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Old 02-02-2006, 06:02 PM
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i would have to say that the invention of the radar detector was one of the greatest ever. Today i was going 70 in a 30 my radar goes off i slammed on the brakes and passed the cop going 30, it definitly saved my license, double the limit = no license. It was most definitly worth the 90 bucks i spent on a decent quality cobra on ebay. can anyone else relate??
 
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oh god if you had the valentine 1 you would have detected it 2 miles away... oh god valentine 1 valentine 1 valentine 1!! duurrr... :dots:
 
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Old 02-02-2006, 06:06 PM
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yes, but i also only payed 90 bucks and it got the job done
 
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Old 02-02-2006, 06:07 PM
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yes, but i also only payed 90 bucks and it got the job done
exactly... EXACTLY!! god damn paying $400 for a radar detector.. pisses me off..
 
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Old 02-02-2006, 06:08 PM
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dont get me wrong if i had the cash for a valentine id definitly do it
 
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Old 02-02-2006, 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by hollister
dont get me wrong if i had the cash for a valentine id definitly do it
oh... nevermind then... damn valentine-flyboys... :dots:
 
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Old 02-02-2006, 06:11 PM
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tell me if 400 bucks was nothing to u that u wouldnt get one
 
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Old 02-02-2006, 06:17 PM
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tell me if 400 bucks was nothing to u that u wouldnt get one
boy I'd get myself a rear bumper and finish this kit if $400 was nothing... plus as everyone already knows, I have a CB Radio system in my car.. so I know where the cops are 10 miles before I get there..
 
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Old 02-02-2006, 06:21 PM
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boy I'd get myself a rear bumper and finish this kit if $400 was nothing... plus as everyone already knows, I have a CB Radio system in my car.. so I know where the cops are 10 miles before I get there..
I was there with you milos until you said cb radio...
 
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Old 02-02-2006, 06:28 PM
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valentine 1 > *

you can try to convince your self your $90 POS works....and sometimes it dos, when the cops laser detectors break and they have to switch to radar

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Old 02-02-2006, 06:34 PM
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I was there with you milos until you said cb radio...
well i answered his question... what would I do if I had $400?? The **** do you think I'd do? ****.
 
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Old 02-02-2006, 06:36 PM
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Valentine 1 > *
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scobra are nice mmmmmmmmm
 
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Old 02-02-2006, 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by msistupidmffag
scobra are nice mmmmmmmmm
haven't tried the Valentine, but i know the Passports are REALLY nice also, just can think of about 400 dollars worth of other things to do to the car instead...
 
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Old 02-03-2006, 03:57 AM
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well obviously if i had just 400 bucks i wouldnt even think about a valentine, my **** works fine, i was just saying if 400 bucks was nothing to me (ha which it deifnitly is) then i would definitly do it
 
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Arrows or nothing i have used others, and its true once you live with the arrows you wont be able to live without them again. It was well worth the $390 i paid for it. it saves almost 3hours of driving on my trip to NC and back.
And over and hour on my way to the Florida Keys when i go home to see freinds.
 
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Old 02-03-2006, 09:12 AM
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Is a 400 dollar fuzzbuster worth it? Whats it gonna do if the cop just turns it on as you fly by at double the posted speed limit?
 
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Originally Posted by Grimmz
haven't tried the Valentine, but i know the Passports are REALLY nice also, just can think of about 400 dollars worth of other things to do to the car instead...
I had a passport for about 30 hours. I drove by a copper close enough to see his facial expression, and he was pointing his radar at me. My 350 dollar passport said nothing. So I went to best buy, returned the radar and got my SLP catback.
 
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Old 02-03-2006, 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Milos
plus as everyone already knows, I have a CB Radio system in my car.. so I know where the cops are 10 miles before I get there..

are you serious??? cops dont use cd radios to talk to each other outside of little redneck towns.
 
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Old 02-03-2006, 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by SilverSteed03
Is a 400 dollar fuzzbuster worth it? Whats it gonna do if the cop just turns it on as you fly by at double the posted speed limit?
Well you have to have common sense and know when to speed and when you should slow down.

exampe: dont speed if your the only car on the road. As he is gonna have his radar off, and then turn it on aiming at you.

Also dont make yourself stickout by doing 110 in a 70 or something like that the name of the game is speed but dont be noticed and use common sense. I only speed when i have cars in front of me which the cop will randomly hit with the radar so i see him. If its just me i only do 5 over.
 
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Originally Posted by floppy
are you serious??? cops dont use cd radios to talk to each other outside of little redneck towns.
lol it's not for the cops...it's so he can talk to truckers ahead and they tell you if there are any troopers hidding...
 
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Originally Posted by Grimmz
lol it's not for the cops...it's so he can talk to truckers ahead and they tell you if there are any troopers hidding...


ahhhh, like smokey and the bandit... still kinda redneck. down here the truckers would just say **** off!
 
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Originally Posted by floppy
are you serious??? cops dont use cd radios to talk to each other outside of little redneck towns.
lol...damn floppy...
 
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Old 02-03-2006, 12:19 PM
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the nice thing about my small *** town where cops will look for anything to do is that they always run their radar, they never just shoot it at specific car, so it works real good for me
 
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Old 02-03-2006, 12:20 PM
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Hahaha-- well he does have a point, its only really useful on the highway, so I just don't dick around on the town/city streets. Its actually a helpful tool if you think about it, traffic reports, weather reports, directions, accident reports, cop locations?? What more do you need.

I've only seen cops south of the buck-eye state that have CB's within their patrol cars... they have them on to the highway channel but they hardly talk unless a trucker decides to.. **** them off or something.
 
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Old 02-03-2006, 01:44 PM
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the nice thing about my small *** town is that cops are desperate to do anything so they always run their radar, they never just shoot it at random cars
 
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Old 02-04-2006, 06:19 PM
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wait...did i already post a similar thread?? ha

anyways today i added another tally on my "radar detector saving me" list
 
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