Re: radar detector preferences?

["Chris Warren" <tofer@foxinternet.net>]

Actually the Q45 has a 4.5 Liter V-8 hence the name Q45.  (FYI)
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> From: David Kim <glxvr6@ibm.net>
> To: jettaglx@igtc.com
> Cc: 'gti' <gti-vr6@dev.tivoli.com>
> Subject: Re: radar detector preferences?
> Date: Wednesday, February 25, 1998 8:03 PM
> 
> 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