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      05-22-2009, 12:37 AM   #9
ebohon
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Drives: 2009 M3 Coupe, 6MT
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Yes. Worth it unless you stay within 10 miles or so all the time. There are different frequencies used, in Cali, cops seem to use Ka mostly and sometimes radar laser. The X and K band are a waist of time but luckily I have the Escort and it learns fake signals...otherwise all the bands from stores, building alarms, etc would drive me crazy. On the highway... it has paid for itself and I witnessed it first hand when I backed off a guy in a 300 when he got hit by Ka a few hundred meters ahead of me...around the corner was a highway patrol officer and he got pulled over... we were both doing over 100 and i had time to back off to about 80 before I came around the turn... the other guy didnt. I had at least 3 other similar situations but because I was the one on the lead, my Escort saved the other guys and they prob had no clue and were pissed I slowed down til we came up on the cops with their radar guns.
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