Buh-Bye 8500 x50...Hello V1

[bigalinwv]

Wow...

[djrams80]

As a Belscort fan, i'm glad this guy is buying a V1 myself. Just sayin'. This guy reminds me of a certain Kid, that knows nothing about Radar.

[dpatel01]

As a Belscort fan, i'm glad this guy is buying a V1 myself. Just sayin'. This guy reminds me of a certain Kid, that knows nothing about Radar.

Hmmm...wonder who that kid is.

[Red Turbo Tegg]

Well, us V1 guys will be happy to have you. Welcome to the world of alert.... All the time. It's cool. Set your RD up right and it will be good to go.

[8500x50Hater]

Obviously knowledge is not required from new users. You are talking about an Escort Solo which required a security key (to deter theft)? Yes yes, the results for that unit would have been just as bad, actually most likely WORSE then the S2, cordless=worthless, Solo... Solo S2 or otherwise. I put the parenthesis around the (S2) part to encompass the Solo AND the S2, maybe Solo/Solo S2 would have shown that better.

Well thank you for that info Einstein. I'm sure it doesn't compare to new models, but at the time I was in the Army and living in Virginia, that was the best stealth model you could buy. It also came with an assurance from a company that if I ever lost the key to it, I could just call and get it replaced. That was a lie.

He must have lost his security key to his cups in a drunken-rage after losing a pong match or something?

Judging from your 5,196 posts as an eThug on a radar detector forum, you probablly drive an Escort, and wouldn't know a member of the opposite gender if they were standing next to you.

Gerry

[8500x50Hater]

As a Belscort fan, i'm glad this guy is buying a V1 myself. Just sayin'. This guy reminds me of a certain Kid, that knows nothing about Radar.

Given your taste in ugly, slow cars I should just ignore your comment entirely.

For the record, I'm 45 years old, know very little about radar detectors, but can spot a pile of feces when I see one.

Gerry

[8500x50Hater]

As a Belscort fan, i'm glad this guy is buying a V1 myself. Just sayin'. This guy reminds me of a certain Kid, that knows nothing about Radar.

I don't know much about them...so I'm taking advic from the Belscort experts. So far I've been told that the first product I bougth was crap. When I corrected that expert and told him that I never owned it, he told me the other one was crap too.

So, I've been told that two Escort products are crap and that my troubles are my fault. What great ambassadors of the product you guys are.

I came here hoping for a little sympathy and maybe a suggestion on how to get this chunk of crap repaired for less than an arm and a leg so I can use it in another car of mine...instead I got jumped on by someone who hasn't a clue how I care for my electronics, then his cellmate girlfriend jumped on me because he didn't like the way he was being treated.

Great job guys!

Gerry

[8500x50Hater]

Well, us V1 guys will be happy to have you. Welcome to the world of alert.... All the time. It's cool. Set your RD up right and it will be good to go.

Thanks...didn't order it last night, but I'm going to get one and the remote too.

Gerry

[focalcivic]

No biggied Valentine will be out of business after 2012.

[thestaton]

If the wife hated the x50 for annoying false alerts, then she'll probably chuck the V1.

I don't think anyone at Escort snuck into your car and waved a magic wand on the x50, making it go out of tune. What has happened is that over time due to heat, humidity, etc they fall out of tune and need a simple trip back to the homeland to get patched up.

If you call Escort and explain the symptoms they can get you a quote on how much it's going to be to repair it. I'm guessing it will be around 70 to 80 dollars.

Finally, I don't think it's in good spirits to assume that all of us are blowing smoke up your ass. What most of the members are trying to tell you, is that it's normal for detectors to go out of tune. It's also normal to send them in for a tune up.

Sorry, you couldn't get a key for the solo. I would like to think if it meant a lot to you, it wouldn't be a problem to open the case, and probably just throw a little solder between two contacts.