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5" Garmin GPS found a new home.

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#1 ·
Took a piece of 3/16" plexiglass and cut it to fit on top of that sliding door for the USB and 12 volt outlets, made it an 1/8" smaller all the way around with that door pushed in about 3/16". Put adhesive weather stripe around the edges and folded it underneath.

Had a spare mount with that worthless suction cup on it, removed that, held the Garmin with the mount in it, was about a 1/4" to tall to clear the climate control switches. Cut the base off and glued and screwed it to the plexiglass using countersunk holes underneath.

Fits real nice, and that weather strip prevents any contact with the plastic with zero rattles. Folded up the line cords, and plugged in the adapter, fits will nice under that sliding door with just the plug feeding up for the GPS.

Also favored the drivers side. Now I have speed, elevation, and actually easier to read the miles remaining and time of arrival than that large 8" screen.

Ha, my wife panicked, she thought I permanently mounted it, showed her I can remove it in about two seconds. And said I did this for her, she is a foot shorter than I am and has no problem reading it and knows how to use it, and its always in the shade.

Not exactly mechanically minded, goes nuts with our universal remote. And really went nuts riding playing with the factory GPS. If only Hyundai hooked up with Garmin, but all that other stuff on that 8" screen would drive her nuts.
 
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#3 ·
I'd be interested in seeing a picture myself.

But I'm also curious as to why even bother since you can use your smartphone on android or CarPlay...unless you're just having fun tinkering.
 
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^^^He's an engineer. He's getting longer in the tooth (like me!). Us old geezers take great pride in "tinkering." Given time, you'll understand this, some day. :grin2:

It's a whole h3ll of a lot more fun than trying to make sense out of quantum physics.
 
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Looks like I have to sign up for photobucket or something, can't upload a photo on this site. Not the only GPS I have, kind of a sucker for these when I see one in a store for 50% off, got this one from Target, just a four hour sale, half price.

Elantra is the first car with factory GPS, this one came from my destroyed Cruze, and was sitting along side of my computer for the last couple of month with the latest free map update and intended for our daily driver. Unlike a smart phone that only works where cell coverage is available, this thing works everywhere. And doesn't cost me a cent to use it.

Ha, if it cost me 219 bucks for a map update, would have ended up in a trash can. Its so easy to use, got in our Elantra with it in my hand, where can I put this thing? Fit will nice in that USB cubby hole. Need some kind of a base, found a piece of plywood, that's ugly, then a piece of plexiglass, this would like nice. Less than a half hour later was in there. With free updated maps.

Rode with my son with factory GPS, one of my grandkids had to use the bathroom, with his, can't even use it while driving, has to pull to the side of the road first, not good when you don't even have a shoulder. But had this GPS in my pocket, I couldn't even use his GPS. Found a gas station six miles ahead, really handy for this.
 
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Rode with my son with factory GPS, one of my grandkids had to use the bathroom, with his, can't even use it while driving.
Well, when you gotta go...you GOTTA GO! The real trick is making it those last few miles... :eek:
 
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Just received a phone call from my Hyundai dealer that my new version 10 map update is in. Wife has a meeting in the same town tomorrow less than a mile away from the dealer, so will stop in and pick it up. Also can installed it myself.

Also plan on seeing their parts manager to buy Hyundai oil filters at internet prices, doesn't hurt to ask as what it was to ask for a free map update.
 
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Just received a phone call from my Hyundai dealer that my new version 10 map update is in. Wife has a meeting in the same town tomorrow less than a mile away from the dealer, so will stop in and pick it up. Also can installed it myself.

Also plan on seeing their parts manager to buy Hyundai oil filters at internet prices, doesn't hurt to ask as what it was to ask for a free map update.
What I would do is make a clone of map update and try to update it from a cloned card to see if it works or there are some other hidden stuff Hyundai relies on...
 
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Tend to agree, but can you suggest another spot? Wife can grab it, my copilot to quick find a POI just in case. I have no problem with a quick glance.

Ha, an old pilot myself, did you every fly one of these coming in for an ILS/GS landing, switching frequencies between ATC, tower, and ground. Carb heat on, prop properly pitched, trimming for landing, mixture on full, while not only horizontal, but vertical control as well, in a cross wind while communicating with the ground? Trying to hit that tiny spot on the runway.

See I am leaving off some details, fuel tanks should be set to both. ha, in driver's training, hand both hands on the wheel, here you better have one hand on the throttle. Don't forget to switch on the landing lights. All those instruments are not there for show, have to be scanned frequently. In particular your air speed or will stall and kill yourself. This one has a hand mic, later ones came with headsets with the mic on them and the xmit switch on the control wheel.

Not permitted to wear headsets in a land vehicle.
 
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High five! I know, right?

