IS350I recently purchased a little luxury sports coupe.  0-60 in 5 seconds baby!  Oh, man - the trouble I am going to cause in this little rocket on wheels. 

First thing I need to do is buy a radar detector.  I want to make sure that I don’t get snagged by the ‘Five-0′ (the fuzz, heat, the pigs, smokeys).  If I am at a red light and some punk pulls up and ‘revs’ his engine, I need something to cover my back.  That extra bit of security in case my foot accidently slams down on the accelerator.

So I search online and find the ‘best’ radar detector on the market today.  Police DetectorThe BELTRONICS RX 65.  It may be $300, but damnit, this thing says it detects everything - X, K, Ka, Laser, POP - you name it, this thing detects it.  And… it talks!  It doesn’t just beep, it tells me the band of radar that it is detecting!  WOW!  Now I am set.

So I get on the highway with my shiny new radar detector.  That’s right ‘piggies’ I am one step ahead of you now!  Get ready … just try and catch me! 

That is when it dawns on me.  I don’t remember the last time traffic was open enough to get my car up to the speed limit, much less over it.  Traffic sucks all the time around here.  Our highways are like parking lots full of stupid people.  DOH!  Ok, well I can still use it for those stop lights.  Never know when that spontaneous ‘foot jerk’ will accidentally hit you.

Two Months Later…

Well, I’ve had the radar detector a couple of months now.  I’ve found that only 1 in about a billion police cars actually use radar in Colorado.  That’s right, why spend tax payer dollars on radar guns - when it is nearly impossible to get above the speed limit?  That’s okay.  I’m not bitter.  I am secure in the fact that this detector is excellent at picking up my local supermarket automatic sliding door, and nothing beats this little puppy when it finding a Home Depot!  So if you are a frequent traveler and afraid that, on occasion, you might be in some strange town - unable to find a place to buy some chips…  might I recommend the BELTRONICS RX 65?