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Discussion in 'Ferrari Discussion (not model specific)' started by vittle, Jul 4, 2008.

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  1. BlazinBWF

    BlazinBWF Karting

    May 30, 2008
    239
    Seattle;Johannesburg
    #26 BlazinBWF, Jul 9, 2008
    Well both of the cars that I have them in are 2005s so probably
     
  2. SonomaRik

    SonomaRik F1 Veteran

    Dec 15, 2006
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    Folsom, CA (formerly Sonoma)
    #27 SonomaRik, Jul 9, 2008
    +1 : that's why my 456 has two. One that came with the car imbedded in the front grill and nicely imbedded lights in the dash dials, and my window mounted Escort. one picks up the slack, Escort that is.
     
  3. sprite

    sprite Karting

    Jun 26, 2006
    224
    Atlanta, GA
    #28 sprite, Jul 9, 2008
    I have K-40 + V1 in the Lambo. The K-40 is crap, STAY AWAY! Valentine 1 is hand down the best radar detector in my opinion, you can also send them back to manufacturer for upgrades for a nominal charge.
     
  4. SonomaRik

    SonomaRik F1 Veteran

    Dec 15, 2006
    6,904
    Folsom, CA (formerly Sonoma)
    #29 SonomaRik, Jul 9, 2008
    Escort too.

    WHY do you like the V1? becuase it illuminates everything?

    have you tried the others besides K-40 of which I agree is crap.
     
  5. RaDaRkInG

    RaDaRkInG Karting

    May 28, 2005
    97
    #30 RaDaRkInG, Jul 10, 2008
  6. sprite

    sprite Karting

    Jun 26, 2006
    224
    Atlanta, GA
    #31 sprite, Jul 10, 2008
    Yes I've tried a lot of different ones. I used to have several Passport 8500s. The V1 is best on range and the directional arrows rule.
     
  7. rcallahan

    rcallahan F1 Rookie
    Owner

    Jul 15, 2002
    3,307
    Santa Barbara
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    Bob Callahan
    #32 rcallahan, Jul 11, 2008
    Just turn off the freq that you don't need or want! V1 is the best.

    Bob
     
  8. Andrew Bolton

    Andrew Bolton Karting

    Aug 20, 2004
    155
    Spring, Texas
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    Andrew Bolton
    #33 Andrew Bolton, Jul 13, 2008
    An earlier poster had it best: Just look at brake lights. I know that you cannot do this on a lonesome road (but there's less chance of a cop wasting his time there too). When there's traffic and people come up to a cop, their natural instinct is to tap the brakes, often you can see the brake lights for miles back. It's the cheapest radar dectector ever invented and completely undectable in no-no areas like Virginia. It covers X, K, Ka, and Lidar.

    In really, I simply don't usually speed, so I've never seen the need to get a detector. (I'm also a traffic preosecutor part-time and cops seem to give me a pass anyways).

    Andrew
     
  9. Garrett M

    Garrett M Rookie

    Oct 29, 2007
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    #34 Garrett M, Jul 14, 2008
    Hard wire that Valentine one at once. You can also use Jammers...
     
  10. Ferranki

    Ferranki Formula Junior

    Mar 9, 2007
    773
    Buffalo NY
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    Ken
    #35 Ferranki, Jul 14, 2008
    Welcome and enjoy your 430! Maybe you should have a ream of that BOS printed up with the date empty.
     
  11. Slim

    Slim Formula 3

    Oct 11, 2001
    1,735
    Pacifica, CA, USA
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    richard
    #36 Slim, Jul 14, 2008
    That's where the V1 comes in handy. You'll get to your false alarm spot and it'll beep X band or even K or whatever as usual. But if there is a second source - the cop - it'll alert for that as well and show "2" on the screen, letting you know that the sneaky cops are there. No other detector does this, right?
     
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