Radar Detector Recomendation
 

For the rest of the year, I'll be on the interstate for a weekly 500 mile
round trip-- and want to get a radar detector. They seem to range from $50
on up to$500 or more.

I'm not interested in over working my credit card for "the very best" one.
Nor do I need one that gives me the cop's name and what he had for breakfast
when he lights me up. I just want a little advance warning of cops in the
area if the old needle creeps up too high-- real easy to do in my '07 Accord
EX-L Sedan 6 cyl.

So where's the most bang for the buck/sweet spot to buy-- and any specific
recommendations?

Re: Radar Detector Recomendation
 

Butch Haynes wrote:
> For the rest of the year, I'll be on the interstate for a weekly 500 mile
> round trip-- and want to get a radar detector. They seem to range from $50
> on up to$500 or more.
>
> I'm not interested in over working my credit card for "the very best" one.
> Nor do I need one that gives me the cop's name and what he had for breakfast
> when he lights me up. I just want a little advance warning of cops in the
> area if the old needle creeps up too high-- real easy to do in my '07 Accord
> EX-L Sedan 6 cyl.
>
> So where's the most bang for the buck/sweet spot to buy-- and any specific
> recommendations?

Use your cruise control. Then, you don't have to worry about speeding.

Jeff

Re: Radar Detector Recomendation
 

Butch Haynes wrote:
> For the rest of the year, I'll be on the interstate for a weekly 500 mile
> round trip-- and want to get a radar detector. They seem to range from $50
> on up to$500 or more.
>
> I'm not interested in over working my credit card for "the very best" one.
> Nor do I need one that gives me the cop's name and what he had for breakfast
> when he lights me up. I just want a little advance warning of cops in the
> area if the old needle creeps up too high-- real easy to do in my '07 Accord
> EX-L Sedan 6 cyl.
>
> So where's the most bang for the buck/sweet spot to buy-- and any specific
> recommendations?
>
>

Valentine One! $399.00 Top rated.

Buying a cheap radar detector makes as much sense as buying a smoke
detector that "usually" works well but is guaranteed to work once the
house is actually burning well.

Re: Radar Detector Recomendation
 

"Jeff" <kidsdoc2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1ZHqj.26852$qI.12555@trnddc03...
> Butch Haynes wrote:
>> For the rest of the year, I'll be on the interstate for a weekly 500 mile
>> round trip-- and want to get a radar detector. They seem to range from
>> $50 on up to$500 or more.
>>
>> I'm not interested in over working my credit card for "the very best"
>> one. Nor do I need one that gives me the cop's name and what he had for
>> breakfast when he lights me up. I just want a little advance warning of
>> cops in the area if the old needle creeps up too high-- real easy to do
>> in my '07 Accord EX-L Sedan 6 cyl.
>>
>> So where's the most bang for the buck/sweet spot to buy-- and any
>> specific recommendations?
>

> Use your cruise control. Then, you don't have to worry about speeding.
>
> Jeff

Well, if I accidentally set it a little too high, the radar detector will
still be helpful. So can you recommend anything?

Re: Radar Detector Recomendation
 

I have had a passport solo for several years. It is nice in that
it runs on batteries and doesn't have a cord hanging. I does
a pretty good job, but you still have to be fast on the brake.






On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 12:59:17 -0500, "Butch Haynes" <Butch@huntsville>
wrote:

>For the rest of the year, I'll be on the interstate for a weekly 500 mile
>round trip-- and want to get a radar detector. They seem to range from $50
>on up to$500 or more.
>
>I'm not interested in over working my credit card for "the very best" one.
>Nor do I need one that gives me the cop's name and what he had for breakfast
>when he lights me up. I just want a little advance warning of cops in the
>area if the old needle creeps up too high-- real easy to do in my '07 Accord
>EX-L Sedan 6 cyl.
>
>So where's the most bang for the buck/sweet spot to buy-- and any specific
>recommendations?
>

Re: Radar Detector Recomendation
 

In article <RbSdnUDnXeKG2jbanZ2dnUVZ_oytnZ2d@comcast.com>,
"Butch Haynes" <Butch@huntsville> wrote:

