Re: Laptop mount and Mapsource question

From: Jim (lukowski_at_carolina.rr.com)
Date: 11/28/04 

Date: 27 Nov 2004 16:38:46 -0800

nospam@comcast.net wrote in message news:<l5pdq0pkfqldr50k455auvatd48oil5s5n@4ax.com>...
> On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 23:02:06 -0500, Jim <Jim@upnawth.com> wrote:
>
> > I have a laptop I no longer use and was thinking about getting a
> >mount for my vehicle and either getting a GPS-18 or using my GPSMAP
> >76CS. I know the 76CS has mapping ability, but since I'm no longer
> >using this old(er) laptop, might as well put it to some fun use. I saw
> >this car laptop mount on EBAY and was wondering if anyone here has
> >experience with it: http://tinyurl.com/4ceh7
> >
> > Also, if I buy the GPS 18 Deluxe, it comes with "MapSource® City
> >Select North America CD-ROM with full coverage and full unlock". Is
> >this the same thing I would get if I just bought City Select North
> >America CD by itself?
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >-Jim
>
> From experience, you might want to add a solid plate to the pipe
> flange where it bolts to the floor. Even if the base was screwed
> directly to the car body, the metal is thin enough to flex quite a bit
> under that little 3" bolt pattern. The setup shown in that ebay
> picture will probably vibrate and shake like a banshee when the car is
> moving. It'd be fine when the car is stopped but you wouldn't want to
> leave the machine running while driving. That pipe flange base is cast
> iron and seeing it mounted by one hole made me wonder how long before
> it snapped off.
>
> If you're even moderately handy, you can read the post I just left in
> the other gps group and put a nice stand together yourself for
> probably about the same cost.

Point taken, thanks! I was thinking of using some cheap mouse pads on
the surface for vibration reduction, as the cheaper ones are fairly
think neoprene.

-Jim

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