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From: trb@masscomp.UUCP (Andy Tannenbaum)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Radar detector query
Message-ID: <159@masscomp.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 1-Dec-84 14:38:35 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec  1 14:38:35 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 2-Dec-84 05:06:19 EST
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Reply-To: trb@masscomp.UUCP (Andy Tannenbaum)
Organization: Masscomp - Westford, MA
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Summary: 

I'm a long time Whistler owner, first a Q-1000 and now a Spectrum (the
Q-1000 was ripped off).  I figure that there's no real difference
between Spectrum and Escort, and I figure that there are other boxes
with similar specs.  Right now, I drive with my box velcro'd to the
dash (use contact cement if you do this, the normal stickum on the back
of velcro won't life thru the summer), if I had it to do again, I'd get
a remote unit, with the antenna behind the grille (my GTI has a plastic
grill) and the switches and indicators installed inconspicuously down
by the base of my stick shift, where it's invisible to cops or
theives.  I think you might as well go for that convenience, given that
you're spending ~$250 already.

Note that I love my Whistler, it's saved me a mess of money, but it
won't save you from a strobe radar gun on an empty highway:

[This happened to me, driving in Maine at night in September.
Converstation below is quite close to accurate.]

[Fleep!]
Me: I'm in trouble.
[Cop pulls me over.]
Cop: Do you know how fast you were driving?
Me: Nope.
Cop: 87 mph.
Me: Oh, I didn't know I was going that fast.
Cop: Oh, I think you did.
[What it's a good thing I didn't say:
Me: No officer, I didn't know.  My speedometer pins at 85.]

	Andy Tannenbaum   Masscomp Inc  Westford MA   (617) 692-6200 x274