I agree with everything except his comment about the laser detector. I
have had three good laser alerts and in two of them the person next to me
got a ticket. You can't count on it, especially if you are alone on the
road, but sometimes it works if you are in a line of cars and they shoot
the first car and once it worked on a curve before I could see the cop. It
must have been a reflection. It's not perfect, but it's better than nothing.
At 07:55 AM 12/1/1999 -0800, you wrote:
>If you are going to buy a radar detector buy this one. I decided I wanted
>one two years ago. Car and driver has rated this detector number one in
>every comparison they do. I think it is worth every penny and wouldn't
>consider buying anything that didn't have the features the V-1 has.
>
>As for Laser forget it. If you get a signal you have been nailed. Laser
>detection is not for warnings but to let you know you have been tagged.
>
>One great feature is the signal counter, tells you how many radar signals
>your getting (up to 9).
>
>The second one is the direction arrow for the source. It has front and rear
>radar sensors and uses display arrows to say weather the source is front or
>rear, and if it is picking up the same frequencies on the front and rear
>sensor it lights up a set of to the side arrows. This is great when
>motoring down the freeway. Before I had the V1 I would get a minor signal
>and slow for several miles even after it went away because I was not sure of
>the source. Now I slow down, see the signal source pass from in front of me
>to behind me, know where it was, that it wasn't traffic enforcement and
>speed back up.
>
>Only problem is it is so good it can false off of other radar detectors in
>other vehicles (they leak, which is why the V1 is the only VG1 (not
>detectable) radar). But picking up other detectors isn't a problem if you
>use one of the filter modes. I only use it at full sensitivity in the wide
>open spaces of the south west.
>
>Buy it, don't waste your money on anything else.
>
>dan
>
>An honest endorsement from someone who has had several different radar
>detectors.
>
>
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