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just remember that when you have a radar detector plugged into your cig. lighter you must remove it from the outlet after your drive or you will run out the battery, even my dealership did not know this until it happened to me. All my other vehicles do not do this, just a bit of info. tk.
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just remember that when you have a radar detector plugged into your cig. lighter you must remove it from the outlet after your drive or you will run out the battery, even my dealership did not know this until it happened to me. All my other vehicles do not do this, just a bit of info. tk.
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Safety Car
Chevrolet used to provide this super cool thing called the owners manual with each car, which contains a warning that leaving stuff plugged in can drain the battery. They stopped doing that when they discovered that hardly anyone read the darned thing.
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I just click mine off every time I turn on to my street. In 39 years of living here I have yet to see a cop patrolling the speed limit. Watch me get a ticket 100 yards from the house now that I've said that.
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I thought they were like Harley's where their top speed is 40mph...
I alwasy drive at least five over.
I use my Radar detector more to keep me alert than to warn me of my speeding.
When the detector goes off it makes me look around to find the popo.
I sit in the car for hours at a time after about four hours I need something to keep me focused.
There are so many toopers on the interstates these days, the detector goes off often.
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Just ordered the short cord to hard wire into the mirror.
Plan on mounting it up by the mirror.
I have it plugged into the console but that is supposed to stay hot also.
My Android Cobra RD goes off after about 2 minutes. Usually scares the hell out of me when it announces "low voltage".
Whats the deal???
Plan on mounting it up by the mirror.
I have it plugged into the console but that is supposed to stay hot also.
My Android Cobra RD goes off after about 2 minutes. Usually scares the hell out of me when it announces "low voltage".
Whats the deal???
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just remember that when you have a radar detector plugged into your cig. lighter you must remove it from the outlet after your drive or you will run out the battery, even my dealership did not know this until it happened to me. All my other vehicles do not do this, just a bit of info. tk.
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I guess the entire radar detector question is a matter of conscience. While I'm no fan of the "holier-than-thou" attitude of most "detector detractors", I guess in the final analysis I'm one of them.
I can't get past the fact that you are buying a device whose only reason for existence is to enable you to break the law. You can rationalize it any way you like, but that's the fact. Don't like the law? Change THAT. But stop looking for convenient excuses to soothe your conscience. Want to drive really fast? Don't do it on the streets, that's for chumps and posers. Go to the track as I do, as often as you need to. That way when you're on the street and that young mom pushing a stroller and not paying much attention steps off the curb in front of you, you won't end up losing a lot more than your precious Corvette.
Sorry for the rant. The tip about not leaving devices plugged into your cigar lighter is a good one, and certainly applies to GPS units, etc. When in doubt, read the manual.
I can't get past the fact that you are buying a device whose only reason for existence is to enable you to break the law. You can rationalize it any way you like, but that's the fact. Don't like the law? Change THAT. But stop looking for convenient excuses to soothe your conscience. Want to drive really fast? Don't do it on the streets, that's for chumps and posers. Go to the track as I do, as often as you need to. That way when you're on the street and that young mom pushing a stroller and not paying much attention steps off the curb in front of you, you won't end up losing a lot more than your precious Corvette.
Sorry for the rant. The tip about not leaving devices plugged into your cigar lighter is a good one, and certainly applies to GPS units, etc. When in doubt, read the manual.
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I guess the entire radar detector question is a matter of conscience. While I'm no fan of the "holier-than-thou" attitude of most "detector detractors", I guess in the final analysis I'm one of them.
I can't get past the fact that you are buying a device whose only reason for existence is to enable you to break the law. You can rationalize it any way you like, but that's the fact. Don't like the law? Change THAT. But stop looking for convenient excuses to soothe your conscience. Want to drive really fast? Don't do it on the streets, that's for chumps and posers. Go to the track as I do, as often as you need to. That way when you're on the street and that young mom pushing a stroller and not paying much attention steps off the curb in front of you, you won't end up losing a lot more than your precious Corvette.
Sorry for the rant. The tip about not leaving devices plugged into your cigar lighter is a good one, and certainly applies to GPS units, etc. When in doubt, read the manual.
I can't get past the fact that you are buying a device whose only reason for existence is to enable you to break the law. You can rationalize it any way you like, but that's the fact. Don't like the law? Change THAT. But stop looking for convenient excuses to soothe your conscience. Want to drive really fast? Don't do it on the streets, that's for chumps and posers. Go to the track as I do, as often as you need to. That way when you're on the street and that young mom pushing a stroller and not paying much attention steps off the curb in front of you, you won't end up losing a lot more than your precious Corvette.
Sorry for the rant. The tip about not leaving devices plugged into your cigar lighter is a good one, and certainly applies to GPS units, etc. When in doubt, read the manual.
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