Tonight on the drive home, my V1 picked up a line of cops on a densely populated, very twisty road nearly a mile, and a bunch of 90 degree curves, before I did. They were facing my direction, on the side of the road, just waiting around a sharp corner at the top of an incline. I'm convinced that no other detector on the market would've perfomed as well.

Let me preface this by saying that I don't theoretically speed. Unlike some of you kid racers out there, I'm not into the 120 down the highway, reckless, aggressive driving stuff. My thing is more along the lines of doing 42/43 in a posted 35 zone, and being able to spot cops before they see me. I don't like horse trailers, slow trucks, and old people driving old people cars, though. Around here, especially the revenue hungry neighborhoods I drive through with an old BMW covered in bad paint, they'll write you up for anything.

This particular instance happened on my commute route. I've owned the V1 for a little over a year now and know all of the bogeys in the vicinity. The V1 is great because it's accurate, it offers detailed information, it is reasonably discreet and well built. When the thing does what it does, I know what to expect. Its only weaknesses are lidar and KA instant on. Lidar is moot around here, and the V1 still picks up KA instant on with relatively good accuracy, even without me upgrading the unit to the latest software.

Another testament to its quality is the fact that every "serious" driver that brings his car to my shop owns one of these things, not to mention that everyone I work with happens to keep one in the car, as well.

Next to booze, girly mags, and video games, it is the best use of $300 I've ever spent.

Even if you've got nothing to be thankful for today, thank Jesus for letting me buy a V1. And for high gas prices.


best, whit