I think this is really cool:

http://www.airgizmos.com/prod/gpsmount/index.asp

Makes panel-mounting a Garmin 196/296 really clean.

That is sweet. But I don't have room in my panel to put it. I had to mount my 196 on the yoke, it was the only option. I tossed the Garmin mount however, and went with the RAM mount.