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View Poll Results: Do you have a radar detector in your vette(s)?
Yes! Saved my butt at least once! 73 59.84%
Yes, but I don't think I really need one. 3 2.46%
No, but plan on getting one soon. 19 15.57%
No, I don't need one for the way I drive. 20 16.39%
What was the question again? 7 5.74%
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Unread 05-26-2006, 05:39 AM   #21
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I was driving on the Howard Frankland bridge a few weeks ago going from Tampa to St. Petersburg. I hadn't actually hit the bridge yet, but almost, and my Valentine went off. It went off all the way down the bridge getting stronger the whole time. I couldn't figure out where this guy was. It ended up being a traffic radar because there was construction on the bridge. On the other side of the hump though! That was pretty damn impressive to go off that far away. Has to be a couple of miles. It's great on the highway.
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Unread 05-26-2006, 09:22 AM   #22
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Oh go ahead and get one Rich!
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Unread 05-26-2006, 04:12 PM   #23
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I was driving on the Howard Frankland bridge a few weeks ago going from Tampa to St. Petersburg. I hadn't actually hit the bridge yet, but almost, and my Valentine went off. It went off all the way down the bridge getting stronger the whole time. I couldn't figure out where this guy was. It ended up being a traffic radar because there was construction on the bridge. On the other side of the hump though! That was pretty damn impressive to go off that far away. Has to be a couple of miles. It's great on the highway.

That only works if the officer is lazy and leaves it on. The other way they do it is to pause it then re-activate it when they see someone buzzing by them. Then the beep you get is just an early warning of an impending ticket. Plus alot of officers feel if you up the ante' by having a radar detector then you deserve the ticket for the times you got away with it. If you get stopped throw the detector in the back hatch area....
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Unread 06-03-2006, 11:19 AM   #24
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I'm pretty happy with my Escort 8500. It has a "City/No X" mode that cuts false alarms to nearly nothing. Like others have said, I know where it does false and mentally tune it out. When the signal is real, I know it.

They finally opened up 9A so I can take it to work and it's freeway all the way. I use "highway" mode for max range. Come to think of it, I keep it in highway mode all the time now. If I'm driving around town a lot, I switch modes.

I mounted mine up by the rh side of the mirror with the unit just a bit below the tint. You can't see it outside the car and it is up about as high as it can get in our low cars. I ran the wire under the trim and down to the fuse panel in the ps footwell.
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Unread 06-05-2006, 06:38 PM   #25
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No detector here. Most of my driving is city so not much chance to get in trouble. On the highway I rarely go more than 10 over. I'm sure there are exeptions but I doubt most LEO's will pull you for 10 over. If I get a little itchy from time to time I find a deserted stretch away from the town and go for it. I've had my Z over 3 years and have never been stopped (kow).
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No detector here. Most of my driving is city so not much chance to get in trouble. On the highway I rarely go more than 10 over. I'm sure there are exeptions but I doubt most LEO's will pull you for 10 over. If I get a little itchy from time to time I find a deserted stretch away from the town and go for it. I've had my Z over 3 years and have never been stopped (kow).
Most officers and agencies like to wait for 15 over the limit. This is to ensure that a momentary lapse of concentration didn't cause you to speed. It also used to be the cut off where a speed whent from a "minor" to a "major" infraction in the points and fine schedule. I personally wait until 20 over, then there's no question. The truth is though that they can stop you for 5mph and above (school and constructions have no minimum), and I know guys who do it. I hate to see it, but I have seen other guys write 8 or 9 over. Hypocrites if you ask me though.
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That only works if the officer is lazy and leaves it on. The other way they do it is to pause it then re-activate it when they see someone buzzing by them. Then the beep you get is just an early warning of an impending ticket. Plus alot of officers feel if you up the ante' by having a radar detector then you deserve the ticket for the times you got away with it. If you get stopped throw the detector in the back hatch area....
Just make sure it doesn't look like your reaching for a weapon! Seriously.
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Unread 06-06-2006, 12:05 AM   #28
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I usually use a "10 percent rule". I will go 10 percent over the speed limit.

I remember when I was younger and my LAST day at Andrews Air Force base outside of DC. Some pulled me over and gave me a ticket for 33 mph in a 30 zone. And he wasn't even a REAL cop. He had to call someone else in to write the ticket.
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Unread 07-24-2006, 12:12 PM   #29
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Heading home from Tampa yesterday I had been annoyed at 2 cars in front of me going 65 MPH.....I go into the right lane and I finally pass the car in the left lane....building acceleration (probably around 85-90) when my X50 goes off....absolutely HUGE speeding trap right in front of me. My detector caught it just in time for me to brake down to 75-80. Close call
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My V-1 saved me many times over on my trip to Kentucky and back. Never did more than 20-30 over. Most times were 15-20 over. One guy got nailed in front of me, just as I slowed down.
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