I know it's easy to drive the MINI over the legal speed limit unknowingly. For your protection, here's the latest report from Motor Trend.



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So this would make what, 10 years in a row for the V1? For the price it better be good.

 

well hang on a sec....

escort 8500 94.9 points
v1 94.8 points....

escort wins...by a minor margin of course...at this point, you're paying for the directional abilities...

 

>>So this would make what, 10 years in a row for the V1? For the price it better be good.



Not surprisingly, my MINI has the best protection with V1 and 2 Blinder laser jammers. I recently found out that laser jammers are legal in most states. How cool is that!


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>>well hang on a sec....
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>>escort 8500 94.9 points
>>v1 94.8 points....
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>>escort wins...by a minor margin of course...at this point, you're paying for the directional abilities...

The only reason 8500 won is because of value, $100 cheaper. For pure performance without price consideration, V1 outperformed 8500. :smile: I do love the arrows though.

 

How much is the cost of a ticket? $100 cost difference is not enough to make a lessor detector a real "value" to me. V1 performance has been outstanding in my experience.

 

>>>>So this would make what, 10 years in a row for the V1? For the price it better be good.
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>>Out of 4 radar detectors I currently owned, 2 are V1 and 2 are Passport (8500 & Solo). I've placed 8500 and V1 side by side to do my own comparison. They are indeed very close in range, but on a few occasions, V1 detects earlier. Hence, I have V1 in the 2 cars I drive and the 2 Passports in the other 2 cars my wife drives.
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>>Not surprisingly, my MINI has the best protection with V1 and 2 Blinder laser jammers. I recently found out that laser jammers are legal in most states. How cool is that!
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I use to travel a lot between Orange County, CA and Las Vegas on the I15 on my X5. I owned the V1 but borrowed a friend's 8500 and did the same comparison test. In my case the V1 gave a MUCH earlier warning than the 8500. I have been saved by the V1 many times since then! Maybe the 8500 has been updated now but I will stick to my findings until I find out things are different.

 

Do you V-1?

I do.

 

>>Do you V-1?
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>>I do.

Earl

 

>> My first ticket in my MCS would have more than paid the cost of the V-1!



Your ticket was more than $399!
How fast were you going? Where did this happened?

 

Radar Detector! Ha! Here in Germany and throughout Europe they ise cameras. many of them permanently fixed but a lot of them in vehicles. So, on a day to day basis we don't know where whey will be.

If you need to go over the speed limit here n Germany, and most of the time it is 200 KPH (outside city limits) you have no problem.

 

>>Radar Detector! Ha! Here in Germany and throughout Europe they ise cameras. many of them permanently fixed but a lot of them in vehicles. So, on a day to day basis we don't know where whey will be.
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>> If you need to go over the speed limit here n Germany, and most of the time it is 200 KPH (outside city limits) you have no problem. :smile:


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>>Do you V-1?
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>>I do.


Yes I do too. But I prefer the looks of the Passport over the V1. And Yes you really are paying for the directional arrows. I am getting very good with them.

No speeding tickets (knock on wood/head)

 

Arrows are good. Why doesn't Passport or one of the cheapies just copy that, they could sell a ton of them. I love my V1 although the phone cord plug thing isn't tough enough for this kind of connection, but that is a small complaint.

jc

 

Anyone ever hear of the radar detectors that are jammers as well? I know they are illegal in SOME states, but do they work? They claim to be the best...

 

V1 baby!!!

 

>>Arrows are good. Why doesn't Passport or one of the cheapies just copy that, they could sell a ton of them. I love my V1 although the phone cord plug thing isn't tough enough for this kind of connection, but that is a small complaint.
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>>jc

The "Arrows" are patented, so don't look fo it on other detectors anytime soon.

 

I was disapointed not to see the BEL 975r in the remote test. I have been looking at it since my last ticket and was putting it on the IRS refund wish-list. Anybody here happen to have one?

I like both the V1 and the 8500, I realy don't like the idea of advertising to would be thiefs or already anoyed law inforcement personel.

 

Has anyone done a permanent power install for their radar detector? I have the V1 and given the cramped space near the 12V outlet (I need to plug in my iPod & mobile) I'm thinking of using the V1 permanent kit (only $13 or so).

Be curious to hear if it's easy to clamp in to a switched circuit and then route the wire thru the dash.

 

Think V-1 + countermeasures...Escort ZR3 Shifter. That's the way to go.

-Mark

 

>>Think V-1 + countermeasures...Escort ZR3 Shifter. That's the way to go.


Blinder radar jammer works well with V-1, whereas ZR3 is designed for Escort 8500. :smile:

 

>>Has anyone done a permanent power install for their radar detector? I have the V1 and given the cramped space near the 12V outlet (I need to plug in my iPod & mobile) I'm thinking of using the V1 permanent kit (only $13 or so).
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>>Be curious to hear if it's easy to clamp in to a switched circuit and then route the wire thru the dash.

You can use "add-a-fuse" kit to tap into the fuse box in the driver's side kick panel. Run the wire along the A-pillar and across the top of windshield. Connect to the radar mounted on the windshield behind the rearview mirror. :smile:

 

Hi all-

These are some great posts and a great topic.... Since the addition of the MCS to my foot, its a bit heavy now. I have trouble keeping it out of the right pedal... So tonight I picked up a Escort passport 7500s. Its a dashboard / window mount, but looking to hardwire it-- steath is a must-- any ideas of the best place to mount it.

on another note, just installed the Viper 690XU alarm... everything went in clean... looking to make my dectector a clean install as well. I am thinking of the driver side dash... any ideas? I would love to hear them. Thanks to davecsumini for posting the article from motor trend.

 

Need some advice...

Along the lines of radar-detectors. I have an Escort 7500, is it worth it to upgrade to a V1, or just stay with what I have? I don't drive TOO nutso, and generally stay
10MPH or less over the speed limit. So I suppose my ticket risk is low?

thanks,

-Matt

 

>>Need some advice...
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>>Along the lines of radar-detectors. I have an Escort 7500, is it worth it to upgrade to a V1, or just stay with what I have? I don't drive TOO nutso, and generally stay
>>10MPH or less over the speed limit. So I suppose my ticket risk is low?


Probably. But stay with the flow of traffic. If you go a lot faster they will spot you without radar.

Let the really fast guys lead the way. I know. And I have a V1 for many years.

And I have gotten a non radar ticket.

Regards,
Red