Escort 360 + Laser Jammer (or should I say"parking sensors")

 

I use the K40. Beautiful installation, very good radar detection and built in laser jammer. Until recently, I strictly used V1's, but decided I wanted an undetectable device.

 

Escort Max 360 here. Only use it for long cross city trips. I.e. SF to LA

 

Chuckling at rabbits. I've always called the Guinea Pigs. I've never owned a radar or lidar detector. I've managed to use rabbits and common sense to avoid all but 4 tickets in the 28 years I've been driving. However the advent of Waze has probably saved me thousands of dollars.

I once drove I-35 from Dallas to Austin. I averaged 90mph in the Cayenne I owned at the time. I would have gone faster but I wasn't trying to endanger other cars. Waze spotted at least 12 speed traps on my way down to Austin and back. It was amazingly accurate for me.

Just be sure to participate and report what you've seen. Give back to those that save your ***.

 

I like waze and use it, but it's always important to remember that someone has to be first when reporting. Could be you.

 

I have a k40..came with the car when i bought it

 

Ok...good input. I totally agree with common sense, waze, rabbits, knowledge of area....but as for not changing how I drive....ummm....it's an F-type! Now...I am pretty disciplined when I am off of the freeway...but on the freeway my foot starts to itch. All it takes is some obnoxious guy thinking his hemi will allow him to shoot out from behind me early on the on ramp and stick me behind the soccer mom....or the trucker that decides after drafting his friend for the last hundred miles is getting old and instead of wanting to go 55 in the 75 mph area...he wants to go 55.5 and pass right as I am coming up at 75(ok...maybe 79) even though there is no one behind me for 500 miles..
Is there really someone here that doesn't change how they drive when they sit down in an F-type? If there are might I suggest there are more comfortable cars with more magic stuff.

Anyway...the two options I am considering have been mentioned. The Uniden R3 and alp with net radar. (Thank Vortex). Huge difference in price and work to install. Has anyone done an install of the alp with net radar?

 

Just in case anyone is interested, I recently had the Radenso RC M w/ALP installed in my 2021 F Type R and its amazing!

 

I am interested in this subject too. Radar detectors are legal in California but any kind of jammers are not. And the radar detectors if mounted on the windshield, can get you a ticket for "obstructed vision" should the cop decide he wants to pile on any additional infractions.
So I suppose one criteria is to have a very tiny detector that is mounted high on the windshield near the mirror and not obvious to anyone outside the vehicle unless they are looking for it.

From what I understand, laser detectors aren't all that useful because once they paint your car with the beam, it is too late, they've got you. My biggest concern is the use of radar by the CHP, they often park in hard to see areas and use a gun or park parallel with traffic and use a radar device that scans in both directions. For what I understand, K band isn't used much anymore and Ka is the most prevalent in California.

Can anyone in California recommend a detector that is pretty "stealthy" regarding the installation ?

 

All your questions can be answered at: https://www.vortexradar.com/

 

FWIW, in many areas, you REALLY need to be trying to get a ticket due to a complete lack of situational awareness. While I know those portable "your speed" things agencies use are not quite the same as radar in the cruiser, the ones all over Texas rarely even trigger with the F-Type until I am literally within a few feet of them, and then then, some of those won't come on. I know they work because I have seen them functioning previously or where they pick up the larger vehicles some distance behind me...

That said...I miss the days of agencies using a consistent choice of vehicle. Certain headlights were very discernible when they came from the opposite direction and afforded time to push the clutch in and avoid brake lights from being visible (especially with the way newer cars light up the countryside when brake lights come on). Allegedly...so I've heard... LOL!

 

have a beltronics hard wired, had one on my porsche for years ,great range

 

I'm using the Gen2 Valentine1. I got the upgrade after COVID started so don't have a good comparison with the Gen1, but it tucks up just to the left of the mirror and to the right of my FastTrak transponder. Yes, it's visible from the front, but no, it doesn't obstruct vision. The biggest obstruction to that is the mirror itself :/

 

Do you have cockpit pictures of the finished product?

Thanks

 

Is there someone in particular that is directed to? I can get some pictures of where I have my V1 if you'd like.

 

Sorry about that. I hit quick response instead of quote. It was directed to Tony castle. I wanted to see the installation job that he mentioned. Where the displays and controls were placed.

I was thinking of getting radar/laser detector/jammer. Seeing how there is not a lot of free space in the F-Type,I was wonder what it looked like.

Thanks

 

Cool. I was pretty sure it wasn't the V1 setup I have, which is pretty boring. The only interesting part is tapping the power, and that's covered in another thread (so also not particularly of note here).

 

Will add a couple of photos later today.

 

My experience in the north east is that Waze, rabbits (sometimes that's me) and the rear mirror are enough. In daylight, I find that Waze has close to 100% sensitivity; with about 50% of the warnings being verified. I used to have radar (K40) but didn't find it added any benefit. No tickets in many years and that is with driving throughout the New England states with MA plates, which is possibly more reckless than the red convertible sports car.

 

Same here. I fit my car with a Uniden R3, and last month got a ticket (Waze DID warn me, but I wasn't paying close enough attention to the alerts)...the Uniden didn't even register anything. That's when my slow brain connected the dots as to why it's called a RADAR detector, lol...and since I'm never speeding in residential areas where the cops use radar, the Uniden is useful only in that it points out other cars' blind-spot monitors.

The only true benefit I can find is knowing that cops can't use laser while they're moving, so for them to detect your speed while moving they have to use radar. And given the very low rear mirror visibility, I do like knowing that there's one in my vicinity, especially at night when I can't see anything behind me.