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I have had many radar detectors all the way from the first Fuzzbuster.
My best driving record was 180,000 miles in 3 years with no tickets driving all over the Midwest. I had a BCT7 scanner, CB and a Solo. There were times when only one of the receivers helped out but a save is a save.
Now I just have a Valentine 1 and find that it is more than enough.
But my main driver looks like it was made for a quad LI installation so that will be the next upgrade.
understatement of the year.Quote:
Originally Posted by johndetroit
X2 Your gonna need an arsenal.Quote:
Originally Posted by upstatedocunderstatement of the year.Quote:
Originally Posted by johndetroit
Welcome to the forum.
V1 and LI's are a great combination.
Welcome to the forum! Good choice on the V1 and LI.
welcome to the forum
still sorry about the fab 5
Hey,another Michigander here!
The V1 is a fine choice in the motor city. I drive all over the D 6 days per week and use mine regularly. I have X and POP off. Not much laser although there is a guy that sits once in awhile on 8 mile just east of southfield. Saw him get a couple people there lol
Watch out in the Grosse Pointes,Farms etc plenty of KA over there.
not much laser, are you out of your mind. Every time I get hit with later it is always someplace in the D. Usually on 94 some place, or when coming in on 96 early in the morning. Watch out for I/O and sneaky traps. I have also seen laser on 275 in any direction.
Welcome from the Westside of the state.
I-96 and 275 in different cities yes, but it is on the rare side in Detroit. I've been driving all through out Detroit 6 days per week for the last 14 years. Detroit doesn't have the money for lots of laser units let alone enough officers besides traffic control. Budget crunches and layoffs take care of that which has been ongoing for the last 30 plus.
welcome from downriver michigan!
I agree been around here and only got hit with laser twice. Once in allen park on Southfield freeway and once in southgate, all police on the freeways usually have 35.5Quote:
Originally Posted by powerpickle
Welcome V1/LI FTW:D
Welcome to the club. Keep racking up ticketless miles....
Welcome to our most excellent site.
Welcome to the forum.
If you don't have laser jammers on the front and rear of your vehicle there is no way to know you've only been hit twice. Even the V1 misses laser shots.Quote:
Originally Posted by kkoshko
and powerpickle, does your username mean what i think it means?
Lots of Michiganders here. I live north of Detroit so the dangerous areas are Utica and the 53 bypass. If you go south on 53 there is usually a radar trap with a leo in the center median after every bridge. If you go north they hide behind the underpasses. Like today there was a SUV off the road behind the bridge. At night when you just get on the bypass they start out in the median right away. Just seems that between Washington and Sterling Heights is the pay day for the state and local municipalities.
If you go east on 59 to Utica they hide on the entry ramp ramps catching you from behind and then on the side streets up to 53. It is always worse the last week of the month when they try to catch-up.
just radar / have you ran into laser?Quote:
Originally Posted by johndetroit
lol,no my name doesn't.
It actually has to do with real pickles,I marinate them until they are spicy hot and that's what I call them.
In the future I will get Laser Interceptors or Blinder. I wish I could afford and put them on the company too since that is most of my mileage.
Company truck
I have seen laser being used but it has never set off my V1 on the north side. I wonder if they were practicing or had a grant to waste some time? Now down south by 275/75 split I have seen and detected laser. Normally the leo is parked so that you can see the vehicle for a long distance so all sorts of flags are raised. Plus with the high driving speeds in Michigan why spend money on laser when a good cheap radar unit will pay for itself in minutes?Quote:
just radar / have you ran into laser?
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Originally Posted by johndetroit
you know where 75 and fort st meet? That over pass they sit and shoot laser in the rear. I believe it is Brownstown leos
I used to live in Lexington in the thumb area(still have a house there). There was a pickle manufacturer right in town called Geilows. Familiar with that area?Quote:
Originally Posted by powerpickle
No,I haven't been up in the thumb since I was a kid.
I have picked up laser in the Brownstown area as well. Just watch the truckers,they will often flash their tail lights when they see a trooper.
I was on Jefferson today along the shores,almost everyday there is a leo that sits on the side streets between Alter and just east of Cadieux with C/O KA. Need really good off axis detection there. I was using my Redline,getting that KA signal when I saw a mustang with I believe a cobra right over the defroster pass me by. He got a little over 1/4 mile ahead and I saw the white cruiser pull out lol yep,the lights came on. They will allow a 5 over courtesy but if you flirt with the magic #10 you will get popped like him.
Congrads on the V1 and welcome!
Thank you for the welcome. Doing another hardwire V1 install this weekend. Looks fairly easy on this car. I may install the "hidden" display but I am so used to looking up.