I bought my Passport 9500xi on E-bay over a year ago for $395.

I'm in Arizona and tickets for speeding range from $145-$366 depending on your speed over the posted limit. So you include the points on your driving record and insurance upper I think the $400 is well spent.

I had a situation three months ago on the way to work. I was doing 75 in a 65 on I-10 when my radar detector went off. I preceeded to slow down to 65 and spotted the cop behind me and traffic at about a half mile . He followed me for a good two miles with my detector going off. He followed me thru the interchange of I-10 and I-19 and threw the lights on and pulled me over.

When he got to my car he could see my radar detector and could hear it going off. He started to chuckle and said "see those things don't work". I explained to the cop that the radar detector picked him up more than (3) miles back and I was going the speed limit of 65. I also stated that I had been watching him in my rearview mirror and was shocked when he pulled me over. The cop laughingly confirmed that I was going 65. But said as soon a I hit the interchange (I-10 to I-19) the speed dropped to 55.

Well I thought I was now screwd. When he came back to the car with my ticket, He stated he was impressed with my radar detector and wanted to know what make and model it was so he could get one. He cut me some slack and wrote me a ticket for "Wasteing Natural Resources" and not speeding. The ticket cost me $48 and no points.

I'm convinced this detector works.