what kind of car is it?
most vehicles made in the past 10 to 15 years don't have much room, or at 
least, easy access, under the dash to mount anything.
Usually they have some kind of molded console which prevents any 
tradditional type mounting under the dash.  Dash top, visor, or roof console 
mounting of control heads has become the only availible option for most 
vehicles.
And, there is usually a passenger side dash airbag that prevents a passenger 
operator like most of us, from mounting anything on the dash in front of the 
passenger seat.
However, depending on the make and model of the vehicle, there are after 
market center consoles made specifically for radio gear to be mounted 
anywhere from 1 unit, to around 6 or 7 radios depending on your 
requirements.
Of course, it's an extra couple hundred bucks for these that is usually ear 
marked for maintenance and other necesities lol.
I've got my scanner, and kenwood TH F6A clipped to the passenger sun visor 
with their belt clips, and that seems to work well at this point.  A speaker 
mike for the HT, and a good speaker velcroed to the dash close to where the 
wind shield meets the dash makes it more or less a decent mobile radio, 
except for the limited 5W output.
And a dual band amp could fix that quickly enough.
As for HF, well, a control head like on the IC7000, or IC706 could be placed 
in several excellent locations around the front cabin area.
A customized antenna mount off the back bumper, or half way up the body off 
the rear brake light mount area is also availible in my vehicle.

73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: Mobile


> Reason I say the TS-480 is no one has room in the car anymore for a 
> TS-2000.
> My IC-706 is going in our next car but I'll h ave to use the separation, I
> don't think I'll have room for the radio as one much less anything bigger.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ed Malmgren" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 11:58 AM
> Subject: Mobile
>
>
>> One thing Keith in favor of the two I mentioned before over the T S 480 
>> is
>> that you can just unhook a couple connections on the back, grab the nice
>> carrying handle and use it in the house.  All of those are nice rigs.
>> Personally I like the 2 K and the 590 better than the 480.Ed  K7UC