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Phone and GPS Mounts for a Subaru Impreza

This was not as easy as initially thought.  The Subaru Impreza works with a lot of mounts but there are several locations that will not work well.  Let’s look at our options. Subaru Impreza Mount Analysis Subaru vehicles always look easy to find good mount locations but they rarely are.  We just finished our Subaru Ascent mount evaluation and were equally perplexed on finding the best locations. Our usual photo of the interior accompanies this article.  It has vertical vents.  That excludes a lot of mounts that only work on horizontal vents.  It’s got a small secondary console area.  Not … Read more



Phone and GPS Mounts for a Subaru Forester

The Subaru Forester turns out to be a fairly easy vehicle to mount a smartphone or GPS.  A tablet is a bit more challenging.  It’s a well designed interior without a lot of surprises. Mount Analysis Similar to the Subaru Outback, the Forester doesn’t have a lot of radical interior curves, uses standard shaped vents and has some decent dash space.  This will make it easy to suggest some good mounts for smartphones and a GPS.  A tablet is almost impossible to comfortably mount.  The interior is simply too small and we don’t think it’s possible to mount a tablet … Read more



Phone, GPS and Tablet Mounts for a Subaru Outback

In terms of the mounting difficulty scale, the Subaru Outback checks in with a 5 on a scale of one to ten.  Our traditional recommendations work well.  The mounts that are always a little tricky won’t work well.  So, all in all, not a lot of surprises. Mount Analysis We always try to include a photo of the interior with vehicle specific articles and we have done so with the Subaru Outback.  It’s a fairly conventional design.  Unlike the curviest SUV on the planet being a Nissan Murano, this is standard stuff. The cup holder is a potential location for … Read more



Subaru Legacy Phone and GPS Mounts

The Subaru Legacy is a nice midsize vehicle.  Looks like a fairly basic mounting experience but there are a few challenges to be aware of. We previously looked at a number of different Subaru vehicle mounting challenges on our site.  Subaru interiors are generally mount friendly.  The Subaru Legacy falls into the mount friendly category. Mount Analysis A photo of the interior of a Subaru Legacy accompanies this article.  There are a few things that stand out.  The big giant speaker in the middle makes a dash mount difficult.  Nice sized horizontal vents makes a great spot for a phone … Read more



Phone and GPS Mounts for a Subaru Crosstrek

The Subaru Crosstrek turned out to be a bit more difficult to find good mounting locations versus what we have previously experienced with Subaru.  While we were still able to come up with a few good suggestions, there are several places that aren’t going to work well. We previously looked at the Subaru Impreza and Subaru Ascent.  The Subaru Crosstrek is more difficult.  We will go through the most popular locations and discuss the pros and cons. Subaru Crosstrek Mount Analysis By the way, you may have noticed we left out the tablet in our title as a device for mounting … Read more



Phone Tablet and GPS Mounts for a Subaru Ascent

Subaru makes great vehicles.  Subaru doesn’t always make vehicles that are easy to mount stuff.  In terms of compatible mounts, the big giant Subaru Ascent is no different from most other Subaru vehicles.  We previously looked at a few other vehicles from this manufacturer including the Subaru Crosstrek and were met with similar challenges. Subaru Ascent Mount Discussion The Subaru Ascent appears to share many similar interior design characteristics as other Subaru models.  Vertical vents and a display jutting up in the middle of the dashboard.  This makes the vent, dash and even the windshield a bit more difficult to … Read more