What's the best radar detector for the money? The Bel 980 is awesome and so is the Escort 8500, but they cost as much as a y-pipe! Does anyone know the different between the Bel 916 and the 870 regarding features or which one is just plain better?

 

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i will go into work tomorrow and give u all the specs on it...k

 

radar detectors are worthless, don't waste the money.. drive 10 over everywhere unless you know where the cops sit.. drive smart, save the 200-300$

 

get a whistler, 70$

 

I found a Bel 950{I think that's the #} in my I30 the other day when I was cleaning out the trunk. A nice little suprise indeed . I guess the guy who owned my I30 before me just left it tucked behind the CD Changer. BTW it seems to work pretty good, definatly better then my K-90.

 

what happened to your old sig

 

I have owned the Passport 8500 for about a year and I love it. I have gotten outta many a ticket from this little devise, I still have been pulled over but I have always been able to slow down enough before the cop can get me for a high speed. I know it was a little spendy but it has more than paid for itself.

 

Everybody around here sleeps on Whistler. Check those out too.

 

I kinda like the idea of going fast when I feel like it. This 10 over stuff just doesn't cut it with me. If it did, I would have bought a Camry or Accord.

DW

 

seems Valentine One got a new 1.8 version out and I hear it's beating the Passport once again

 

It was replaced

 

Wow, I hate to admit or agree with Bill99GXE, but use the search...

yawn ---Valentine One version 1.8 beat the Passport 8500 in my 800 mile road trip.

SHUMAX

 

V1

 

i would go with the V1 but too much...and then escort 8500 is also good but still too much for me...i'm thinkin about the cobra 9850

 

since when is the maxima such a sporty fast car? haha, i could understand my mom's 3 series with a 5 speed or maybe a ferrari, but the max..

 

umm...that quote wasn't said by me

 

Thanks for the replies though. I tried searching through the old posts, but I didn't find the answers I needed regarding the two lower priced models.

 

dammit...i forgot to check between the models...well i work tomorrow so i will get a print out of the info for u...k

 

thanks Llfe for offering anyways!

 

passport 8500, i would get if I could do a stealth install

but i may just upgrade my v1 to the new one

 

As I have said--V1 version 1.8. Look for a post from me tomrorow with pictures of the 8500 and the V1 version 1.8.

SHUMAX

 

Your sig says that you'll list your mods when you get some. From that I could kinda see where you're coming from. Is your Max an auto or 5 speed? In my book, you really need the 5 speed to feel the fun factor in this car. Out of the factory, the full potentail of the Max isn't realized. They've got this great engine, and a suspension that's tuned OK, even the SE. Add just a few mods to an SE, like FSTB, RSB and an intake, and you've got a ride that will compete very well with BMW 3 series and 5 series. That's just about $350 total in basic mods, and you still aren't even approaching the entry level price of a BMW 3 series. The Germans are cashing in on the hype. BMW has the M3 and M5 and Mercedes has the AMG series. But their basic models aren't as spectacular as those ones. They're very good, but not nirvana. Ferrari?? That's kinda way out of the league. I go up against 3 and 5 bimmers all the time. Sometimes I win, somteimes I lose. Even when I lose, the bimmer guy works very very hard for his win So, he knows not to mess and give respect to the Max, or at least my Max. My co-worker bought this Olds Aurora V-8. He raced some guy with a Max and took him. He said he'd take me. I said I think not. The max he went against was an auto with 18s. I've got 17s on mine and 5 speed . . plus ome engine mods. We raced. He was like whoah. took him by about 3 or 4 car to 120 mph, and then he s l o w ly started catching up. His 250 HP starts to play a role there. In the turns?? His car weighs 2 tons. Need I say more? After we raced he told me my max was special. I said not really, I just hooked it up for speed. It's all motor.

My car has a top speed of over 140 mph, loves to corner and accelerate. To me, that's a sporty fast car. And it's relatively in-expensive to boot!

DW

 

The New version of the Passport 8500 is almost as good as the BEL 980 at about $100 less ... $299 for the Passport @ Best Buy of all places ... $399 MSRP for the BEL.

I'm about to upgrade my 3 year old K40 ... Kickn then .... sucks now.

--Chris