> For the rest of the year, I'll be on the interstate for a weekly 500 mile
> round trip-- and want to get a radar detector. They seem to range from $50
> on up to$500 or more.
>
> I'm not interested in over working my credit card for "the very best" one.
> Nor do I need one that gives me the cop's name and what he had for breakfast
> when he lights me up. I just want a little advance warning of cops in the
> area if the old needle creeps up too high-- real easy to do in my '07 Accord
> EX-L Sedan 6 cyl.
>
> So where's the most bang for the buck/sweet spot to buy-- and any specific
> recommendations?

Get a Valentine One.

Drive with traffic in the right lane.

Don't tailgate.

Don't swerve in and out of traffic.

A radar detector by itself is meaningless. A radar detector against
lidar is meaningless.

A radar detector against radar, coupled with intelligent driving, will
keep you safe.

Re: Radar Detector Recomendation
 

"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote in message
news:elmop-BE5487.16141107022008@nntp3.usenetserver.com...
>
> A radar detector against radar, coupled with intelligent driving, will
> keep you safe.

Intelligent driving by itself will keep you safe.

Re: Radar Detector Recomendation
 

Butch Haynes wrote:
> For the rest of the year, I'll be on the interstate for a weekly 500 mile
> round trip-- and want to get a radar detector. They seem to range from $50
> on up to$500 or more.
>
> I'm not interested in over working my credit card for "the very best" one.
> Nor do I need one that gives me the cop's name and what he had for breakfast
> when he lights me up. I just want a little advance warning of cops in the
> area if the old needle creeps up too high-- real easy to do in my '07 Accord
> EX-L Sedan 6 cyl.
>
> So where's the most bang for the buck/sweet spot to buy-- and any specific
> recommendations?
>
>
Hi,
I never saw perfect one or dependable one. More like a nuisance causing
distraction. Just dirve sensibly. In my driving days, I had one ocasion
where detecotr prewarned radar ahead, then did not matter any way, I was
not speeding. If you have money to spend on radar detecotr, I'd get a
GPS unit(more helpful).

Re: Radar Detector Recomendation
 

"Brian Smith" <Halifax@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote in news:YjLqj.18493
$C61.11322@edtnps89:

>
> "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote in message
> news:elmop-BE5487.16141107022008@nntp3.usenetserver.com...
>>
>> A radar detector against radar, coupled with intelligent driving, will
>> keep you safe.
>
> Intelligent driving by itself will keep you safe.
>
>


Intelligent driving does not necessarily entail adhering to the posted
speed limit.


--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

Re: Radar Detector Recomendation
 

"Tony Hwang" <dragon40@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:2sLqj.3253$Ly.2633@pd7urf1no...
> Butch Haynes wrote:
>> For the rest of the year, I'll be on the interstate for a weekly 500 mile
>> round trip-- and want to get a radar detector. They seem to range from
>> $50 on up to$500 or more.
>>
>> I'm not interested in over working my credit card for "the very best"
>> one. Nor do I need one that gives me the cop's name and what he had for
>> breakfast when he lights me up. I just want a little advance warning of
>> cops in the area if the old needle creeps up too high-- real easy to do
>> in my '07 Accord EX-L Sedan 6 cyl.
>>
>> So where's the most bang for the buck/sweet spot to buy-- and any
>> specific recommendations?
> Hi,
> I never saw perfect one or dependable one. More like a nuisance causing
> distraction. Just dirve sensibly. In my driving days, I had one ocasion
> where detecotr prewarned radar ahead, then did not matter any way, I was
> not speeding. If you have money to spend on radar detecotr, I'd get a GPS
> unit(more helpful).

Lemme see if I got this right. Based on the fact that the one time your
radar detector went off you weren't speeding, you recommend that I should
install a device that tells me my exact location instead of warning me of a
cop's speed gun? Huh??

