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Old 02-18-2017, 07:00 PM   #11
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I ended up ordering the escort max 360 ... we will see how it works
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Old 02-18-2017, 07:05 PM   #12
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I pretty much use Waze also but my son was driving to his college in upstate NY and was using waze but he got nailed by laser.

Luckily the cop cut him a break and lowered it to 10 mph over the limit but I want him to have the extra protection for those long drives.
I-87 North? They're ruthless with the lasers on there... have been forever.

The one any only time the Lidatek laser jammer I installed in my E46 clearly saved me was on I-87 North, on my way to Montreal for the F1 GP. I was getting close to, or just beyond triple digits when both it and my V1 went nuts with laser warning. I slammed on the brakes, and by the time he shot me a second time after his failed, jammed first shot, I was in quasi-legal territory.

That must have been like 11 or 12 years ago.
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Old 02-18-2017, 07:49 PM   #13
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give us a review after you've tried it for a while. I'm very interested how it handles blind spot warnings for Acuras, Buicks, and similar systems.
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give us a review after you've tried it for a while. I'm very interested how it handles blind spot warnings for Acuras, Buicks, and similar systems.
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Old 02-19-2017, 11:20 AM   #15
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I-87 North? They're ruthless with the lasers on there... have been forever.

The one any only time the Lidatek laser jammer I installed in my E46 clearly saved me was on I-87 North, on my way to Montreal for the F1 GP. I was getting close to, or just beyond triple digits when both it and my V1 went nuts with laser warning. I slammed on the brakes, and by the time he shot me a second time after his failed, jammed first shot, I was in quasi-legal territory.

That must have been like 11 or 12 years ago.
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give us a review after you've tried it for a while. I'm very interested how it handles blind spot warnings for Acuras, Buicks, and similar systems.
I definitely will ... I bought it from a place that has a 60 return policy in case I found it gives off too many false warnings I can always return it
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Old 02-19-2017, 12:24 PM   #16
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Be sure to take the time to mark all your local falsies, after a few days of staying on top of it, it should stay quiet
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Be sure to take the time to mark all your local falsies, after a few days of staying on top of it, it should stay quiet
With the 9500ix, I didn't have to mark them as false...just drive by them a few times and it took care of it by itself. Unfortunately, it would also begin ignoring stationary photo radar sites and I'd have to unmark them repeatedly.
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Old 02-21-2017, 06:07 PM   #18
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First radar detector purchase in well over 20 years ... first big downside... this thing doesn't have a battery ?!?! I have to keep it plugged into a cigerette lighter ... am I reading the directions wrong ??

It looks like the lighter plug allows a usb but come on ... nowadays they don't come with a battery that you can charge ??

Please tell me I'm missing something here
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Old 02-21-2017, 06:24 PM   #19
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Batteries? When did they have batteries? Just hardwire it.
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Old 02-21-2017, 06:44 PM   #20
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Batteries? When did they have batteries? Just hardwire it.
Ok got it ... I'm stuck with a wire ... can I mount this low on the windshield or do I need to mount it high and see the cord ?

Seriously I have no idea I haven't had a radar detector in forever ... tia
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