Brown santa strikes again!

[scheides]

No big turbos here, but I did just get a pretty sweet fuzz buster! I've always been a fan of the Valentine One, and now I have one! I haven't owned one of these things for almost 8 years, finally I can speed again! ;)

http://www.scheides.com/albums/2g/DSC00113.sized.jpg
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http://www.scheides.com/albums/2g/DSC00116.sized.jpg

I wired it in directly and mounted near the rear view mirror. I wanted it up out of the way, but not so high that I couldn't see it or have it be not as effective. I'll try it like this for a few days & see how I like it.

[x-pride]

Yeh, you could speed again if you get your DSM off its jack stand perch!

[scheides]

Hrm, maybe you didn't see my car on the rollers this weekend!? ;) My car likes to keep it's tires on the road, it's scared of heights!

[FattyBoomBatty]

just don't go past 88 mph, i hear bad things can happen... or maybe that's just me.

[x-pride]

I was not there. So, how did you do? I was looking at the Valentine One also not for speeding, but to keep me a wake at night when I drive home. I see about 4 - 8 law enforcement officers on my way home everynight. How much did you spend and where dd you get it from? Oh did I for get to say NICE.

[tim]

A friend of mine has one that is a couple of years old and swears by it. He claims that there is nothing better and will never go with anything else.

Looks nice, let us know how it works.

[Swifty1638]

I dunno if i showed you sheides, but i have mine hardwired in too, and i installed it above the mirror..completely out of the way. I can still hear it, and see the lights flickering on it. my only issue is that it's just a regular radar, and not a nice valy1 like yours..

-A. Swift

[scheides]

yea, my car has a bit of tint near the top edge, so I have the front-facing sensor sitting just below it (note the third pic above). The rear-facing sensor (go v1!) looks out clear over my shoulder and head. I really just wanted to use the visor-mount, but b/c the roof is angled, it made the front-facing sensor array point downward and the rearward facing one point right into the roof. Not so good!

I didn't see yours, swift, I'll have to check it out!

If anyone's interrested in picking one up, go straight to the source:
http://www.valentine1.com


I'm honestly not a super huge fan of fuzz busters, but normally I only drive about 4 miles into downtown for work. I will be driving a lot further now, so I figured I was about 5-10x more likely to get in trouble, so I better do what I can to cover my ass! :)

[howslowcanyougo]

If anyone's interrested in picking one up, go straight to the source:
http://www.valentine1.com

Or save yourself a $100 and go here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Valentine-One-1-7-V1-Radar-Detector-Good-Condition_W0QQitemZ9720362564QQcategoryZ14935QQssP ageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

These V1 detectors are spendy, but really are the best, right now I run a newer Bell unit that's a level or two down from this V1, but it's worked out quite well for 1/2 the price of a V1. Saved my ass over and over and have been ticket free for over 10 years! <Of corse my DSM's always broke so I can't speed anywhere anyway!>

[scheides]

yea, but all the used ones are v1.7 and well...used! For something like this, it's tough for me to spend that much money & buy something second hand, especially off of ebay. Plus I shopped for a whole 10 mins. Went to the site, ordered on friday, in my hands today, done and done. On with life! :)