Speed Camera Detectors

[RedRobin]

Back on topic, the square block you see in my pic is the 'aerial' for my Alpine SatNavAudio system.

[p3eps]

Here is my hard wired Micro Road Pilot.  I have connected it to the back of the cig lighter so that theres minimal wiring / cabling.  Its handy for me having it in the ashtray area, as I can simply shut the lid to hide it.  For 'rougher' areas I can remove the detector from its harness.

[NEWEY]

i really like the look/sound of this new road angel and am looking to get one myself when my gti comes spetember/october time. you will have to let us know how you get on with it

[RedRobin]

Here is my hard wired Micro Road Pilot.  I have connected it to the back of the cig lighter so that theres minimal wiring / cabling.  Its handy for me having it in the ashtray area, as I can simply shut the lid to hide it.  For 'rougher' areas I can remove the detector from its harness.

....^Sorry but I think that's a really bad place to have any device which you visually refer to.

[SteveP]

Here is my hard wired Micro Road Pilot.  I have connected it to the back of the cig lighter so that theres minimal wiring / cabling.  Its handy for me having it in the ashtray area, as I can simply shut the lid to hide it.  For 'rougher' areas I can remove the detector from its harness.

....^Sorry but I think that's a really bad place to have any device which you visually refer to.

It's a neat install and secure but agree with RR, I would find it distracting to look down at the unit if it was located there.

[p3eps]

....^Sorry but I think that's a really bad place to have any device which you visually refer to.

I don't ever need to look at it.  It does audible tones when there is a camera (if I'm going to fast) and then stops beeping when I'm on or below the speed limit.  If I approach the camera below the limit, it doesn't feel the need to tell me!  I can still hear it with the lid shut, so I don't even really need to open it. 

Personally I'd rather have it hidden down there than on my dash when I need to remove it every time I get out of the car.
Each to their own though....

[RedRobin]

....^Sorry but I think that's a really bad place to have any device which you visually refer to.

I don't ever need to look at it.  It does audible tones when there is a camera (if I'm going to fast) and then stops beeping when I'm on or below the speed limit.  If I approach the camera below the limit, it doesn't feel the need to tell me!  I can still hear it with the lid shut, so I don't even really need to open it. 

Personally I'd rather have it hidden down there than on my dash when I need to remove it every time I get out of the car.
Each to their own though....

....Fair point, p3eps . My VW speedo is so inaccurate (13%) at all speeds that I need to rely on GPS via my dash mounted PogoAlert in direct sight line (as pic I think I posted earlier).

Very much agree with 'each to their own' .

[wellzee]

....^Sorry but I think that's a really bad place to have any device which you visually refer to.

I don't ever need to look at it.  It does audible tones when there is a camera (if I'm going to fast) and then stops beeping when I'm on or below the speed limit.  If I approach the camera below the limit, it doesn't feel the need to tell me!  I can still hear it with the lid shut, so I don't even really need to open it. 

Personally I'd rather have it hidden down there than on my dash when I need to remove it every time I get out of the car.
Each to their own though....

....Fair point, p3eps . My VW speedo is so inaccurate (13%) at all speeds that I need to rely on GPS via my dash mounted PogoAlert in direct sight line (as pic I think I posted earlier).

Very much agree with 'each to their own' .

Really? 13% out? Is that a normal error margin or is yours just really bad?!

[RedRobin]

Really? 13% out? Is that a normal error margin or is yours just really bad?!

....Not normal at all. VW offered to swap it but it would mean a big job and I couldn't be bothered as they said they couldn't guarantee any accuracy better than 10% which is the legal requirement. When displaying 100 mph on the VW speedo I'm doing 87 mph according to both Road Angel and PgoAlert GPS systems. I much prefer the larger digital speed readout and accuracy anyway.

[wellzee]

....Not normal at all. VW offered to swap it but it would mean a big job and I couldn't be bothered as they said they couldn't guarantee any accuracy better than 10% which is the legal requirement. When displaying 100 mph on the VW speedo I'm doing 87 mph according to both Road Angel and PgoAlert GPS systems. I much prefer the larger digital speed readout and accuracy anyway.

Yeh that does sound like a ballache of a job! Oh well at least you have the digital read outs, need to invest in a road angel myself i think - is that the best one going? Obviously with budget considered...