# Radar detectors **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/radar-detectors/188674 **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive **Created:** [March 18, 2007, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/radar-detectors/188674 "2007-03-18T09:10:55Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 5
### Author: ![85TransAm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/e68b1a/32.png) [@85TransAm](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/85TransAm) #### Post date: [March 18, 2007, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/radar-detectors/188674/5 "2007-03-18T10:38:00Z")
> [@pump gas bitch 11.34 slight\_smile](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pump-gas-bitch-11-34/28699/118): > > dont skimp on a radar detector get a V-1 or an escort 9500 (i think thats the model) i have a cheaper cobra that i have had for about 7 years and it has saved me a few times but i got nailed in w.virginia with a cop coming towards me so it was too fast for me to realize… and i got busted on 43 coming around a bend and the detector went off at the last second. > > once i get around to it ill get a V-1 for the camaro and move my crappy one into the grand am daily driver is the 9500 newer than the 8500? (i guess it is) EDIT: duh of course it is --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/radar-detectors/188674)._