Radar Detector

[E61Silver]

[quote=AzNMpower32]Clearly, you have not driven in rural Virginia enough. I rack up 150mi easy in one week.


I thought you were in school, how do you rack up 150 miles in a week?

[Meiac09]

Originally Posted by x54.4blue

I thought you were in school, how do you rack up 150 miles in a week?

When you don't live in Manhattan, its quite easy to do. Between loser laps, sober driving shifts and weekend road trips, the miles add up. I'll admit, I cut down on the 25K a year, down to about 17K, but still... 150!? poor car!

Like my f'book album title. Absolut $25.99, 10 gallons of Shell V-Power $17.90. Fuck drinking, I'll take the gas. Road trip time.

[AzNMpower32]

Originally Posted by x54.4blue

I thought you were in school, how do you rack up 150 miles in a week?

When you live in the middle of bumfuck nowhere, everything is an hour away.

When I go home (every other weekend or so), that is 240mi for the roundtrip alone. Richmond is approx 120-150mi roundtrip. There are no other places worth going in the state.

The point is for the officer not to see the unit. When I had my friend's V1 for 5 days, I did not mount it in centre. I would likely put it relatively low and on the driver's side, about 5-10cm above the VIN number. And remember folks, I'm technically not a VA resident.

[SapphireBlackX5]

Originally Posted by realchef

Big fan of the V1. The arrows are indispensable.

I use a V1 in the city and Highway. Set it to advanced Logic and there aren't any falses.(there are 3 settings, no filter, med logic and Advanced Logic. It is so advanced, it will pick up cheap detectors, warn you with a different signal and throw a J in the display, signalling junk detector.

Integrating the V1 with the Stealth One module is impressive. No lights on the detector, just a black phone cable. Warnings come up in the OBC display and muted with volume control on steering wheel. I put mine to the right and above the RVMirror. Virtually unnoticeable from outside the car if not using the suction cups.

IMHO, as far as laser protection goes, good luck. Any detector is counting on the fringe beams. The officers are trained to aim at the front license plate and only turn it on when targeted. It is, and will be a crap shoot. The v1 one provides both a front and rear Laser eye BTW.

Which setting is advanced logic? Thank you

[realchef]

Originally Posted by SapphireBlackX5

Which setting is advanced logic? Thank you

Capital L not little l

[SapphireBlackX5]

Originally Posted by realchef

Capital L not little l

I always use that setting. I still get blasted w false alarms all the time. I bought mine back in 2005. Do I need to upgrade?

[realchef]

Originally Posted by SapphireBlackX5

I always use that setting. I still get blasted w false alarms all the time. I bought mine back in 2005. Do I need to upgrade?

Probabaly won't hurt. They upgrade for free forever. Just mail it in.

[SapphireBlackX5]

Originally Posted by realchef

Probabaly won't hurt. They upgrade for free forever. Just mail it in.

Great info, Thanks!

[Meiac09]

Originally Posted by realchef

Probabaly won't hurt. They upgrade for free forever. Just mail it in.

Wait... what? I have the latest one, granted 3 yo... If I send it in, they'll give me a new one?

[brian5]

Originally Posted by Meiac09

Wait... what? I have the latest one, granted 3 yo... If I send it in, they'll give me a new one?

No, doesn't work like that. You go to the V1 site; put in your serial # on the upgrade page; and (1) it'll tell you if you have the latest version, (2) it'll tell you can you get a free upgrade or (3) it'll tell you how much an upgrade will cost.