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Old 30-06-2005, 07:11 PM
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Really been thinking of this for a while even though its alot of money and to be honest its money that could go else where to get car perfect for national day but think to myself that i should get one as own a 2wd aff now and chances of getting pulled etc step up a bit but ive done without for this long mmmm sooooo should i buy it or get a bit of bodywork sorted and have cash left for something shiny and national day
Old 30-06-2005, 07:13 PM
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i had my road angel in me 1300 escort as we got a close call for speeding so the missus bought it for me
Old 30-06-2005, 07:15 PM
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Have u still got it matey ? how do u rate it ? was messing with one in halfords and looked the part and guy in halfords was bigging it up ( obviously ) theres a yearly subscription to it ? is this right
Old 30-06-2005, 07:21 PM
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the road angel 2 is bigged up as they get the most money for it

its not as good as the snooper IMO and i got sold the road angel 2 at forst, i worked at halfords and it cost me 150 quid so thats why i bought it

the snooper S4 i rate the best but thats my opinion but i got rid of my road angel for the snooper
Old 30-06-2005, 07:30 PM
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Get it bought Rab! Your licence is more important than shiny stuff!

Anyway,you have enough shiny stuff as it is!
Old 30-06-2005, 07:33 PM
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Got both Road Angel and Snooper s4.

Road Angel is by far the better.

Other than camera detection etc etc they also give you an accurate speedo and top speed
Old 30-06-2005, 07:36 PM
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get a PDA with tomtom and the speedcamera addons
Old 30-06-2005, 07:46 PM
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Other than camera detection etc etc they also give you an accurate speedo and top speed
what a load of bollox

the road angel does not give top speed, how dumb would that be when ya got a tug, its a safty device and so wont record top speed as wheres the saftey in that

acurate speed that refreshes just aslong as the snooper and used the same satalites too , meaning the same speed

why is it better then ?????

as the only difference i foind better on the road angel was the multi info display, shows ya the speed ya doing, the hazzard camera thats warning, the signal strength and time all at once

BUT the snooper ya can set it to warn of just motorway cameras when on a motorway that the road angel cant do so when ya doign 150 on the M6 the fooker dont warn ya theres a camera out side a school on plumbstead road iun a 30 zone that ya dont need to worry about and brake to do 70 for no reason

the snooper can set to motorway, general road or both, the road angel cant and thats a class thing

also the snooper clips in the bracket on the screen and the roadangel has the worlds weakest magnet EVER use int WORLD, when i first launched my cossie the road angel was in the backl seat as the fooking magnet could not keep it in, when on bends the fooker would fall out and dont talk to me about when scot was doing donuts in my cossie where the road angel was found


oh adn it has a shity blue chav display, great for all the new cars but shit for a green lit cossie/erst dash from the 80's, the snooper is green LED display and also matches my alpine screen too


now you make up ya mind but i sold my roadangel 2 for the snooper that even though was cheeper cost me a extra 150 quid as i paid 150 for my shitty road angel

maybe if ya got one ya might understand what they do and stop talking to halfords staff who have never owned one and they make shit up

i got told the road angel tells ya what speed ya ment to be doing on the road and if ya go over that warns ya,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, that was a load of bollox aswell , tht was also why i wanted one as i almost got done for doing 60(ish) in a 40 as the limit changed
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jim that dont do all the functions the camera detectors do and look shit on ya dash with wires all over the place
Old 30-06-2005, 07:53 PM
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wires? you never heard of bluetooth

and tomtom gives you live GPS, Full Maps of... well... the world... does GPS Speed Readout, can do speed cameras the same as a roadangel, has live traffic updates and alternate route suggestions based on traffic info, tells you where all the petrol stations, services, hotels, shops etc are.

plus it looks cool as hell

it's the main reason i went out and got an XDA

costs less than 400quid too, so a saving over the roadangel...
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mine cost me 150

and pda's dont look good in a car and blue tooth dont change batteries, unless im really behind on technology

also is the camera detector for individual sides of the road, i know its a add on for the points of interest

where is the info collected from too and can ya add others ontop ( mind as its points of interest im sure it does )

but does it have 360 degree laser detector that it pointless and tell ya want type of camera it is for specs cameras
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