Butch Haynes

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?

Jeff

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

Say What?

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.

Butch Haynes

"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?

muzzy

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?
>

Elmo P. Shagnasty

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.

Brian Smith

"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.

Tony Hwang

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).

Tegger

"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/

Butch Haynes

"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??

Jeff

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

Tony Hwang

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.

Elmo P. Shagnasty

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".

Polfus

"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

Dan C

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.


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