A&Q about Lotus
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i m just thinking about it, not sure whether to buy, but would like to know if anyone here uses one.
if so, please let me know the brand, price, and the most important thing, how you mount it in the elise/exige (pics worth a thousand words)
Thanks.
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I use a TomTom 700 GPS in my Elise. I've mounted in on the passenger side between the vents. It's out of the way and only really obstructs the vision of the wiper.
It's got a suction cup to mount on the windscreen and I find that it's best to have it resting on the dash for more support because if it "swings in the breeze" the impact of big bumps or tight cornering cause the suction pad to break away from the mount and the unit falls.
Retails in Oz for about $US 500 although not sure what's the best one there as we seem to be a few months behind with new releases.
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Originally Posted by gameson
i m just thinking about it, not sure whether to buy, but would like to know if anyone here uses one.
if so, please let me know the brand, price, and the most important thing, how you mount it in the elise/exige (pics worth a thousand words)
Thanks.
There are several similar threads on this -- a search will get you lots of information. I use mine (Garmin nuvi), only when I'm going someplace new or if there's a possibility of getting stuck in traffic [and thus a need for looking for alternative routes]. I and others in the other threads mount the nuvi with the suction cup on the lower left corner of the windshield. That seems to be a good place for a temporary mount, as it results in minimal loss to visibility out the windshield.
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Laptop on passenger floor with USB GPS on windscreen. Works well only if you don't have a passenger; nice big screen at a good height. Same as last poster in that I only take it deliberately for long drives.
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I use TT6 on my mobile phone pocketpc (samsung i730), that way it, and my small bluetooth sat reciever ($60!) go with me anywhere I need them. I recently kept it in my backpack to navigate on foot in Boston, it was pretty cool. The BT reciever has a li ion battery in it that's good for 12+ hours of use.
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The Garmin Streetpilot I5 is a nice small unit with suction cup or optional tripod style dash mount. I also used a Garmin C350 (or some similar #) it was a sligtly bigger unit, and the hinge didn't support the weight well. The plastic screw was stripped out and the unit had to be adjusted every few minutes as the bumps would make it sag down. Other than that it was great. I personally like the i5 the best because of it's very small size and it's easy to hide or take with you when you leave the car. Also you can run it on two AA batteries and not have cords running all over.
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May want to read this thread:
(Here's my take)
I current own ALL three brands (Tomtom, Garmin and Magellan)
Tomtom Navigator 5: bought it for my Treo Cellphone - it's the same engine in the Portable TomTom units.
Pro: easy to use, intuitive screen and fast recalc.
Con: not very accurate in certain areas, not the best calculated routes, no real time traffic and uses "yards instead of feet", poor customer service
Garmin: I bought this for my company's trucks.
Pro: Great price, lots of great functions, commercial vehicle routing
Con: Mount is weak, no traffic update, map updating is choppy
Magellan Roadmate 6000T: This is newest GPS I bought.
Pro: Super advanced, lots of great functions, realtime traffic update, large screen, great routing engine, also include route optimization (i.e. pick a bunch of address and optimize the best route to cover them all)
Con: weak speaker for bluetooth handsfree operation, windows platform can crash on occasions.
MY PICK:
1. MAGELLAN ROADMATE 6000T
2. GARMING C330
3. TomTom
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yes you need to buy this.
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I get HP2110 with TomTom on it.
Placed at the left of driver so it doesn't cover the visuality.
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Garmin Streetpilot 2720. Works great, and came with a beanbag mount. Sits on the dash anywhere you want to set it, and it does not move even when cornering. This makes it very easy to move between vehicles, or store when parked. I tried the suction but think it's more hassle than the beanbag.
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I wedge my Nuvi in on the left side sill, under the cubby hole.
BTW, for folks in CA, it is now illegal to use suction cupped attachments for nav or rader gear!