Should I replace my STi-Driver with a Redline?

[rippermac]

Hi all,
been lurking in the forums for a while...bought by STi-Driver after reading a lot of info here. After a year or so of service...got a reality check a few weeks ago...57/35.. coming around a bend...LEO just backing into his spot after servicing another customer...boom I get lit up like a christmas tree and the blue lights come on. What makes me mad is....it wasn't IO Ka...just a late alert ...really late ...it gets better...went to the races in western virginia this past weekend...roads out there are asking for it...rolling hills...deep curves...but I restrain myself and stay five over the limit....good thing...came around a corner...and boom....2 LEO's in the median....would have been dead meat if I was going much faster...once again not IO...how do I know? I could see the two talking and the one facing me actually glanced at his display and went back to talking...they were that close! Been hit quite a few times by IO...I can tell most of the time anyway
So I've been reading about the Redline...and there seems to be a performance improvement over the STi-Driver....would it be worth the upgrade...or stick with STi-D...I could probably sell it to recoup some of the difference...thoughts?

[bigalinwv]

Hi all,
been lurking in the forums for a while...bought by STi-Driver after reading a lot of info here. After a year or so of service...got a reality check a few weeks ago...57/35.. coming around a bend...LEO just backing into his spot after servicing another customer...boom I get lit up like a christmas tree and the blue lights come on. What makes me mad is....it wasn't IO Ka...just a late alert ...really late ...it gets better...went to the races in western virginia this past weekend...roads out there are asking for it...rolling hills...deep curves...but I restrain myself and stay five over the limit....good thing...came around a corner...and boom....2 LEO's in the median....would have been dead meat if I was going much faster...once again not IO...how do I know? I could see the two talking and the one facing me actually glanced at his display and went back to talking...they were that close! Been hit quite a few times by IO...I can tell most of the time anyway
So I've been reading about the Redline...and there seems to be a performance improvement over the STi-Driver....would it be worth the upgrade...or stick with STi-D...I could probably sell it to recoup some of the difference...thoughts?

My two cents:

I've owned about 3 or 4 STi Drivers and one Redline. Hands down the Redline BLOWS the STi Driver away. All the STis I've owned weren't much better than an 8500 or X50.

[teeto]

How do you know it wasn't IO ? He could have clicked on, read it, left it on, checked it again.

[teeto]

Also, I just bought a STi driver and have previously owned a Redline...... I cant seem to notice a difference.

[nine_c1]

The Driver was Knee capped to give comparable performance to the M4 equipped 9500i.

Escort let the M3 off the leash on the much higher priced 9500ci and STi-R remotes and eventually in the RedLine. Same RF hardware, different firmware. It's unfortunate that Bel doesn't provide a firmware update to Driver owners who paid essentially the same price years ago for a handicapped RedLine.

[that guy]

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[Weeth]

From the videos I've seen, I'd choose the redline.

[Silverado12]

The Driver was Knee capped to give comparable performance to the M4 equipped 9500i.

Escort let the M3 off the leash on the much higher priced 9500ci and STi-R remotes and eventually in the RedLine. Same RF hardware, different firmware. It's unfortunate that Bel doesn't provide a firmware update to Driver owners who paid essentially the same price years ago for a handicapped RedLine.

This is tough for me to believe; Beltronics purposely has the Driver's firmware handicapped? Then again, Escort has the CI & RL handicapped on Ka by not including BS/RDR options, so I guess it's not all that surprising.

[Hunter]

Looks like the redline is the baby to get.

[bigalinwv]

Also, I just bought a STi driver and have previously owned a Redline...... I cant seem to notice a difference.

There isn't even a comparison between them. The Redline is WHAT the STI SHould have been.