Mounting A Garmin GPS In A Gen 5?

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All Garmin come with lifetime map updates. Depending on the model, the high-ones; you simply input your WiFi login and password - as soon as it sees it, the updates are automatic. The cheaper models will require you to plug it into your computer for updates. Just follow the instructions on your computer screen. Warning; it's going to take a few hours if it's your first time. Subsequent updates will take less than an hour. You'll need at least an 8GB micro-SD memory card, if your going to load maps for the entire USA onto it.

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FYI; the new software prevents you from making route changes "on the go"; you need to pull over and stop to make changes.

 

I have a Garmin nuvi 2957 for about 10 years now and love it.

We have used it all over the country and Canada.

I use the bean bag mount and just set it on the dash were it's convenient.

I do a manual update about once a month or before a trip.

 

I personally don't like those because I'm in the mountains a lot. They tend to slide across my dash when I take a turns or go around hair-pin turns - then everything goes wonky until a stable GPS signal is reestablished. That gets tricky under partial tree cover as your moving.
Another option is those suction-cup articulating/extension mounts. I don't like those either because the arm tends to exaggerate the car's suspension movements. All that movement and bouncing around gives me a headache after a few hours, but your brain may not be sensitive to that. I can't read while in a car either, same thing happens to me. Planes and ships, no problems.

YMMV

 

The only time I had a problem with it sliding around was when I used amor all on the dash.

 

Rammount has a lot of options for mounting phones/gps/cameras in cars. I am currently using some painted steel plates purchased from amazon with adhesive on the back to hold my iPhone attached in an X-Grip phone holder to one of their double socket swivel and ratchet arms with a magnetic base (66mm size).

Here are some pics of the parts.




All the components are on the left side of the dash and I have been using this set up regularly for 6 months now. I can use my phone without triggering the alert from the driver monitoring camera and it holds steady. You probably will not want the X grip for a GPS but they have a lot of options for holding GPS units in cars.

I purchased the ram mount steel plate with adhesive but ended up replacing the adhesive with some stronger 3M tape for mounting to a more difficult location behind the multimedia display. The cheaper steel plate with adhesive on the back from amazon has held up pretty well on the flat portion of the left side of the dash and I don't think I had to replace it.

 

It requires an internet connection to use the built-in navigation and if you are using wireless android auto or wireless CarPlay you will not be able to use you cell phones hotspot.

If you use a mapping app on your cell phone(google maps, waze, apple maps, etc.) and connect via wireless connection you can than get updated directions through your mobile data connection. The one caveat is that by using the mobile phone apps you can not use predictive efficient drive which allows you to drive primarily on electricity and rely more on your battery charge using built in navigation. In my personal experience without predictive efficient drive i was getting 150 mpg and with predictive efficient drive I am getting more like 200-300 mpg.