What got you into detectors?

[Super Dave]

My story is:

My dad used one of the early fuzzbusters and CB radio in the early 80's but only on family road trips to FL. I loved watching the thing go off and it had like 10 LED's. That was back in the day of constant on X and K it picked up for miles. I'll post a pic if I can find one, I actually bought one cheap recently for nostalgia. Funny I guess it reminds me of the family trips. He kept it in the closet so when I got my license forever ago I would sneak it out. The one I bought still picks up X and K like a champ.

I also remember the uniden RD9XL and especially the small Passport being the detectors to have but I couldn't afford. I also remember one year getting the Cobra Trapshooter which was hot at the time for Xmas and driving around with it in the snow Xmas day. Ha!

Whats your story?

[Super Dave]

[fire65]

I got a lot of tickets in the 70's. Then I got my first Whistler and never looked back. Now I run Sti-R, V-1, scanner, CB and Blinders.

[breaker61]

Started running into daily speed traps on my commute to and from work. Had to fight back.

[Eloi]

Nice thread Super Dave .

I drive since end of the sixties ...way back.

The other salesman of the company one day told me : come in my car , we will visit
a new customer and I will show you something. Enter the city , told me to check
his hidden gadget will sound off ....by magic this little sniffer started to bipbipbip ...
I told you he said ...by the end of the street here was a brave policeman with an
X-band well in sight on his dash ....proud like a cowboy ....and we , puffed in laughs.

The next week I bought the same unit .

Now they build better mouse traps .....but we got smarter .

A bit later , got married with a girl who refuses to get in the car
with a ''devil'' detector ....$%&?$/$fight.....the divorce was
a non-issue ...if a wife wants to boss in your own car ....bad bad.

[Super Dave]

Thats pretty funny - my wife hates detectors. I have the "semi-retired" X50 in her van, after I drive the van occasionally she will rip that thing down so fast. I'm like - you speed too, you're going to be sorry one day, just leave it up!

[Mista140]

My first speed trap in Miami and a nasty speed trap in Waldo, FL (The sh*tty town that makes a living off speed traps). I first got a cheap Beltronics and returned it to Circuit City when I found about about the V1 from a racing friend of mine. Never looked back since. V1 FTW!

[Eloi]

Thats pretty funny - my wife hates detectors. I have the "semi-retired" X50 in her van, after I drive the van occasionally she will rip that thing down so fast. I'm like - you speed too, you're going to be sorry one day, just leave it up!

Then later in my life , got married again , she dont mind in my car ,,,but refuses in her car ...when
I drive it my blood pressure goes high cause I feel so unprotected from mister-leo-right-pslow-but-its-the-law = ticket.

Curiously she was the one(in my car) who got the first laser ticket on hy87 ny 83-55 ...the v-1 didnt even bip ...
the nest day I ordered a blinder ...the li was not born yet .

With the psl so low everywhere it is too easy for the leos to abuse of us ...I am glad to spend
hard dollars to deny their unfair tactics ....boooooooooo

[Super Dave]

Hey Eloi where are you from?

[TurboDriver]

My first was the original Escort, mounted it on the visor-loved it. After it got stolen at college I experimented with the Original Passport copy of both Uniden 9XL and Cobra - they were pretty good back then, Cobra RD3100 Trapshooter, Cobra X/K with voice, Uniden RD55 (horrible), Bel Micro-eye, Passport 4500, 4600, 8500, X50, Bel 300 (I probably forgot a few).
I always had a detector so wife was used to it but could care less - Until she got a ticket! She then TOLD me that she was taking MY detector until I got her one of her own..What's a man to do..Not very often a guy gets a good excuse to buy more toys!