I don't know what car you drive, but ... I use the three-legged RAM base
(http://www.gpscity.com/ram-279-non-skid-base.htm)
On the base you put the desired ball mount, a verticle arm, and the
desired holder for your GPS/Treo.
Caveat: it says the base in non-skid, and it is, sort of. If you have a
car with a sloped cowling over the drivers instrument cluster, you might
want to think about gluing down some Velcro.
The good part is on a flat surface, it's pretty skid-proof. And the
three legs are rubber over lead, meaning it's heavy to help keep it in
place, and bendable to match wherever you want to mount it.
I keep mine normally in the indent-tray in the middle of my Cherokee
dash, but I can easily move it to the mini-van when we take that tripping.
And, speaking of bikes, etc., I bought another set of clamps to
mount the Garmin 60c on my bicycle -- (and of course, since the 60C is a
handheld, I can carry it when I'm hiking.
Jeffrey Kaplan wrote:
> Hello, J Messeder.
>
> On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:42:14 -0400 you said:
>
>
>> I use the RAM mount system. There are several options for mounts, bases,
>> etc. And when I was GPS shopping I went to gpscity.com -- I was never
>> unhappy with their service -- especially when I needed a new copy of the
>> software.
>>
>
> RAM is actually over-engineered for my use. And I don't think I found
> a mount from them that did not involve drilling holes in my dash. If I
> were mounting this on a motorcycle or boat, I'd get a RAM without even
> thinking about thinking twice.
>
> I found gpscity by googling "gps mount" and one of their mounts is
> going to be my fall-back option if ProClip can't help. My first choice
> is to mount the GPS below the top of my dash, like this:
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/2j3qmc
>
> Oh damn... I just realized that mount blocks my clock setting buttons.
> Oh well. Not a complete loss, maybe I'll get a 680-specific holder and
> get rid of the vice holder I'm currently using for my Treo.
>
>
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