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New rigs are fun but every time the agony and frustration of dealing the slovenly mounting brackets for valentines- just garbage. I think I’ll research and switch detector now, rather than just mounting brackets
I recall my redline in New Zealand which worked well and had a great lever action suction mount, and bought a Max360 to try until redlines come back in stock.
Maybe you should call Mike and talk with him directly, maybe you both could work out the perfect mounting bracket for his product?
I don't have Mike's number maybe you can connect us through messages, thanks
I too have issues with the Valentine One brackets and usually resort to clipping the device to the visor. Not ideal but it isn’t falling down into the footwell. Mike is a good guy and I would image he will be responsive.
Yeah, nothing like your $499 detector slamming down onto the dash over and over, or in the footwell -- just when you hit the speed trap And coming out to your heated garage and it's lying on the floor of your 812 SuperFast, AND in your GTC4 Lusso!
Macca, my track pal in New Zealand, found this solution on eBay:
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Speaking as Mike's new VP marketing:
Mike's cost on this would likely be $3.75 across his volume. His options: he could eat it and hold his $499 retail PLUS SHIPPING giving up a tiny bit of his juicy margin and take a little longer to get his wife her next Rolls. The marketing recommendation is just hide it by increasing PLUS SHIPPING.
However, with ESCORT MAX 360c. Wi-Fi enabled, Full 360° awareness at $649.95 [my purchase yesterday after many valentines], and currently unavailable but best Escort Redline at $799, Mike could jump his price to $599. claiming inflation truthfully, and quit ignoring unhappy customers, and buy her her next Rolls next quarter!!
We're not price sensitive customers, we're performance sensitive and that includes the mounting options. I'm recalling now the incredible long range and accurate warnings of my Escort Redline in New Zealand, where your car can be confiscated on the spot for >40 kmh over. I'll buy one when they ship and post a comparison with the MAX 360c, to see what the $100 more buys.
Mike's clearly a wonderful guy to his wife and he says she loves her current Rolls, but we've brought this problem up before to no avail. Ball's in his court as you say.