Where do you put your aftermarket GPS in your Prius?

We have a Magellan 2200CT and it mounts [sets] on the swing down door of the CD holder under the stereo, BY FRICTION. It does not slide nor move upon turns. See jpg attachment.

 

I have a TomTom ONE XLS. I has a holder with a very effective suction cup. I put it about 1/3 of the way down the windshield in the center (under the rear view mirror by a little bit. And since it has a swivel, I can both turn it towards me, and am able to reach it to push buttons if necessary.

I stow it in the tray below the CD player when I'm not in the car.

 

I mounted my Garmin 196 on the steering column with velcro, just forward of the steering wheel. It takes a little getting used to, but it functions like an HUD (Heads Up Display) in a plane. I can look straight ahead, keep eyes on the road and still see the GPS through the steering wheel.

Martin

 

I purchased a suction cup windshield mount from Garmin GPS, XM, Sirius, Magellan GPS, Lowrance GPS, TomTom GPS, MIO GPS & RAM GPS Mount Authorized Dealer at MountGuys.com and it works great!! Purchase price was $39.00, but it was well worth it! It hasn't fallen off once in my wife's Acura since I purchased it. It is fitted for the TomTom, but you can specify any brand and it will be fitted for your GPS. The suction cup has a locking mechanism that reverses the suction of the suction cup so that it won't break loose or fall off. Definitely worth the $$ instead of having a broken GPS screen from falling off the windshield constantly. Also, the mount is kind of long so it will sit back closer to you than a regular windshield mount.

No need to use it in my Prius since it has factory Nav. Good Luck!

 

Wait, I have to ask, you just bought a 2008 Touring, with Package 5, and you turned down the Navigation? How did you do that? The main part of Package 5 is Navigation, what did they do yank it out, that would seem kind of dumb.

 

After reading the above, I now put it in between the open door and the top of the CD holder as shown a few messages above. Friction keeps it there. Works real well.

 

I have a Megellan Maestro and keep it on the bottom left windshield. Right above the registration stickers. The power cord doesn't get in the way at all even though it seems like it should...

 

Positioning it is such a personal thing. I don't like windshield mounts and the bean-bag mounts could be downright dangerous in an accident (an object hurling through the air at who knows what velocity).

I like the positioning of the vent mounts but not sure I would go that route if it was not easily removed at day's end. For now I've suctioned cupped it (Nuvi680) to the plastic forward-opening, drink holder in the center console.

It's easy to see, and, being within an inch or two of my fingers, I don't have to stretch to access the screen.

For those of you who have used the ProClip vent mount (or other vent mount companies) is the mount easily removed?

 

Chaprius,
Enjoy your new Prius. Great car.

I too, use an aftermarket navagation aid, a Garmin Nuvi 200. I have placed the Garmin mounting disc on a used DVD disc and this gives me a useful, portable mounting platform. When I'm driving, it sits just to the left of the MFD and it's pretty stable. When I'm navagating from the pasenger side, I'm careful not to place the unit over the passenger air bag modulue which is located directly infront (toward the engine) of the top glove box; the indention from the air bag covering can be seen on the horizontal part of the dash board there. You don't want anything between you and the airbag in a crash. I place it in the little window place far to the right. Works fine there.

Probably there is little danger of a loose GPS placed infront of the steering wheel, since in a crash it would continue forward, not backward, harmlessly into the windshild.

 

Old joke: thief breaks in anyway and leaves note that reads "Just Checking".

 

Lol. Hadn't heard that one.

 

Dude, I never believed it before... things REALLY ARE backwards down there!

 

Even the text is backwards down there! You can see they have a LOV button on the radio!

 

I just ordered my Proclip and active mounting for my TomTom One XL. Can't wait!!

You're right, the ProClip is American and the picture is a US model Prius reversed, however I am assures the proclips sold in Australia will fit the Australian Prius. I'll post round the right way pics when the mount arrives. Picture is lifted from their web site. Oh BTW the power button is in the wrong place for an Australian model too.

Edit: ProClip Mount has a some double sided tape on each mount but that can be removed when you need to by using any number of adhesive solvents which won't harm the trim.

 

LOL how did THAT happen?

as far as mine, carry it in my pocket. i just my wireless providers GPS nav system. 9.99 a month, way cheaper

 

Same here. I use the GPS on my Blackberry a it works great. No need to have something else cluttering up the dash if you don't need to.

 

I tried something different today and I kinda liked it. I have a TOM TOM ONE that works great but my wife and I switch it between cars and it leaves that awful circle on the windshield. Today I used the windshield mount but put it on top of one of the cupholders on the center console. It received a good signal and I only had a small portion of the power cable sticking out from the console storage area. It still leaves the circle but it is easier to reach and clean than the front windshield.

 

I heard on the news today the crooks are looking for those circles on the windshield, if they see the circle they break the window and look for the gps even if you hid it.

 

I heard the same, in fact it is in the TomTom one XL handbook that you should hide the GPS and the mount and wipe off the circle before leaving the car.

 

My ClicOn stuff just arrives to install my TomTom One XL so I'm going to do that, will post pictures of the install soon. I thought I ordered ProClip, oh well looks good.