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I have not had a mount failure in any other car, even with the heavy Streetpilot 3.I am reasonably confident that, even in the sports car, the mount will not fail with the much lighter Nuvi. With an older, heavier, Streetpilot 3, in a sports car where rocking vibration is fairly high, the mount fails after a year or so of service. I've used Garmin mounts before, with older automotive GPS units. In general, they work well and their adhesive mounting is about as good as is possible.
So the next day I tried the permanent sticker and that thing is stuck to my dash as if I used superglue. The suction power obviously was never the same again after that. I really care about how my car looks so I decided to try this route first. It was really a terrible mount.I had been delaying purchasing a new mount, mostly out of laziness, but I decided to give this dash mount a try.
My Nuvi 350 came with a windshield mount. I really love how it looks and functions. However, the adhesive strength on the temporary sticker was definitely not enough to secure the GPS into place. After about a month on the windshield, I had to take it off to move it to another car.
When I received the mount, I first tried using the temporary sticker which is suppose leave minimal residue on the dash if you ever wanted to remove it. You can quickly detach the arm and GPS from the base, allowing you to keep a lower profile when parked in public places.If you are unhappy with the windshield mount and you don't mind having a permanent sticker going on your dash, I would definitely recommend this product. When I went to pull it off, pieces of rubber ripped off and was stuck onto the windshield. The GPS+mount would fly off when I accelarted too fast and I was worried that it would fly out the window.
The dash mount was easy to install and works great. I received the window mount with my Nuvi, but wanted the dash mount instead.
I returned the product to Amazon. The package comes with two adhesives (one permanent, the other "removable")but the instructions don't specify which is which, so if you make the 50/50 mistake of putting the permanent adhesive on, you'll have a difficult time removing it. I had to buy a new NUVI mount as my original one broke after 6 months of infrequent use. The description of this mount made me think it was removable, but turns out you have to stick an adhesive on your dash.
The interface does not match the 660 mounting features and the power connector doesn't match the cable that is shipped with the 660.The concept of being able to easily move the unit from one vehicle to the next is not as convenient as you would expect. This package is not applicable to the Nuvi 660 unit.The ball mount & sticky pads are o.k. but the interface connector is not compatible with the Nuvi 660.
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