valentine one
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From: Warner Robins, Ga, CSA
Originally posted by cyntaxx
thanks! you just saved me 40 bucks! if i decide to keep the 8500 i will buy that one...
thanks! you just saved me 40 bucks! if i decide to keep the 8500 i will buy that one...
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Joined: Nov 2001
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From: Northern Virginia
countermeasures
"Works great when there are several vehicles on the road. Not so great when you're the only one. If it goes off and nobody else is on the road, you're more or less caught, unless the cop has the radar on all the time."
[SS] With most radar detectors, this is true, but I've found that even if you're leading the pack, the V1 gives you way more time than needed to stop...
You have to be _right_on_top_ of the radar unit to not get good enough warning. On flat level ground, I've gotten K band alerts from 1 1/4 mile constant on, as clocked by my odometer...
Instant on, I've gotten alerts from ~ 1 mile or so x & k band... At that distance, there's plenty of room to slow...
[SS] With most radar detectors, this is true, but I've found that even if you're leading the pack, the V1 gives you way more time than needed to stop...
You have to be _right_on_top_ of the radar unit to not get good enough warning. On flat level ground, I've gotten K band alerts from 1 1/4 mile constant on, as clocked by my odometer...
Instant on, I've gotten alerts from ~ 1 mile or so x & k band... At that distance, there's plenty of room to slow...
