im a military man. and when u enter base you have to take down the radar detector, but no one says u have to unplug it. the 8500 is so good. its works like a champ sitting in the passenger seat
well people always talk trash about kicker around here jl this and jl that. my 2 12's sure do be the crap out of most systems around here. its clean. its loud and they take a beating and never stop. does that answer your question :0
Update: SAVED MY MY RADAR DETECTOR WHILE I WAS DOING 80 IN A 50! I was driving with a friend down this farm road with no cars on it and the speed limit was 50. I decide that I should try to hit 100 on the stretch and wisely turn the detector on. Im hitting 80 when all of a sudden the KA band starts going crazy and I slam on the brakes. I slow down to about 55 right before I see a fucking PIG hiding on a farm. This car was about 200 feet to my left and my detector still picked it up. I almost shat my pants and kissed the detector profusely. This cop was in the most hidden place to be, there is no way to see him coming from my direction and he is so far back that most detectors probably wouldnt catch him. Pigs around here are so fucking sneaky, my friend said one police car was literrally hiding b/w bushes when he was going back to his house! But I was saved so wooooooooohooooooooo!
cant say i condone speeding. thats not why i won one. its to piss them off for hiding, and to prove that they indeed had there radar detector. helps me in court alot. cause the 8500 tells me there freq they were running.