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So I got my stang out of storage this weekend. Radar detector doesn't work... It doesn't work when plugged into my other car either.
So I have another Whistler detector (almost same model) on my BMW - I figure I'll plug the dead detector into the good ones power wire and see if its the cable/plug thats at fault. It still doesn't work using the known good wire, so I figure its shot.

I then plugged the BMWs good detector back in and now it isn't working either. The broken one must have blown a fuse or something. I dunno.

Pain in the ass. I'll deal with it at the weekend I guess.

 

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ok

 

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Is there a fuse in the connector plug, or is it a hardwired detector? If it plugs into the lighter, than most of time those plugs have a glass fuse inside. Did o try that?

 

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Doesnt explain why it wont work in another car, but in my experience Ford's just LOVE to blow the cigg/acc. socket fuse. Used to make it a real PITA when I worked at lincoln; I couldnt tell you how many fuses I had to replace just to pull codes for a CEL because they like to use the same circuit for the DLC.

 

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Maybe somone is trying to tell you to either slow down or quit wasting money on things that don't work

 

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get a Valentine Radar Detector or dont get anything

 

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my front cig lighter dont work either.. and i replaced the fuse. nothing. i had to rerout the one the goes to the center console up front and zip tie the extra wire together.. ghetto but o well, nobody would ever know

 

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merc123 said:

Maybe somone is trying to tell you to either slow down or quit wasting money on things that don't work

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They work as long as you're not the only car out. I've almost bought one just so I don't have to worry so much on my morning commute to school. Most of the time someones already been pulled over and leaves me in the clear but it would be a nice peace of mind. Obviously if you're alone though it only takes .02 seconds for him to blip you and you're effed before the detector even chimes.

 

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BlueNewEdge said:

get a Valentine Radar Detector or dont get anything

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my thoughts exactly...V1 is all i will buy now.

 

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merc123 said:

Maybe somone is trying to tell you to either slow down or quit wasting money on things that don't work

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I've been driving for 11 years and I've never once had a ticket. My insurance is CHEAP. No one can tell me these things dont work! Worth their weight in gold IMO!!

 

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Sounds good. Keep doing what you do. All I know is, after I got my radar detector I got 3 tickets with it. I got rid of it (still drive the same way) and haven't gotten a single ticket after that.

 

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The Valentine One is still #1

The latest radar/laser detector and laser jammer results are out.

Radar/laser detectors:

http://www.guysoflidar.com/march-2007/radar-detector-test.html

Laser Jammers:

http://www.guysoflidar.com/march-2007/laser-jammer-test.html


Spreadsheet of the radar/laser detector results:

http://home.comcast.net/~ccaeric6/GOL_averages_MB5.htm

 

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RadarKing

 

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merc123 said:

Sounds good. Keep doing what you do. All I know is, after I got my radar detector I got 3 tickets with it. I got rid of it (still drive the same way) and haven't gotten a single ticket after that.

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Are you sure it was a radar detector and not a beer can taped to the windshield?

 

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i love my <3 RD..

and its not a POS cobra.