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Accumulator · 08-11-07, 10:27

At some point I think familiarity is gonna factor in here...I've been running V1s for so long that I can interpret them at a near subconscious level. Even if some other detector offered some real benefits, I'm just *so* accustomed to the V1 that I wouldn't want to start back up the learning curve and I suspect that I'd make enough mistakes during the acclimation period to counterbalance any benefits from better technology.

The only times I get popped any more are instant-on/laser incidents where the guy hasn't been clocking anybody ahead of me (for my detector to pick up). In cases like that I simply don't see *any* detector saving me...it boils down to how I respond and how the LEO feels about citing me vs. letting me slide.

Oh, and I too like mounting them right under the rear-view, but on some vehicles I stick with the visor-clip so as to not mark the windshield. On all my remotely modern cars, the suction cups react with the polymers in the windshield and leave a permanent "ghosting", not something I want on the Jag or on vehicles I'm gonna sell off after a little use.

Heh heh, hard-wiring some vehicles is a pretty big PIA these days...on the Audis they had to R&R an airbag and otherwise do a *LOT* of work to run the wires up the A-pillar...not something I'd even *think* of DIYing.

08-11-07, 10:27	#21 (permalink)
Accumulator Practical Perfectionist Accumulator is offline Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 20,415	Re: Valentine 1 vs. Bel 980 At some point I think familiarity is gonna factor in here...I've been running V1s for so long that I can interpret them at a near subconscious level. Even if some other detector offered some real benefits, I'm just so accustomed to the V1 that I wouldn't want to start back up the learning curve and I suspect that I'd make enough mistakes during the acclimation period to counterbalance any benefits from better technology. The only times I get popped any more are instant-on/laser incidents where the guy hasn't been clocking anybody ahead of me (for my detector to pick up). In cases like that I simply don't see any detector saving me...it boils down to how I respond and how the LEO feels about citing me vs. letting me slide. Oh, and I too like mounting them right under the rear-view, but on some vehicles I stick with the visor-clip so as to not mark the windshield. On all my remotely modern cars, the suction cups react with the polymers in the windshield and leave a permanent "ghosting", not something I want on the Jag or on vehicles I'm gonna sell off after a little use. Heh heh, hard-wiring some vehicles is a pretty big PIA these days...on the Audis they had to R&R an airbag and otherwise do a LOT of work to run the wires up the A-pillar...not something I'd even think of DIYing.