Valentine 1 - Radar Miracles

a écrit :
> I have been running radar detectors for about 25 years now. 25 years
> ago radar detectors made you impervious to police. The radar cops
> employed back then was on all the time and you could pick them off at 2
> miles easily.

Alright, seems fairly valid...
>
> Today it is a totally different scene. High tech electronics and with
> IC boards and motorola CPUs have completely altered the landscape of
> electronic "warfare" with coppers.
>

True.
> Of all the detectors I've ever had this V1 is a God. I will never ever
> use anything else! Let me tell this story.
>

True (for most). V1 is the cheapest detector solution availible, check
the resale value! Some people prefer Escort, some dont...

> Last year my best friend died. I had to drive from Atlanta to Seattle
> for his funeral. I couldn't fly because of certain constraints I
> cannot address in this story.
>
> I had to be there in 24 hours so i was in a hurry. I drove over 100
> mph for 2675 miles. I had about 20 encounters with various police
> radar and not one ticket! Not one!!!

Seems likely enough...
>
> Take that Escort! My V1 made me impervious to police radar!

OK.
>
> When I arrived at the church there was a cop there to escort the
> funeral procession. My detector went off full alert. I put it in my
> coat pocket when I parked my car so no one would steal it.

Everyone should do the same.

As I
> approached the casket of my best friend I leaned over in grief to say
> by to him one last time. The V1 brushed the casket. You know what
> happened next? That's right Billy Bob sat straight up in that damned
> coffin and walked out the door just laughing and cutting up like he was
> never dead!!
>
> Praise JAYZUZ! Mike Valentine can raise the dead!!!
>

Ummm.... yeah...


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Garth Almgren a écrit :
> Around 1/3/2005 6:56 AM, Dan J.S. wrote:
>
>> You are funny!! But on a serious note, for 90 days (the trial of the
>> Escort 8500) I ran both the Valentine 1 and the 8500 side by side --
>> and both of them worked exactly the same.
>
>
> It's impossible for them to work exactly the same: The Escorts don't
> have directional arrows or a bogey counter, two of the V1's most useful
> features.
>
>

S2 not as good, the range on batteries isn't as good and it doesn't scan
as much or as fast.

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Garth Almgren a écrit :
> Around 1/3/2005 6:56 AM, Dan J.S. wrote:
>
>> You are funny!! But on a serious note, for 90 days (the trial of the
>> Escort 8500) I ran both the Valentine 1 and the 8500 side by side --
>> and both of them worked exactly the same.
>
>
> It's impossible for them to work exactly the same: The Escorts don't
> have directional arrows or a bogey counter, two of the V1's most useful
> features.
>
>

S2 not as good, the range on batteries isn't as good and it doesn't scan
as much or as fast.

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Dan J.S. wrote:
> > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> >I have been running radar detectors for about 25 years now. 25
years
> > ago radar detectors made you impervious to police. The radar cops
> > employed back then was on all the time and you could pick them off
at 2
> > miles easily.
> >
> > Today it is a totally different scene. High tech electronics and
with
> > IC boards and motorola CPUs have completely altered the landscape
of
> > electronic "warfare" with coppers.
> >
> > Of all the detectors I've ever had this V1 is a God. I will never
ever
> > use anything else! Let me tell this story.
> >
> > Last year my best friend died. I had to drive from Atlanta to
Seattle
> > for his funeral. I couldn't fly because of certain constraints I
> > cannot address in this story.
> >
> > I had to be there in 24 hours so i was in a hurry. I drove over
100
> > mph for 2675 miles. I had about 20 encounters with various police
> > radar and not one ticket! Not one!!!
> >
> > Take that Escort! My V1 made me impervious to police radar!
> >
> > When I arrived at the church there was a cop there to escort the
> > funeral procession. My detector went off full alert. I put it in
my
> > coat pocket when I parked my car so no one would steal it. As I
> > approached the casket of my best friend I leaned over in grief to
say
> > by to him one last time. The V1 brushed the casket. You know what
> > happened next? That's right Billy Bob sat straight up in that
damned
> > coffin and walked out the door just laughing and cutting up like he
was
> > never dead!!
> >
> > Praise JAYZUZ! Mike Valentine can raise the dead!!!
> >
>
> You are funny!! But on a serious note, for 90 days (the trial of the
Escort
> 8500) I ran both the Valentine 1 and the 8500 side by side -- and
both of
> them worked exactly the same. So I decided to try the wireless Escort
Solo
> s2 - and that also worked just as well. I returned both the Valentine
1 and
> the 8500 and stuck with the S2 -- just to eliminate the wires.

Dan...I blown away. You're the only one that got it! My "parody" that
is. The whole point is the rabid nature of the V1 cult.
And you are right. I've had both. The V1 is way over rated.

AvMc

Dan J.S. wrote:
> > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> >I have been running radar detectors for about 25 years now. 25
years
> > ago radar detectors made you impervious to police. The radar cops
> > employed back then was on all the time and you could pick them off
at 2
> > miles easily.
> >
> > Today it is a totally different scene. High tech electronics and
with
> > IC boards and motorola CPUs have completely altered the landscape
of
> > electronic "warfare" with coppers.
> >
> > Of all the detectors I've ever had this V1 is a God. I will never
ever
> > use anything else! Let me tell this story.
> >
> > Last year my best friend died. I had to drive from Atlanta to
Seattle
> > for his funeral. I couldn't fly because of certain constraints I
> > cannot address in this story.
> >
> > I had to be there in 24 hours so i was in a hurry. I drove over
100
> > mph for 2675 miles. I had about 20 encounters with various police
> > radar and not one ticket! Not one!!!
> >
> > Take that Escort! My V1 made me impervious to police radar!
> >
> > When I arrived at the church there was a cop there to escort the
> > funeral procession. My detector went off full alert. I put it in
my
> > coat pocket when I parked my car so no one would steal it. As I
> > approached the casket of my best friend I leaned over in grief to
say
> > by to him one last time. The V1 brushed the casket. You know what
> > happened next? That's right Billy Bob sat straight up in that
damned
> > coffin and walked out the door just laughing and cutting up like he
was
> > never dead!!
> >
> > Praise JAYZUZ! Mike Valentine can raise the dead!!!
> >
>
> You are funny!! But on a serious note, for 90 days (the trial of the
Escort
> 8500) I ran both the Valentine 1 and the 8500 side by side -- and
both of
> them worked exactly the same. So I decided to try the wireless Escort
Solo
> s2 - and that also worked just as well. I returned both the Valentine
1 and
> the 8500 and stuck with the S2 -- just to eliminate the wires.

Dan...I blown away. You're the only one that got it! My "parody" that
is. The whole point is the rabid nature of the V1 cult.
And you are right. I've had both. The V1 is way over rated.

AvMc