Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Shoutout for Valentine One - NFC

[Adam Green (FlatCrank]

$50 ia  bargain.  And 18 years?  Have they really been around that long?  Time flies.

I updated a couple of units over the last five years, variously around $100 +/- $25 each time depending upon the age.  Each time, they just sent a new unit.  i think there were cheaper updates on offer while retaining the old (larger) unit.  

Nowadays, the V1 is annoying difficult around the Bay Area, falsing on traffic cams and adaptive cruise controls and LED headlights, etc.  Ho hum.

I see Escort finally copied the 360 (dual antenna) format.  I might give it a try.  I noticed they (Escort) now try to sting you with a subscription fee for data updates ... such small thinking.  The world is moving to free and $0.99 cent apps with corporations hitting billion dollar valuations ... and folks at the radar detector vendors can't figure out how to leverage a product that should be in use worldwide by millions of drivers.  Valentine tried their hand at an app, but it doesn't seem to do much and it's a bit cumbersome to set up for each short drive.  Seems to me that with Waze and Google Maps, social media for driver and traffic, navigation and avoiding speed traps, surely Escort of the big V could figure out how to latch onto every Uber driver (?) or something ... : )

p.s. Anyone using/happy with the new Escort 360?

Adam

On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 6:40 PM, Mark Lueker <mark [at] 308systems.com> wrote:

Can’t resist more kudos for my V1 radar detector.  Not only has it saved me $1000’s over its 18yr life span, when it finally gave up the ghost I sent it back to Valentine for repair, and they unilaterally repaired it and shipped it back to me for the grand cost of ……. $0.00  !!

 

Now that is customer service!  And a great product to boot….

 

Mark Lueker

85 308 QV

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