Range is good if they leave the gun on. But in MS, AL, TN, and GA, you will find yourself nailed from behind on a pitch dark road wondering where it came from...until the lights are upon you.~tc~ wrote:Yes, but the distance/time depends on the detection range which with the Max is a LOOOONG way! There is one other model (Redline) that has even more range, but it doesn't have the GPS functionality and therefore not as good with the false alarms (which is critical IMHO)
Instant on has a 1 second reading time for a confirmed speed. Nail the brake pedal at full force the microsecond your radar detector goes off and there's a good chance you can scrub off enough speed that you will be at the speed limit when the officer gets a reading. And he'll flash his lights and point at you, but that's all he can do.ragmopp01 wrote:I wonder about radar detectors being a good investment. Maybe in some states, but if you live in California your radar detector will just alert you that you are the lucky holder of a brand new ticket! You see Calif. has this thing called instant on radar. About the only way you could possibly survive a ticket is that if the cop was using it to check each car before he got to you. Then maybe a detector would be advantageous. If you are on the road and there aren't any other cars or he/she sneaks up on you, off to traffic court (and sneaking is EXACTLY what the CHP is good at).
(Been here so many times. 
).Yeah, Texas was a breeze to hold 100-110mph the whole state across.~tc~ wrote:True, you have to be more careful if you're out alone.
Here in TX, I have found the cops more lazy, and they just leave it on.
Makes sense.WESHOOT2 wrote:They cleaned the ice and snow from the wheels during rotation, leaving them enormously unbalanced.
Plus, even the position of the wheel on the studs/rotor makes a difference in runout which can also cause pulsation you can feel. Combine that with some imbalance and things can get shaky.Ronzuki wrote:it doesn't take very much weight at all on these cars to noticed a problem. You'll feel and/or hear a 1/8th of an ounce. My guess is his new snow tires settled in with snow an ice 'permanently' attached on the wheel due to the weather and, once removed, the balance was off slightly requiring correction. Some tires should be re-balanced after a few thousand miles of break-in. I feel the tire size and wheel combo, at least of the GTS & SLS, benefits from doing this.
The detector SHOULD be alarming for photo radar.SamirD wrote:ragmopp01 wrote:Plus, there's a lot of photo radar, so your detector will go off almost constantly on your commute. Even a Valentine One becomes useless. (Been here too.)
Exactly, but then like you said, you start to ignore it. The problem I have with the 'smart' detectors is that they can still miss certain scenarios like a leo hiding in an area with multiple door openers, etc. I've seen it and with the v1s multiple bogie counter, I saw him a mile away.~tc~ wrote:The detector SHOULD be alarming for photo radar.
Valentine One is several generations behind in anti-falsing, and why I went with an Escort Passport Max. Between the DSP and GPS, it greatly eliminates false alarms, which, based on my previous experience with radar detectors, was absolutely critical to me. When it's beeping all the time, you just start to ignore it.
Have you used a 9500IX before getting the Max? I have read of many complainants of the Max falseing. I have no doubt the Max will be the best radar detector but wonder if it has had enough updates to get it there yet.~tc~ wrote:The detector SHOULD be alarming for photo radar.SamirD wrote:ragmopp01 wrote:Plus, there's a lot of photo radar, so your detector will go off almost constantly on your commute. Even a Valentine One becomes useless. (Been here too.)
Valentine One is several generations behind in anti-falsing, and why I went with an Escort Passport Max. Between the DSP and GPS, it greatly eliminates false alarms, which, based on my previous experience with radar detectors, was absolutely critical to me. When it's beeping all the time, you just start to ignore it.
Two things:SamirD wrote:The problem I have with the 'smart' detectors is that they can still miss certain scenarios like a leo hiding in an area with multiple door openers, etc. I've seen it and with the v1s multiple bogie counter, I saw him a mile away.
No, but I was very tempted due to the price difference. I went with the Max based on the display and figured it would be more likely to be "future proof".redmed wrote:Have you used a 9500IX before getting the Max? I have read of many complainants of the Max falseing. I have no doubt the Max will be the best radar detector but wonder if it has had enough updates to get it there yet.
Nice! I haven't visited the radar detector forum in a few years, so I'm sure things have changed. How quickly do they adapt and learn? Is there any indication that there's some signals being suppressed?~tc~ wrote:Two things:
The multiple door openers will be "learned" and blocked after you drive through that area a few times. It actually makes it MORE evident when a LEO is doing this because all of a sudden you get a real hit. Unless he happens to be on the exact frequency of one of the openers, it will show.
The Max has a "bogie counter" display mode where it shows all the hits you're getting independently. "The arrows" are not the big deal they used to be.
