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07 December 2005

Probably not worth a Mefi post, but I found this article on radar detection kinda fascinating.
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I've never bought one of these, and I'm rarely in such a hurry as to speed. Actually, I'm not sure my car CAN speed. But that's another story. Anyway, imagining a secret underground world of obsessive speeders is fun, even if the reality is somewhat stupid and dangerous.

post by: selfnoise at: 13:39 | 9 comments

I remember old stories about how captured/defected MiGs were all dinged up and looked like they were worked over with ballpeen hammers in order to dissipate active radar - and that it was somewhat effective.

Wonder if doing the same thing to your car would help stealth it?

posted by porpoise 07 December | 14:45

porpoise: No.

posted by delmoi 07 December | 14:50

Although a stealth car would be cool.

posted by selfnoise 07 December | 14:52

Where can I buy one of these stealth cars everyone's talking about?

posted by richat 07 December | 15:55

Dazzle camouflage cars!

posted by warbaby 07 December | 15:57

That last Fiat is actually pretty cool.

posted by selfnoise 07 December | 16:02

richat: contact the Knight Foundation.

≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by killdevil 07 December | 17:10

The author is not a paid consultant for any other radar detector manufacturer.

posted by orthogonality 07 December | 19:18

Gumball and Bullrun are completely crazy and irresponsible, but the shenanigans appeal to me. I wouldn't speed through innocent traffic anymore, but it's still ridiculously fun to cut up a canyon road.

(I have a V1. They're the Speeder's Choice.)

posted by mosch 07 December | 20:22

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