I agree with the above comments regarding the Valentine (well, the positive ones, anyway...Jamo, my radar detector may be phugly but not as bad as your assvatar!
) and I think the arrows-and the numbers-are a real advantage. If the radar unit is in an unmarked car on the other side of a divided highway or behind you or down a side street it may be less of a threat than one in the median. Also, if the detector alarms and then points to some farm equipment, for example (common where I live; apparently their GPS or counting units trigger the detector), I can just ignore them and continue on my way.
But, hey...I don't doubt the Passports are as sensitive and if you want a Passport and don't care about the directional feature, I'm sure you'll be as happy with your detector as I am with mine.
I did get one speeding ticket in the last 30+ years, about a year ago, and I didn't have the Valentine in the car. I never use it in the Cobra, as I figure if I get stopped and the cop sees I have a radar detector, any chance of leniency on his part will go down the $hitter when he sees it, and there's no place to hide it. In my truck, I can hide the detector and use the "stealth" remote display. What I need for the Cobra is a detector I can put on the console with a wire to a remote sensor which can clip on the visor or the top of the windshield, but I don't think there's any such thing. Or is there...?
Lowell