late so i would just sya if your goin to get one get a cheap on csue its only good if there lazy and a cheap one will pick it up from a mile away and the radar only wokr from about 1/2 a mile or so

 

A guy I meet swore by the Valentine, said he got his back in '98 and hasn't gotten a ticket since. The nice thing about the Valentine is that you buy it once and just send it in for the upgrades, instead of having to keep buying the newest one.

 

i would love to get the valentines one but damn they are expensive. At least 300 bucks. I was looking for something around 150 at the most. Well i guess ill have to keep looking. How about the COBRA or WHISTLE? are those any good?

 

If your driving in the city, the expensive ones will definately be the way to go. The cheaper ones will have a hard time picking up from around/between buildings. Also, radar detctors that can pick up laser are pretty much worthless when dealing with lasers. Lasers are "point and shoot". You can't pick up the laser if it is not being shot out, and once they shoot it out it's already got you/ you are already in sight. So just worry about radar since a cop using laser will bust your **** anyway.

 

If you do get one, try to get it integrated into your dash so its discret. There are detectors that are made into components that mount on the outside of your car with the main unit inside somewhere in the dash. Having a detector looking like it belongs in the dash might be the difference between getting a warning and a ticket.

Police Officers are more than likely to give you a ticket if you have a radar detector vs not having one. They figure that if you have one, you are knowingly trying to get one over them.


Rule of thumb for City 4 over, HWY 7 over. MMV