Re: Radar Detector Recomendation
 

Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
> In article <RbSdnUDnXeKG2jbanZ2dnUVZ_oytnZ2d@comcast.com>,
> "Butch Haynes" <Butch@huntsville> wrote:
>
>> For the rest of the year, I'll be on the interstate for a weekly 500 mile
>> round trip-- and want to get a radar detector. They seem to range from $50
>> on up to$500 or more.
>>
>> I'm not interested in over working my credit card for "the very best" one.
>> Nor do I need one that gives me the cop's name and what he had for breakfast
>> when he lights me up. I just want a little advance warning of cops in the
>> area if the old needle creeps up too high-- real easy to do in my '07 Accord
>> EX-L Sedan 6 cyl.
>>
>> So where's the most bang for the buck/sweet spot to buy-- and any specific
>> recommendations?
>
> Get a Valentine One.
>
> Drive with traffic in the right lane.
>
> Don't tailgate.
>
> Don't swerve in and out of traffic.
>
> A radar detector by itself is meaningless. A radar detector against
> lidar is meaningless.
>
> A radar detector against radar, coupled with intelligent driving, will
> keep you safe.

A RADAR detector won't keep you safe. Safe driving will.

Jeff

Re: Radar Detector Recomendation
 

Butch Haynes wrote:
> "Tony Hwang" <dragon40@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:2sLqj.3253$Ly.2633@pd7urf1no...
>
>>Butch Haynes wrote:
>>
>>>For the rest of the year, I'll be on the interstate for a weekly 500 mile
>>>round trip-- and want to get a radar detector. They seem to range from
>>>$50 on up to$500 or more.
>>>
>>>I'm not interested in over working my credit card for "the very best"
>>>one. Nor do I need one that gives me the cop's name and what he had for
>>>breakfast when he lights me up. I just want a little advance warning of
>>>cops in the area if the old needle creeps up too high-- real easy to do
>>>in my '07 Accord EX-L Sedan 6 cyl.
>>>
>>>So where's the most bang for the buck/sweet spot to buy-- and any
>>>specific recommendations?
>>
>>Hi,
>>I never saw perfect one or dependable one. More like a nuisance causing
>>distraction. Just dirve sensibly. In my driving days, I had one ocasion
>>where detecotr prewarned radar ahead, then did not matter any way, I was
>>not speeding. If you have money to spend on radar detecotr, I'd get a GPS
>>unit(more helpful).
>
>
> Lemme see if I got this right. Based on the fact that the one time your
> radar detector went off you weren't speeding, you recommend that I should
> install a device that tells me my exact location instead of warning me of a
> cop's speed gun? Huh??
>
>
Hmmm,
What I meant was spending money on GPS may be wiser than on detector.
Today there are so much eoctronics noise every where, detector goes off
on false signals so much.

Re: Radar Detector Recomendation
 

In article <2sLqj.3253$Ly.2633@pd7urf1no>,
Tony Hwang <dragon40@shaw.ca> wrote:

> In my driving days, I had one ocasion
> where detecotr prewarned radar ahead,

no, it didn't prewarn; it warned.

There is no such word as "prewarn".

Re: Radar Detector Recomendation
 

"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote

> In article <2sLqj.3253$Ly.2633@pd7urf1no>,
> Tony Hwang <dragon40@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> In my driving days, I had one ocasion
>> where detecotr prewarned radar ahead,
>
> no, it didn't prewarn; it warned.
>
> There is no such word as "prewarn".

Well, dumbass, once again you're wrong:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/prewarn

Prewarn
\Pre*warn"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Prewarned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Prewarning.] To warn beforehand; to forewarn. [R.]

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.



No be a man and apologize to Tony.

Let's see what you're *really* made of...

Polfus

Re: Radar Detector Recomendation
 

On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:51:55 -0500, Butch Haynes wrote:

>> Use your cruise control. Then, you don't have to worry about speeding.

> Well, if I accidentally set it a little too high, the radar detector will
> still be helpful. So can you recommend anything?

If you "accidently set it a little too high", you're a ing moron and
deserve to get a ticket. Slow the down, asswipe, and keep yourself
and all of us safe.


--
"Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".