[W126 Coupe] RADAR DETECTORS

[Jonathan Hodgman]

Mike, funny you should say that, I drive around w/ a POS cobra from
Years ago...  I also carry a cord for my V1 that broken so if the
officer decides to plug it in he'll find it doesn't work.

IN regards to the arrows, I find them incredibly useful.  When I'm
driving along and my escort goes off I'm look all over wondering where
the signal is coming from..is he in front of me, is he behind me, is
it that large building to my left???  Immensely helpful IMHO.

Jonathan



On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 16:17:58 -0500, Shayegan, Richard
<rishayegan@davidson.edu> wrote:
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> I always thought that the arrows were more for fun than anything, but do
> other detectors have the bogey counter? I can see the use in that. Another
> thing is, the article I read that said the V1 has more false alerts also
> said that it gives more advance warning, but just that that much advance
> warning doesn't matter in real life. I'll take all the advance warning I can
> get. 
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> Richard 
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> From: mbcoupes-admin@mbcoupes.com [mailto:mbcoupes-admin@mbcoupes.com] On
> Behalf Of Chiappinelli, Joseph
>  Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 3:56 PM
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>  To: mbcoupes@mbcoupes.com
>  Subject: RE: [W126 Coupe] RADAR DETECTORS 
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> Never had a radar detector but I'm not sure I understand the value in
> knowing where the detection is coming from as advertised by Valentine. I
> would think if your detector goes off, you slow down regardless of location.
> False detection avoidance would seem far more important to me. What am I
> missing? 
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> J.Chip 
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> From: mbcoupes-admin@mbcoupes.com on behalf of Jonathan Hodgman
>  Sent: Mon 1/17/2005 2:08 PM
>  To: mbcoupes@mbcoupes.com
>  Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] RADAR DETECTORS 
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> V1, I ran both the 8500 and the V1 in my windshield for about a month.
>   On some instances they were fairly close, but more often then not the
>  V1 was beating out the 8500.  Also, once you live w/ arrows you Never
>  go back!
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>  Jonathan
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>  On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 10:52:37 -0800 (PST), Christopher McKenna
>  <booesq@yahoo.com> wrote:
>  > Can anyone recommend a good radar detector?  I live in Maryland, where
> they
>  > are legal, but they are illegal in Virginia and DC (where I drive
>  > regularly).  If there have been previous posts, I don't want to re-invent
>  > the wheel.  Perhaps if someone could let me know where I coud find the
>  > information that would be super.  I need to balance effectiveness with
> ease
>  > of use, as I don't have time to do a lot of programming and set up.  Cost
> is
>  > a lesser factor.  Also, does anyone have any thoughts as to whether the
>  > battery powered ones are any good?  I would like to be able to take it
> from
>  > car to car.  Also, I have had trouble with getting any power adapters to
>  > work in my coupe -- the lighter socket seems to want to push out anything
> I
>  > stick in there - except my elbow, of course!   :-) Thanks! - Christopher
>  > McKenna
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