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Having my phone mounted is fine but it’s been hard for me to find a good mount that works with random rental car I get. Any suggestions?

I don’t hate carplay but some things annoy me like I can’t Shazam what I’m listening to in the car because CarPlay pauses the cars audio. I would be willing to try to make it optional until CarPlay works better.

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I ride motorcycles so I use Quad Lock. It’s an expensive ecosystem and you must use their specific case but it works incredibly well and has every kind of mount and various extenders that let you modify it to be just right.

>that works with random rental car I get. Any suggestions?

Clip based ones, worst case you can mount them on the aircon vents. They are not great in general but they are cheap and you can fit them pretty much anywhere

Do you have a specific suggestion?

I have tried everything that is available at my local shops (which looks like it came from Temu)

You can try 'ugreen phone holder car' in amazon. Ugreen is an ok brand. Usually there will be a hook and some tension mechanism for the air vent.

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