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      12-16-2007, 01:20 AM   #23
Rusty Shackelford
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Originally Posted by bufasion View Post
Here you go.

It's a little low in the ashtray, but with voice guidance you won't need to look at it much. The screen is less of a distraction at night. And you can pull the whole thing out, close the ashtray lid, and nobody would know you have a GPS inside the car.

And it cost very little.
Thanks for the nice project idea and write up. I followed your instructions and it turned out pretty good. I have a manual transmission and I'm finding that my knuckles make contact with the GPS unit when shifting into 1st, 3rd, and 5th. Not a lot of contact - but enough that it is kind of annoying. The convenience of your solution outweighs that minor issue though.

I also found that the suction cup would loose its seal after a few days - very possibly because of my hand bumping the GPS unit when shifting. I might try an additional layer of velcro on top of the suction cup to the give it some extra support.
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