What do you think about this Radar detector?
 

What do you think about this Radar detector i just orderd tonight? http://www.crutchfield.com/App/Produ...6P9500I&tp=142 hope it doesnt end up being a p.o.s.

You bought a $450 radar detector? Have you ever tried just going the speed limit?

Wow... :eek:

For your situation I suggest making it work.

should of gotten a Valentine 1, its a much better detector for the same price. I love my V1.

u drive too fast too often...

never owned one...but ridden plenty of times with a buddy that has one...if I ever get one...the V1 will be THE one. heh, and they are made in my home town.

Can you steal us some from the factory? :D

i would trust mine too much and get caught

yeah true ^

just make it so ur car cant go over 70 mph ;)

Shoulda saved your money and got a V1

DUDE you should have bought the one in the classifieds!! you get the 8500 x50 AND the equipment to hardwire the radar detector all for $200 shipped. You just missed out on a hell of a deal if you already bought that other one of the internet

and yeah i have the 9500i its nice with a lot nice features since its GPS compatible. Just remember radar detectors don't make you invincible and if your going way over the speed limit the cop will have your speed by the time the radar registers. If you have to speed you should really keep it 5-10 over because going 15+ or double the speed limit its just a matter of time before you kill someone

Yeah definitely was just going to pick up one of those Cobra ones at Target for 100 dollars but decided to just go the speed limit.

450 dollars. Thats crazy. Your crazy for going so f'n fast anyway.

at the rate your going a radar dector would get you in a lot more trouble.

if you dont slow down your going to kill some one or get kill!:(

Not trying to start anything but.. You may think you look like a bad ass driving at dangerous speeds but we are all looking at you like your an idiot. Just to let you know.

damn just saw the price yeah thats crazy almost $460 I don't think its worth that much haha Im glad i didn't pay retail damn. I would return it and take the deal thats in the classifieds before he puts it on ebay. I wouldn't spend more than 250 on one of those

I'm still going to laugh when you get pulled over with the radar detector and get your like 3rd or 4th wreckless driving ticket. I bet that radar will come in real handy when your license is gone.

Dude what are you thinking? Im satisfied with my 40 dollar detector. I wouldn't even spend over 100 bucks on something that is not that reliable.. Just cause you have and expensive detector dosent mean that your invisiable. Nine times out of ten a cop can tell if your speeding with or without a radar. They do this by visually observing your speed from one point to another. They just use radar to confirm, to so proof when they write you a ticket. I agree with everyone else just slow your butt down. LOL. N E way here is a link for you to check out. A retired cop gives his advice on what to look for in a good detector. Should save that money for future tickets. LOL

http://www.radarbusters.com/

I have the older model without gps and it rocks 8500 i think is model..
Found out which bands the cops dont use locally and just turned em off.
Now when it goes off 99.9% of the time its a real alert not just false alarm.

I heard the v1 has mega mega false alarms.

Do you really need a antenna facing backwords when your going 100 miles per hour(mirrors work)? Things i like about v1 is its upgradeable and the radar counter.. I just turn off my false alarms and im golden they only use ka and laser here k is a false alarm.

Make sure your possitive on what they run before you turn off bands though. Or just deal with the false alarms... Every radar detector is going to have false alarms just some filter them better....some scream them longer with antenna facing backwords.

All in all killer detector imo and gps is a nice add on. Dont know if yours comes with remote light and mute for the cigarrete plug in but i love that piece. mine came with it.

www.radartest.com
its not the detector you bought no but its model down without gps..

imo valentine1 buyers just read too many car and drive adds:P

V1 came out on top for false alarms in the test yay!!! we won!!

You made a good choice imo i was going to upgrade mine myself but no need really the detection is amazing all i would be gaining is gps but for now unless mine breaks or is stolen i can do without gps.

Exactly.

keep telling yourself that only one antenna is better, meanwhile we V1 users will have our arrows and therefore complete situational awareness in our nice metal cased V1's that actually cost less than your cheaply built escort.

Also what in the hell does GPS have to do with a radar detector?