radar detector

V1 directional arrows are no gimmick. It lets you know where to focus your attention. Without it, you're looking every which way. If warnings were 100% that's no problem, you simply slow down. However all detectors give falses, so the arrows help you weed out possible falses that much more, e.g. strip malls, road construction lighting, etc...


I swore I'd buy a V1 years ago after a few tickets, but I never did. When I knew I would get the box, I went ahead and got one. My only regret is I didn't buy one sooner (I know that sounds like a commercial, but I am in no way affiliated or profiting from V1). It's saved me a couple of times so far. Oddly I find myself speeding LESS since I know were to look now.


Where I live there are a ton of cops out, and usually they do sweeps, so always watch your rearview....

[rkwei]

986_Girl will probably weigh in again. She has a business renting radar detectors and is in discussions about becoming a site sponsor.

She'll probably have a special offer for you.

[fab]

i'm lookling at the V1. For those that own a V1 I can just plug it in my cigarette light and I'm good to go or do I have do something with the direct wire power adapter?
Who has direct wired into their car's electrical system? Was there any problems?

[986 Girl]

Alright, back to my third point!

I run a business renting radar detectors (as was stated previously), called Radars for Rent. We have five different models available that range anywhere between $40.00 and $50.00 for a 7-day rental (including all tax and shipping costs).

www.radarsforrent.com

This is a great way to try out a detector or two without making an outright commitment by purchasing one.

[Marc Gelefsky]

Originally Posted by fab

i'm lookling at the V1. For those that own a V1 I can just plug it in my cigarette light and I'm good to go or do I have do something with the direct wire power adapter?
Who has direct wired into their car's electrical system? Was there any problems?

Yes, you can just plug into the cig lighter, I wired mine right into the fuse box, no issues.

[986 Girl]

Originally Posted by fab

i'm lookling at the V1. For those that own a V1 I can just plug it in my cigarette light and I'm good to go or do I have do something with the direct wire power adapter?
Who has direct wired into their car's electrical system? Was there any problems?

I direct wired my V1 based on a walkthrough I found online with no problems. I also did it so that it turns off when I turn the car off, that way I don't have to do it manually everytime.

[RandallNeighbour]

V1 All the way! Those arrows are really helpful to know where its coming from. I've had a mess of them and will upgrade my V1 before I buy another.

That's one more reason to buy a V1... it's upgradeable and unless the company goes out of business (doubtful) it may well be the last radar detector you buy for a long, long time.

Originally Posted by rkwei

986_Girl will probably weigh in again. She has a business renting radar detectors and is in discussions about becoming a site sponsor.

She'll probably have a special offer for you.

LOL! I thought you were joking!


I hope you all know that V1 has a 30day money back guarantee.


@Marc Gelefsky, which fuse slot did you use. I'm doing mine tomorrow along with install of RadarRack.

[fab]

Originally Posted by boxsterz

LOL! I thought you were joking!



@Marc Gelefsky, which fuse slot did you use. I'm doing mine tomorrow along with install of RadarRack.

Me too..

986 girl, do you happen to have instructions or anyone else on the forum on how to hard wire so that it turns off when I turn the car off. I not that handy with electrical...but I can follow instructions. TIA

[986 Girl]

Why would that be a joke?

[tomk17]

Just reposting this as it was buried in another tread I started about radar detectors that some folks could care less about but this could be useful. After some voltmeter work I finally found a switched 12 V connection suitable for my radar detector. It's not a V1 or Escort that has the RJ-11 4 wire plug where they are probably using 1 wire for 12V, 1 for ground, and another 1 or 2 for that smart mute feature where you can mute the sound via a button on the cigarette plug.

I just needed a 2 wire connection (+12V and ground connection) for my older but highly rated BEL 985 Vector. I connected the hot 12V white striped wire to the fuse slot and ground (the other wire) to a nearby chassis ground lug (I used a chassis bolt up under the clutch area, make sure it's metal to metal not a scre into plastic).

Fuse box ROW D, FUSE SLOT #4 is empty on my 2006 987 car and will provide 12V only when switched on by the key. There is about a 5-8 min delay after the key is shut off before the 12V goes away - typical of a lot of the cars electronics. This fuse slot is shown as a blank in the little book so I imagine that regardless of the options on your car, this looks to always be a spare empty port that is only hot when the key is on.

Granted, my info here is out the window if you get a V1 or detector with the 4 wire plug / connection. You would need to figure out which of the 4 conductors need 12V and ground, maybe a V1 manal shows that.

FAB if you are not real good with electrical stuff and don't have a voltmeter you could always wheel it into one of those car stereo / car electronics places and they could probally do it in 30 min for $25 or so. I just ran the wire up to dash level (to the left of the steering wheel) and terminated it there. I got one of the black gel tacky pads (office supply store) put it on the dash, and plop the detector on the pad - it does not move. No windshield mount needed!

[HIFI]

I bought my Passport x50 through a vendor on Amazon.com (Ace electronics) for $256 plus $8 shipping... it's not there anymore, but if you're patient, I'm sure it will come around again...

Originally Posted by 986 Girl

Why would that be a joke?

I'm fairly new, and haven't read that many of your posts. No offense, but anytime someone advocates a product too much, makes me wonder what they are selling...

[986 Girl]

Originally Posted by boxsterz

I'm fairly new, and haven't read that many of your posts. No offense, but anytime someone advocates a product too much, makes me wonder what they are selling...

1) That's the first post I've ever even made about my business.

2) I don't sell a product, I sell a service. I'd love to know what product I'm advocating?

3) I gave suggestions OTHER than using my service as well, first and foremost, and I think I've added a wealth of information to this thread and others about radar detectors in general, on a variety of models, because I happen to know a lot about them because of the services that I provide.

New or not, I feel you are way off base.

[djomlas]

i have the escort 8500 and love it, doesnt look like a big atari box, and its jsut as good as the V1 from what i have experience with both.
a buddy of mine just picked up a gently used one for 145 on fleebay, so its a good bang for the buck.
and that thing saved me toooo many times, i absolutely love it.

i have no experience with bell, just the V1 and escort.

and for them telling me to take it off and that its illegal, never happened to me, im sure you can have it and its legal.

the one street i drive on every night it goes off every simgle time by all the cops hiding in cemeteries, behind buildings and such, every night, and i already know that they are there, so i jsut wait to hear the beep and to see how far i really am from them, works good.

so yea, either V1 of the escort 8500 will do you good, but if you want the BEST i guess go with v1, i dont really like the v1, but a lot of people do and i havent heard any regrets from either actually, espacially v1

good luck, and dont speed too much anyways

[fab]

Originally Posted by djomlas

good luck, and dont speed too much anyways

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