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I own a bell something, paid a decent price as well. It now lives in a draw in my garage waiting fro me to decide wheather to reinstall it. I dont know; i think these things are like weight benches...you get all enthusiastic about the purchase and when you get them you use them for a while then they end up as an expensive dust collector. I found that even on "country" mode i still got a lot of false alarms. I prefer to scan the road side, remember the hot spots, watch the traffic and just be a bit more selective in when i stretch the GT-Rs legs. Still...its you cash >_<

Buy one local...not sure about OS radar frequencies. Best check with legallity of owning one and where to place it on your car, each state is different

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I own a bell something, paid a decent price as well. It now lives in a draw in my garage waiting fro me to decide wheather to reinstall it. I dont know; i think these things are like weight benches...you get all enthusiastic about the purchase and when you get them you use them for a while then they end up as an expensive dust collector. I found that even on "country" mode i still got a lot of false alarms. I prefer to scan the road side, remember the hot spots, watch the traffic and just be a bit more selective in when i stretch the GT-Rs legs. Still...its you cash >_<

Buy one local...not sure about OS radar frequencies. Best check with legallity of owning one and where to place it on your car, each state is different

Yeah i've heard a lot about those BELLS one, i even heard of one that work with just plug in your cigi socket.

The oversea frequencies, i have no idea but its not my $$ either :woot:, its for a mate oversea.

Thanks

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Khoa

I had a Bell 900i when I lived in Perth. Radar detectors are legal over there and are great to have. Most places in WA stock them and you can buy them legally as well.

Over the years ive seen a few of em work and the old stuff is shit and gave a lot of false readings.

Id say anything new these days would work perfectly. They cost anywhere from 700 to 1000 dollars.

Ohh and Laser - yes radar detectors have ALWAYS picked up laser so I dont know what ur on about.

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they sell them at tandy/dicksmith

uniden brand they are on special awhile ago for $190 reduced from 300 and something.

if you want to sus some out check out american ebay, www.ebay.com they have alot to chose from so it is a good place to compare brands

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