Radar Detector(s) ?

The neighbor, a state trooper, said, and I shit you not, 7 3/4 over is good. LOL, he said they make more revenue on 8-14 over than anything else. Randy got ticked at me when he was asking questions about the big boat in the driveway, when I put the registration book on the hood, with all the permits and such. He is quick to pass on just enough of the small details to keep us all from getting tickets. He is a hard ass, good ol boy type trooper.
Burn his house down. I’ll post your bail. Better yet, I will testify you were on my boat all week.
 
I am considering the Max CI for my BMW. Which, beside the drive I have tomorrow, was the 2nd reason for posting this thread. But the price tag on that thing doesn't make any sense.

Any issues with swapping and hiding the 360?

None. It unplugs/un-mounts in a few seconds. Having gone from the Max ci to the 360, it is the best portable alternative, with almost all the same features.


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German cars have speedometers that read higher than actual speed. This is because there is a federal law in Germany that imposes stiff fines on manufacturers for building cars that understate the actual speed. I've noticed that my Audi and Porsche both read 2MPH slow at 25 and 75. We have radar speed limit signs in Michigan that post your actual speed vs. the posted speed. If I have my cruise set at 2MPH over the posted limit, my actual speed reported by the radar is the same as the posted limit. I assume that setting the cruise at 9 over means I'm actually going about 7 over the limit which does not seem to trigger any interest in roadside sheriffs running speed checks. I suspect American manufacturers do something similar to help owners avoid tickets.
Ummm, does that lower indicated speed affect your odometer? I mean if you are driving an indicated 60MPH (but it's really 58), does your odometer measure a precise one mile in one minute? Where I'm going with this is the government has imposed standards on manufacturers for reporting the actual mileage on the odometer.
 
Are you guys freakn Nuts ?

I can see the investment for the cannonball run but driving to work??
even the cannonball run they have spotters up front….. I’m all for speeding and I have the tickets to prove it but I’m not spending that money to save 20 minutes

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Almost 70 posts in one day about speeding!
I guess I should just apologize right now to all of you, I’m the guy in the right lane doing 3-5 over that you are all passing, causing you to get those tickets. lol. :)
I have spent money on a dash cam though, wouldn’t be without it. ;)
 
Almost 70 posts in one day about speeding!
I guess I should just apologize right now to all of you, I’m the guy in the right lane doing 3-5 over that you are all passing, causing you to get those tickets. lol. :)
I have spent money on a dash cam though, wouldn’t be without it. ;)
When I was driving every week from Indy to Michigan and back every week. I saw all kinds of crazy shit…. So I said I need to get a dash cam…… got it and never saw a thing after that
 
Almost 70 posts in one day about speeding!
I guess I should just apologize right now to all of you, I’m the guy in the right lane doing 3-5 over that you are all passing, causing you to get those tickets. lol. :)
I have spent money on a dash cam though, wouldn’t be without it. ;)
Do you wear a hat, cause my buddy always says its the old guy in a hat driving a champagne Buick 70s wagon that farks up the traffic.
 
When I was driving every week from Indy to Michigan and back every week. I saw all kinds of crazy shit…. So I said I need to get a dash cam…… got it and never saw a thing after that

Wish I could say the same. It’s constant..
Just a few weeks ago..on the way home from dinner, I’m at speed, 30ish and have a right turn green arrow. Guy decides to pull a u-turn into my path, realizes what he did and gooses it to shoot into a driveway to hurry out of my way.
Never saw the kid on a bike in the sidewalk.
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No one hurt, thankfully
 
Are you guys freakn Nuts ?

I can see the investment for the cannonball run but driving to work??
even the cannonball run they have spotters up front….. I’m all for speeding and I have the tickets to prove it but I’m not spending that money to save 20 minutes

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That is freaking nuts!

I spent $500 x2 on my Escort Max 360 detectors 6-7 years ago and they are still pretty close to being state of the art. $3500 is insane.
 
None. It unplugs/un-mounts in a few seconds. Having gone from the Max ci to the 360, it is the best portable alternative, with almost all the same features.


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Certainly much better price tag then the Ci. I think this is the way to go. Thanks.
 
... I have lead foot and can't seem to fix it. ...

Cruise control is your friend!


I have a lead foot also:cool:, but if road conditions are good which even in the north is 95% of the time, so cruise is on any time I'm above the minimum set speed. Haven't had a ticket in 20 years.:D
 
Cruise control is your friend! ...

Funny you say that. I drive my car locally with the cruise. The cruise has the ability to increment +1 or +5 and displays on the HUD, also brakes to slow. The truck is a different story.
 
Late 80's we had a Maxon in our Buick Grand National. Oregon was still running 55mph on the freeways, whereas Idaho had gone back to 65 or thereabouts. The missus was driving as we crossed over the border, and I told her that, if the detector goes off, throw out the anchor so as to throw off their radar gun. Later, the detector explodes with a full five bars and the horn wailing. What does she do? Clicks off the cruise control and lets the car coast. No biggie; it only cost us $300.
 
Funny you say that. I drive my car locally with the cruise. The cruise has the ability to increment +1 or +5 and displays on the HUD, also brakes to slow. The truck is a different story.
My Caddy CT6 is like that (plus with the self driving "SuperCruise"), so the adaptive cruise control is always on.
 
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Haven’t used a radar detector in decades. Slowed down in my old age. On the highway I’ll go 5 to 10 miles over the speed limit.

No reason to hall balls when you’re only driving 10 minutes or two or three hours. Getting somewhere 1/2 hour or so earlier is no big deal for me.

Probably shouldn’t say this. My one and only ticket was in 1977. It was July 3 and almost midnight. I was 18 and three of my best friends in the car. There was a case of Michelob in the backseat. Three coolers in the trunk full of beer for the next day, water skiing.

The police officer said he had to do 110 to catch me. I got a ticket for 100 miles an hour and a speed contest ticket. My 1976 Impala showed 112 MPH. He made us empty the bottles of beer and never even looked in the trunk.

We got lucky because he was really mad at another driver that I was racing. Thar driver did not pull over, but kept on going. The officer had his license plate number and was just dying to go to his house and get him. That’s why he left us alone.

Still have my old radar detector. ;)
 

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