NY driver

Good morning from NY-

I have changed my driving style through the years, and have become more interested in endurance driving, made more enjoyable through the assistance of electronic countermeasures.

I have my 2004 A4 Quattro currently equipped with:
-V1- hardwired just below the rearview mirror
-Midland 75-822 mini CB- hardwired, and amplified.. "to 4w."
-RadioShack triple trunking scanner- programmed for almost all of NY
-Laird 24" scanner antenna, paired to a Laird trunk lip mount
-Laird 49" CB antenna, paired to a Laird trunk lip mount
-Mio GPS (on its way to a secondary position in the car as a back up)

By the way;
I'm interested in NY, NJ, CT drives/rallies, and advice on linear amp installations and GPS recommendations.

Welcome aboard, nice toys.
Do you have any laser where you are? More and more down here in the southern tier, that is why i invested in a Blinder M47.

I was considering the investment, I have picked up a few laser shots, but have been lucky enough to not be speeding at the times (never thought I;d say this, but luckily there was traffic!)
where are you located? I'm on the Putnam/Westchester line

Laser is definitely an issue in this area, I would recommend doing some research and seriously considering your options.

As far as GPS, I find TomTom devices are more user friendly, but Garmin's seem to process information much faster. Test them out hands-on to see what works best for you.

i'll start looking at some options, It's becoming more and more important to have laser protection.. I take a lot of longer drives, out of state, and I see the need for it more every trip- the CB has saved me a lot recently too. what BB do you have- my curve isnt very trapster friendly. I'd like my GPS to be. I'm looking at the Garmin 755t... opinions?
have you done any of the "cueball" drives? I heard through the grape vine there are a couple being planned.

Welcome to the forum. Do you have pics of your vehicle and install?

I have two small ones.. give me a second to get them on this CPU...
I was actually looking at your set up last week-- I'm a bit envious of a few of your toys.. how much did the thermal cam run you? I doubt thats affordable for me.. I'm saving for my GPS, then probably jammers next, as far as major purchases go at least. I have a couple small things planned for this week and next :)

ahh, crap.. give me 2 minutes.. forgot i need to put these online.....
I'm going to need to wait on the pictures- I cant do it at work--

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I have two small ones.. give me a second to get them on this CPU...
I was actually looking at your set up last week-- I'm a bit envious of a few of your toys.. how much did the thermal cam run you? I doubt thats affordable for me.. I'm saving for my GPS, then probably jammers next, as far as major purchases go at least. I have a couple small things planned for this week and next :)

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Thermal camera ran me 1500, but they can be found (exact model, 300D) for 2k on ebay.

Welcome to the forum. I'd get a laser jammer before a GPS if I were you. Laser is alive and well in your area:

http://www.radardetector.net/forums/...-8-6-09-a.html

well i finally got my pictures online....and i cant post them yet, haha, i shouldve posted replies instead of editing my posts, haha- i'll put up some pics when i hit 15.

2k is waaay out of my price-range right now..
I'm tossing the LI around, but i do need the GPS. I do some drives that its needed for, and the crappy one i have now is just irritating me.

LI isn't cheap either.

i'm certainly not trying to take the cheap way out, but I'll probably start with just the front. around me, the thermal would be great not just for cops, but deer too- recently I've been bringing a passenger to work the cb/scanner and to be an extra set of eyes. it would be great to have him watching a thermal too!

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i'm certainly not trying to take the cheap way out, but I'll probably start with just the front. around me, the thermal would be great not just for cops, but deer too- recently I've been bringing a passenger to work the cb/scanner and to be an extra set of eyes. it would be great to have him watching a thermal too!

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I do need to get a display for the passenger, but I do not know if I'll be employed for much longer, so my spending has stopped.

well best of luck keeping your job. I hope that works out for you.
I hope you're in the market to keep all of your gear though!

I'm under contract, which has no set time frame, but nothing has really been communicated on how much longer I'm going to be here. All I know it is fairly soon that they will be letting me go. I don't like where I work anyway, so I hope I can find a new job.

are all of those scanners currently installed? i was just pondering the benefits of multiple scanners, haha, I like the idea of one more, but i dont think i could control more than 2 at a time-

ok, here come the pictures protias:

http://is7.itookthisonmyphone.com/m/..._320x240r0.jpg
this simply shows the 2 antennas.. i know, the look like grasshopper antennae the way the stick to the sides, haha

http://is7.itookthisonmyphone.com/m/..._568x426r0.jpg this is just showing where the scanner is popping out in the glovebox

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are all of those scanners currently installed? i was just pondering the benefits of multiple scanners, haha, I like the idea of one more, but i dont think i could control more than 2 at a time-

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Yes, they are all in my car. The BCT8 is programmed for my county and when on long journeys, it is running BearTracker. The BCT15 is programmed for my county, plus the surrounding ones. The BCD996T is programmed for everything else. I use this mostly when I'm out of the state.

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ok, here come the pictures protias:

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Nice pics. :)

Welcome to the forum.

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i'll start looking at some options, It's becoming more and more important to have laser protection.. I take a lot of longer drives, out of state, and I see the need for it more every trip- the CB has saved me a lot recently too. what BB do you have- my curve isnt very trapster friendly. I'd like my GPS to be. I'm looking at the Garmin 755t... opinions?
have you done any of the "cueball" drives? I heard through the grape vine there are a couple being planned.

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I have a 8830 and the newest version of Trapster is crashing on it when I make setting changes. Trapster does run well on my Garmins though.

As for what Garmin to get, I like the newest ones with all the features. When I purchased my Nuvi 5000, I should have done more research and gotten the 760 as it has a battery and bluetooth. 6 months ago I would have gotten the 855T but now I'm looking at the 1690.

Welcome to the forums.

I'm from NY and in your area. Thats the Citibank building in Long Island City. Seems that if you use the LIE, the NYPD uses laser now. On the Clearview, it depends but mostly laser also. I've seen them use K/Ka band but thats as rare as a blue moon.

The Cross Island Parkway, All laser. No more radar. Northern Parkways and Southern State, same thing.

hey andrew21--
i'm actually up in westchester/putnam- i go to the long island city location sometimes, for training for work, but usually up in the county- i've done a couple dutchess->Bx and Dutchess->Queens drives, do you do any drives/rallies?

I'm in upstate and believe me, laser is alive and well on the NYS thruway. I've never been stopped once with my V1 for any normal radar, but I've been stopped twice for laser. (Night time, so I couldn't see the officers until my V1 went off...). Only seem to get stopped for speeds greater than 80mph as well. I've driven right past officers with the V1 going of at 78mph and have never been stopped. I traveled the thruway every weekend for almost 5 years going between Syracuse and Albany areas.

Welcome to the forum!

yeah, i'm actually on the other side of the river, but of course I do wind up on the nyst a bit. I actually got hit with laser between exits 16 and 17 a week ago. I was only doing about 65 though. a trucker radioed back his location- (saved by the CB!)

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yeah, i'm actually on the other side of the river, but of course I do wind up on the nyst a bit. I actually got hit with laser between exits 16 and 17 a week ago. I was only doing about 65 though. a trucker radioed back his location- (saved by the CB!)

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I've been thinking of getting a CB for this reason too....

very much worth it in my opinion, especially in our area, because there isnt as much meaningless chatter on 19. (as I get close to the city, i shut off my pre-amp and crank the squelch so i conly hear close transmissions) I've had many saves on the thruway, I-84 and Taconic State Parkway..
also, i see you have a f-250- you have tons of mounting options for an antenna, and probably a decent amount of room for a nice size cb--