[W126 Coupe] RADAR DETECTORS

[Mark Clemence]

Joe:  Here's an example from my experience.  Traveling
down I-70 in central Kansas.  My Valentine detector
lights up, telling me there is a bogey heading towards
me.  I slow down, a highway patrol car goes by, but my
directional arrow still shows a bogey ahead of me (the
arrow didn't swivel to the rear when the trooper
passed).  About 1 mile behind the first trooper, there
was a second car WITH active radar.  Moral, if I had a
detector with idiot lights instead of arrows, I would
have assumed the threat had passed and resumed speed
only to be caught by the second car!  Since I had a
Valentine, I knew there was radar still ahead on the
road.
--- "Chiappinelli, Joseph"
<joseph.chiappinelli@mirant.com> wrote:

> 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?
>  
> J.Chip
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 
> 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!
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> 
> 
> 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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