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Re: radar detector recommendations

To: Enno Wein <enno@lsil.com>
Subject: Re: radar detector recommendations
From: Derek Butts <pnc1@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 10:15:50 -0800
If its false signals that you want I have the radar detector for you.  My four 
year
old Whistler with laser goes off so many times that you become immune to its
sound.  I recently purchased the top of the line Passport from BestBuy and it 
has
already saved my ass a number of times.

My recommendation is to purchase one of the Passports - stay away from the 
cordless
because it is not even close to the performance of the corded models.  The
Valentine One is too $$$$ but it always rates best in comparison tests.

Good luck,
Derek Butts
CS MR2

P.S. I was pulled over four times with the Whistler!!!

Enno Wein wrote:

> I have used a Bell 560i or so since more than 2 years.
> Yes - it has saved me from a number of potential tickets,
> but its real value is different: It keeps me on my toes
> with its frequent, undeterministic false alarms. I have become much more
> aware of my speed, the actual speed limits (doesn't help
> much if the detector goes off when you don't even know what
> the limit is) and the surroundings. The only time I have ever gotten
> a ticket was on a sunday several years ago cruising with the
> family when I didn't know how fast I was going, nor did I know the speed 
>limit,
> nor did I really know what I was doing at all. (Dangerous??)
> The cool part about the false alarms is that they usually happen frequently
> in areas where speeding limits make sense anyways like in inner cities.
> Thus - my recomendation is to get one, but it doesn't really matter which.
> The ValentineOne is supposed to be the best detector (in terms of long range,
> plus it tells you where the radar source is) - but it's expensive.




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