Re: radar detector preferences?

[David Kim <glxvr6@ibm.net>]

zeek the geek,

from what car magazines say after they've conducted their tests, they
unanomously give two thumbs up for the Valentine One radar detector.  I
believe the Valentine has won by a landslide for two or three years
running.  This particular model has a few features other radar detectors
do not have such as a LCD display which shows the number of speed
detecting equipment out there and from which direction that said
detecting device is coming from via arrows on the radar detector.  Two
models are offered of which one model distinguishes itself from the
other by having laser sensing capability.  The only drawback of the
Valentine One radar detector is the price tag, $399.00 w/ Laser and
$329.00 w/out Laser.  A concealed display module is also available for
$69.00.  By the way, the Q45 which you convoyed with has a V-8 under the
hood, I'm positive that it's over 4.0 liters putting out over 250 hp.

Hope this helps,

David Kim
1997 Vento GLX

P.S.  Anyone out there have any actual personal experience with the
Valentine One.



> 
> ok my radar detector is a little old.
> it's only a two band (X and K) and was prettly much useless
> in the neighboring state of LA, and while i know the highway
> patrol here in TX uses K band, i'm not sure if anyone here is
> using Ka band...
> 
> does anyone have any recommendations on a GOOD tri-band
> radar detector? i'd like something reeeealllly sensitive to the
> K and Ka bands and weeds out the useless X band if possible.
> laser detection would be an added bonus... but realistically if
> they've got laser they can get you in like two seconds so just
> knowing they're shooting at you doesn't help. you're gonna find
> out when you see the flashing lights anyway!
> 
> BTW- breakin period is officially over :) i've got like 2300 miles now.
> was playing with a Q45 today.... we weren't racing- i still had *plenty*
> of pull left- but we were both going zoooom! like 100-125 most of the
> way. first i let him lead for like ahundred miles or so and i followed
> at a safe distance figuring he could take any radar action and i'd go
> scott free- but then i smoked by him and for another hundred miles he
> followed... i didn't get the impression he was struggling to keep up-
> what's under these guys hoods? anyway i'm sure my money to power
> ratio is much better.... as well as my money to driver satisfaction ratio
> to boot. screw luxury.
> real nice guy, though (older gentleman) when i exited i waved through
> my 'roof (i love doing that) and he waved/smiled...
> 
> oh what's better than waving is when you want to flip off some asshole
> and the sunroof's closed and he's watching- deliberately opening up
> sunroof- flipping off- closing sunroof.
> ooooo that makes em so mad!
> 
> _____________________
> spank me hard- REAL hard