Miata Mailing List: October 1992, Message #4
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   From: (none)
Subject: Re: Radar Detector Mounting Location
   Date: (none)

Jim,

> My question is this: I prefer to mount it low 
> and well to the left of center 
> results in the detector pointing about 25 degrees left 
> How critical is the alignment? Am I losing a significant amount of protection
> this way? I remember C&D did an article on detectors recently, but I don't
> think they talked a lot about the best and not-so-good mounting positions.

My Escort Solo says to get it up as high as possible.  I have tested the
the sensitivity of the radar to direction when I have located a radar
emitting officer.  While it is sensitive to direction, I dont worry about
10 or 15 degrees.  Around town, cops seem to wait on the right side of 
the road.  On the highway, they can be in the median, on the left.

Suction cups leave a mess on the window if you take them off.  If
you leave them on, you advertise that you may have a radar 
detector somewhere in you car.

I use the clip and mount it on the visor, to the left of the swivel arm.
It is up high, goes through glass, more toward the center of the
road, easy to hear, and out of my line of sight.  I lose the use of
the visor, but I prefer a cap or bill anyway.

Dennis Ordiway      4675 Newport Beach, CA 92626
Systems Engineer    Vmail: 8537
Silicon Graphics    
djo@sgi.com

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