what is the max speed limit there? cuz here in albuquerque it's 60mph and albuquerque is only a 15min town, but with the speed limit were it's at it takes forever getting anywhere, maybe coming from california doesnt help

 

where i am its 70mph but still if you or the speed limit or keep up with a majority of the traffic you wont get caught.

 

You really got to come down here, doing 65 and i'm blowing by traffic

 

im using a cobra and it works pretty decent. no speeding tickets.

 

then use the cruise and just get lost in the music playing in the radio. its works for me. it was 65 until this year then they changed all the freeways to 70, but when it was 65 everyone did 70.

 

Back in 2003 when I drove acorss country I had the valentine in my car. It saved me a few times..... after I was done with my road trip I sold it for 250$... Im looking into buying another one soon... works wonders if you ask me

 

I see your logic and it makes sense, and i do use the cruise control but if i always wanted to go the speed limit than i wouldn't have gotten an SS, i just would have got a nice regular 2.2, so do you kind of understand were i'm coming from????

 

yeah dont get me wrong, i have fun in my car, but i dont make habit out of it.

 

...um it's called a drag strip

 

I have this for 5 yrs in both my cars. This is my co-pilot. I don't like driving with out it. Never had a issue & I dropped it twice. I would get the hard wire kit to hide the power cord. I know the 2 times it saves u're ass it pays for itself. I know they can upgrade it down the road, just keep the case.
I give it a 5 out of 5

You should buy this one. If he has the case & mount. best investment. I would buy it is I still had my other car. I hate switch I pods too.

 

what i suggest is find a buddy that works at best buy...that 400 bux radar will cost him 170 max..

 

I've got 2 tickets since I've had my radar detector as well

once was literally the FIRST day I had it and just didn't know how to read it right

second time I got nailed by laser and a detector isn't gonna help you there

i have the 8500 btw...

 

I have the belltronics sti it works great.... but $449.00 ftl

Ok wait you live in albuquerque? How do you get pulled over for speeding? The only time I see cops looking for speeders are when they have a van on the side of the road. Other than that you just have to worry about the cameras.

 

oh it does...i have the 8500 as well and it tells me LASER and starts beeping

 

Escort Radar Detectors = is the best for teh US
Beltronics STi Driver Radar Detector = the best for canada (not detectable)

there is no diffrence other then the not detectable and yes you pay for it about 100.00 more

 

Good info. So is the STi detectable in the US?

 

No...but in most of Canada radar detectors are illegal and it is currently the only detector that cannot be detected with equipment available to police forces. The only places in the US that radar detectors are illegal are VA, Washington DC, and on military bases. (Also illegal in commercial vehicles, I.E. semi's)

 

I have a Bel RX65, i love it

 

Right I have a Bel Vector 940 and it is a great starter detector, but I'm ready to upgrade really soon. But remember, even if you have the best one in the world, it ain't gunna do **** unless you know how to use it. It honestly took me 2 months to figure out how to accurately react to it, and I still figure new tricks out all of the time. You should also research the technologies behind radar and LIDAR; it helps a lot.

Once you get one, you need to figure out the subtle differences between false and true alarms. It also really helps to recognize what LEOs (law enforcement officers) have dash mounted radars. For example, in my city, no marked units have dash mounted radars, but they have just started using a few marked units that don't have overheads and those have dash mounted radars.

Just remember, most dash mounted radars are Ka, and they can pick up rear vehicles and front vehicles.

 

laser is the one where you get no signal until they hit you with it...and by that time they already know how fast you're going so you can't really slow down.

i've only had that thing go off on false alarms, like near airports and **** and random places...i just have it off since there is no benefit

 

yeah the laser is how my friend got caught both times with his 8500, but i wouldnt be surprised if he didnt know how to use it.

 

Honestly just look at range... I wouldn't suggest to rely on it either because if the cop is pointing at your car and you slow down, he'll get you either way.... the only time radar detectors are useful is when he's pointing at someone around, in front or behind you and your radar detector catches it and gives you time to slow down. If it's a direct hit then you're toast either way. Another thing just for future, if you do get one, a lot of things set it off like those motion sensor doors at best buy, as well as those light up road signs on highways.

 

I have had that problem with other radar detectors, so i definitely got to watch that (false alarms). I just want one that works for the most part well, so i can drive by the cop and flip his a** off as i drive by. LOL

 

But if the cop has the radar off when he drives around. It won't detect ****.

 

While this is true, LIDAR guns need to be locked on to a vehicle PERFECTLY to get an accurate reading. So what will happen (especially if you are pretty far away from the LEO) is he will "miss" your car a couple times before he actually gets a reading, so your detector (if it's good) will get a few little beeps and say "LASER" for a few milliseconds each time before it screams consistantly and says "LASER" for 5-10 seconds (which means the LEO got your speed) so this is why I say you gotta know your detector and react very quickly to it.

I remember when I got my ticket, I got my detector about 2 months before and never had a LASER alert yet. So I was on a pretty deserted road with a LEO about 1-1.5 miles ahead. As he first started hitting me, my detector basically went like this:

BEEP (split second)..........................BEEEEEEEEP (1-2 seconds)..........BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEP (good 5 seconds - this is when his gun "locked on" to my car and actually got a reading).

Now the whole time I was like WTF! What do I do? and I barely even slowed down. and then BOOM! $300 ticket.

You only have a few seconds to react to a laser alert and sometimes it's impossible if the LEO is specially trained and is accurate with the gun.