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Article #3907Re: Radar Detector
From: Michael Cormack
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1989 16:51
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1989 16:51
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In article <32443@buckaroo.mips.COM> vaso@mips.COM (Vaso Bovan) writes: %OK That's it. I got a speeding ticket recently. $170 for 77 mph in a %65 mph zone, at the bottom of a long incline on a multilane desert %Interstate (Hwy 5, near Malibu, CA). % %No more standing on principle for me. I used to think radar detectors were %vaguely anti-social. But no more. I don't wish to fund county deficits, %or attend any more godawful-waste-of-time traffic school, or get bumped into %unsafe driver insurance risk groups (I'm an ultra careful driver with no %reportable accidents, and about four tickets in 20 years. I even use my %turn signals, for Pete's sake !). % %So which detector should I buy ? Is there a consensus on these things ? %Is Passport worth the premium price ? I'm given to understand Maxon is "just %as good." Funny, I can't find a Consumer Reports evaluation. % Cincinnati Microwave ( CMI ) just came out with a recplacement for the Escort and Passport. They're called Escort (new) and Solo. I'd recomend the Escort. It has a dsp56000 brain and is very small. Solo doesn't ( too small). Rumors are being spread in rec.autos that it's 2x more sensitive than the old passport. It cost $245 (I think). Worth every penny. The new stuff is backordered due to so many people ordering them. That says something for CMI's reputation. Radar Detectors are like calculators. You've got HP calcs. and a bunch of other stuff that isn't as good. You got CMI and a bunch of other stuff that isn't as good. Buy CMI. Now does anybody really think that I'd say that without wearing a Nomex suit? 8^) mike
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!sequent!cormack From: cormack@sequent.UUCP (Michael Cormack) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Radar Detector Message-ID: <25588@sequent.UUCP> Date: 30 Nov 89 16:51:16 GMT References: <32443@buckaroo.mips.COM> Reply-To: cormack@sequent.UUCP (Michael Cormack) Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc Lines: 33