Garmin Options

[silver dream machine]

Hi
I see that Garmin do a mount and sat nav unit in the MINI accessories brochure.

Does this have to be fitted by a MINI dealer, and what choice of units are there?

Are there any other equivalents out there? (I see newministuff do a Clarion, but there's no pic of the mount - which is apparently near the glovebox release button, which sounds odd!)

Rich

[caveman_dave]

You can use any of the NON widescreen Garmin units. I have the 255, it can bought for less than £100 if you shop around. BMW want £145 for the same one.
The mount can be self fitted but apparantly its a pain, my Dooper is going in weds for one fitting, they are charging me £91.50 fitted.

[Japper]

Quote: Originally Posted by caveman_dave (original)

You can use any of the NON widescreen Garmin units. I have the 255, it can bought for less than £100 if you shop around. BMW want £145 for the same one.
The mount can be self fitted but apparantly its a pain, my Dooper is going in weds for one fitting, they are charging me £91.50 fitted.

The mount is easy, but figuring out the electrical pin connections from the very bad instructions is the royal PITA.

[caveman_dave]

Barr Humbug..Took my car in this morning for some stuff fitting only to find out that the sat nav bracket is on backorder and will not be available for around a month.

[caveman_dave]

The delay was due to the new mount being launched, now fitted...very pleased.

[caveman_dave]

A few more pics.
Also comes with a data card containing MINI stuff and a mount for TomToms.

[deep]

Hi Caveman do you have a link to a non mini dealer who sells this mount, I cant seem to find any after googling this. cheers

[caveman_dave]

This is only available from MINI dealers, it is an official accessory.

[deep]

Thx for that quick reply, I did speak to the local dealers, but they didnt know anything about it, but came back to me quickly to tell me yes it does exist and to let me know my new garmin unit which they recommended would not fit the mount. brilliant !
So I,m stuffed. I,m assuming there is no way of adapting the mount to fit the widescreen garmins?
Your initial reply to this post was really useful and helpful I hope others read it and dont get caught out as I did, by taking false advice from dealers. I did ask them before i bought it to recomend a garmin unit which could be mounted permanantly to the dash.

[caveman_dave]

I dont see why a Widescreen could not be used, it comes with a TomTom mount and I tried my widescreen TomTom on it, it was a little too big but not a problem.
I have sent you a PM.

[coopergraphite]

Hi Caveman,
Many thanks for posting up the shots of your installation. Its certainly got me thinking of adding a new garmin to my motor.
I have an older TomTom thats the size of a grapefruit , and have thought about upgrading to a new unit, and your garmin setup has given me some food for thought.

Is is just the 225 that you can use on the garmin front, or can I find a list of other units the mount will support ?

Thanks again
Andy

[caveman_dave]

Hi, you can use any garmin that does not not have the 'Traffic' update stuff, they use a different connection for power, if the sat nav uses a USB connection its ok, but i would steer clear of the widescreens.
I have a Garmin 1340 and a 255 both of which are ok (PS I have the 255 for sale via the classifieds)

The pictures above are with the 255.

[rec]

2xx, 12xx, 13xx and 14xx nuvi's will fit.

[coopergraphite]

Thanks for the info folks, its greatly appreciated.
Regards
Andy

[silver dream machine]

Thanks, Caveman.

What was the cost of the mount, and how long did it take to fit?

Also, can it be removed without leaving a mark?

Rich