TomTom Go dash mount

barrowfordred · Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:04 pm Post subject: TomTom Go dash mount

I have yet to buy a TomTom Go, but intend to soon. Is it possible to sit the unit directly onto a flat dashboard? Or is there an alternative mount available (not air vent)???

lbendlin · Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 9:21 am Post subject:

Yes, Brodit offer an alternative mount for their ProClips holder series.
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=436
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barrowfordred · Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 9:45 am Post subject:

:P Thanks for that, now to put hand in pocket......
Best price I've seen so far is £411

stix · Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 10:45 am Post subject:

the standard mounting (suction cup onto the windscreen job) also comes with a little plastic disc which you can stick on the dashboard and then attach the suction cup to that instead.....

manicguitarist · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 29, 2004 Posts: 15

I too was quite concerned with how the mount would look, and how much it would block the windscreen etc - but I went ahead and got a TTG.
Can I say, the windscreen mount is fine - you can't see it behind the TTG (if you position it correctly) and it is very secure. The TTG doesn't obscure your field of view in any noticable way at all. I wouldn't use the included dash mount - the screen mount is fine.
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stix · Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:51 pm Post subject:

Hmmm, in a car with a shallower windscreen (Z4) I go get the TTG in my field of vision.... not so much that I feel it's really getting in the way.

Juey · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 09, 2004 Posts: 46

Me too stix, though it's not too bad at all.

Mazda RX-8

Dash too gorgeous and curvy to use the dash mount though. Wink

Lotus_Esprit_Turbo · Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 6:04 pm Post subject:

Hi,
I had issues with the self adhesive disk AND any other bracket because every surface in my car was leather. The steep rake of the windscreen made that option impossible too Sad

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Here is a photo of it installed with NOTHING attached to the leather!:

And here is a guide on how i did it:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/clarkycat2000/album?.dir=9500&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/clarkycat2000/my_photos

Obviously you gather my motives for owning the TTG Wink

. But the 3D map screen and the voice of 'Jane' has impressed me Sooooo much that i'm glad i did not go the road angel route as planned.

Top Product.

Lotus_Esprit_Turbo · Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 6:10 pm Post subject:

carl_w · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 13, 2004 Posts: 242

Is it attached to the leather with the sucker thing? I tried that, but the grain in the leather creates air gaps which means the sucker can't create a vacuum. My car's not an Esprit though, so the leather may be different.

Lotus_Esprit_Turbo · Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:38 pm Post subject:

carl_w · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 13, 2004 Posts: 242

Actually, since we have both, I tend to use the TT3 with the PDA in my car, and the TTGO in the wife's car.

TT3 installation is a bit ugly though:

geoffv · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 06, 2004 Posts: 3

Mmmmm Cerbera :D

DavidW · Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 11:40 am Post subject:

What Lotus Esprit Turbo made is very similar to a Dashmount - which are metal as opposed to the plastic of a Brodit ProClip.

However much you guys love your sports cars, they wouldn't do me much good. Being a power chair user, I find I land up driving a people carrier (I've currently got a Zafira). I don't exactly think you'd get a power chair in a TVR - and if you could somehow shrink the chair into a tiny part of its volume, 80-odd kilos of kit in the back would surely affect the performance somewhat.

David

carl_w · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 13, 2004 Posts: 242

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