Nope. Just put the GPS (with bean bag under it) in the cubby hole where the clock is at (or even right on top of the clock). It'll only block the clock while it is up there. Then just plug a wire into the 12V lighter receptacle. The plug is rather large and flat because it houses the speaker that the GPS uses to tell you when to turn left/right. When you are done, just pick it up and unplug it. No changes what-so-ever to your car.

tk

 

awesome!

ya, pls get pics up if you could
I'd love to see this

thx

 

OK. 1st picture of the unit sitting where the clock is at:



2nd picture is a close up:



3rd picture shows the GPS unit, bean bag mount (unmounted), and the plug/speaker, with yellow highlighter for reference to size.



This is the Garmin Street Pilot III, (not the original Pilot, nor the Color Pilot, etc).

Let me know if you have any other questions.

tk

 

i have found mi ipaq (handheld pocket pc) when equipped with the Pharos GPS device and software is really great.

It gives you a big display, talking turn by turn directions, comprehensive maps. I use it for work so having the addresses connected to pocket Outlook is a big plus.

check out
www.pharosgps.com

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what other brands of GPS are good for drive navigation? how much does that one in the pic above go for anyway?

 

The Street Pilot III Deluxe kits go for $500-700 on Ebay. They are really cheap now compared to when they first come onto the market ($1000!!!). But the Street Pilot 2610 just came out, which could mean that the Street Pilot III's could get discontinued, allowing for additional savings.

Magellan also makes an excellent system similar to the ones in some Hertz Rent-a-Cars. I think Magellans are generally more $$.

They sell really affordable gps units that hook up to Palm Pilots and Win CE devices, but the issue with these is going to be enough memory to store the maps and color on the screens. But memory is getting cheaper and this is becoming more and more reasonable to do. There's also the ones that you can get to hook up to a laptop. Bigger screen, but very inconvenient (the laptop has to sit on your passenger seat, and you may have to keep your laptop plugged in).

For those rich enough to have the Alpine NAV compatible LCD screens (or head units with built-in LCD screens) installed in their cars... Alpine makes a NAV 1752 (or some other model #) DVD based nagigation system that has the entire USA street detail map on one DVD. Looks great, but really the most expensive route to go. Updated maps are also quite costly. But this is THE way to go. If you have your radio on and the system needs to tell you something, it will dim the volume on the radio, speak, then slowly turn the volume back up to where you had it (neat).

I like my Street Pilot III. It tells me things like: "In 500 feet exit right, then keep left" when routing me off a freeway to a location. It's just a PIA to type in an address without a keyboard.

tk