With the relocation of the GPS unit all the way down to hip level near the gearshift, what should be a helpful device has now become a device to distract the driver. If Garmin or any manufacture thought it would be a good idea to relocate the unit that low, they would have advised it per their instructions which came with the unit. In fact, Garmin includes a suction cup window mount which proves to be a functional accessory. I made some suggestions to the OP in another post...he ignored that post...very interesting.

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Ha, why does that aircraft panel have two ILS/GS receivers? Just in case one goes bad. Since the FAA, crazy is switching over to GPS on only for ATC but also for landing, darn well also better have at least two.

Not the key reason, my wife is an import and while she knows her home country like the back of her hand, kind of gets lost here. Can certainly appreciate this when I visit her home country, no road signs, maps in a foreign language, ether you were born there or dead lost.

Garmin is very user friendly, factory GPS is not, I glance at it, lets me display on the screen what I want to see, factory GPS does not have this option, then it has free map updates. Ha, if you think two is more than not enough, try three. She wanted to take a trip up north last week after all this storm damage with detours using country roads, and only google maps had an updated map. So hooked up my smartphone with CarPlay so she could see that on that eight inch screen and get the precise directions. Made that trip just fine.

When we ride together, me driving, let her play with it the factory GPS, have to say, not exactly user friendly.
 
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Ha, why does that aircraft panel have two ILS/GS receivers? Just in case one goes bad. Since the FAA, crazy is switching over to GPS on only for ATC but also for landing, darn well also better have at least two.
Not a pilot, here. Call me a "commercial passenger." And I'm all in on having a "redundant system" backing up the original. If within my power, there would be a 2nd backup to the 1st backup. I'd rather fly than eat a steak dinner. So, I get it.

I'm just enough of a gadget freak to appreciate that Garmin in the storage box area. Would I do it? Probably not, but I certainly can appreciate it. American ingenuity at its finest.
 
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Ha, it can't move forward or backwards, up or down, fully protected with weather strip, no dangling cords, can be removed in about two seconds, is a spare, could put it back in the box and forget about it. Gets GPS reception just fine, screen doesn't wash out like the big one does with the sun pouring in the rear window.

Just thought I would share this, but sure not twisting your arm to do this. Wife didn't like it either, but sure does now, and she does know how to use it. Doesn't even have to look at it, has voice commands to guide her.
 
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Wife didn't like it either, but sure does now, and she does know how to use it. Doesn't even have to look at it, has voice commands to guide her.
She should be able to. She's a nurse. That, alone, is no small feat. We have a saying down here: "Doctor's don't save patients, nurses do." I can vouch for that.
 
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Ha, those suction cups give that word, "worthless" an entirely new meaning. Those that tried those dash vent holders quickly learned they have broken pieces of plastic.

The location of this GPS is exactly in the same location as my double DIN radio. in my Supra that I had for 28 years now, not as bad as you think, can rest my hand on the console and hit the station selector with ease, and just a quick glance.

Try hitting that touch screen when driving on a pothole filled road with an outstretched hand. Darn it!
 
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Indeed. I have given up on those suction cup things. In the Scion the holder is screwed into the dash (it took quite a leap of faith for me to take a drill bit to the dash :( ) and the Accent...now that was a stroke of genius! (pats self on back)

I went to the hardware store and found some "sliders" that were the exact same size as the suction cup (don't know how I got that lucky, to be honest.) You know, sliders!



I stuck one to the suction cup. I like having the steering wheel in my lap, all the way down, so I lowered it as far as it would go, and wedged the suction cup/slider in there and clamped it with the steering column, where it sits just to the right of the fuel gauge. Right were I can see it and not falling to the floor every other day.
 
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On my Cruze wanting 2000 bucks for factory GPS plus another 200 bucks for a map update, I was able to pop out the far left dash vent. Took a piece of 20 mil brass, bend it around the top of that vent. Removed that suction cup, drew a circle on that brass, countersunk it with a flat head screw and covered the back with felt. Was a solid as a rock and the GPS was level with the dash instruments. Removed the electronics from that cigar plug and wired it directly below to the fuse panel for power.

First thing I removed after it was totaled, no harm to the dash like this made any difference. Took all but two minutes. Ha, my wife didn't like that location either, couldn't see it from the passenger seat, until she drove the car than loved it, could rest her arm by the window and hit the right icon. But had to keep her happy while riding so I gave her my notebook with Microsoft Streets and Map on it, battery was good for nine hours.

The vent on the Cruze was formed over the curve that made this job easy, this old brain couldn't figure out how to do this with the Elantra. Ha, on our next long trip, will let her play with the factory GPS, maybe she will get the hang of it.

Ha, been driving over 50 years without GPS, really don't need it. One thing I hate about it is miles to the next turn, like 300 miles, drive for two hours and look at it again, says 299.
 
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Ha, found google search on my factory GPS today, didn't know I had this, typed in the item I was looking for, listed stores that had it. Tapped on the store that I thought was most suitable, led me right to it.

No, I did not do this when driving, haven't gone stupid yet.
 
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