New old kid... just joined. Intro and a Q.

I am an olde faht, driver of my 6th and final Tacoma, a Glacial White SR access cab 4x4, 2019. The only vehicle better than my Tacomas was my VW Eurovan, which I miss.

Army vet, extreme sports enthusiast (kite-powered landsailing, mostly in the Mojave, on dry lakes), avid fan of all things kite.

I have lived in Tacomas, in the desert, with various mods, gadgets, tent and bed cap solutions, crazy friends and crazier enemies, and always testing the gods of wind. Mostly Kaze, the Japanese wind god, from which Kamikazes (Divine Wind) came.

I was logged on the internet when there were about 7 of us in the U.S., lol!

So there ya have it, I'm here, new Taco, lots of mods to consider!

I am awaiting an intermittent wiper switch (seriously, Toyota, not standard?) Sheesh, my last Taco came with a cassette player, and they offered me CD for a mere 600 bucks!

Ennyhoo, my only buyer's remorse is the base Entune radio with no navigation. Has backup camera, maybe NAV only in reverse?

What solutions for putting my Google Maps on the radio display?
Anyone using the Scout app? Any advice appreciated!

Keep on truckin', life sucks without Tacos!

-Doc Dooley

 

You can use something like Beat Sonic. Kind of pricey for what it is.

http://www.beatsonicusa.com/if02ep.html

But I just use my phone mounted to the dash. I hate the factory nav.

 

Welcome to the show.

 

Welcome to TW

 

Well, welcome aboard. Probably can't tell you anything you don't know, but this IS a great place. Hope you enjoy!

 

Welcome sir,

Got the mod for you right here:







http://forum.hanggliding.org/viewtopic.php?t=28647

 

Welcome

 

Welcome!

 

Welcome to TW

 

Hey, thanks for the welkies, guys!

Still bushwhackin' the interface, here, and marveling at the wealth of content, up in here. Gotta read it all!

 

Welcome and congrats on the new Taco!

 

Welcome!

 

Welcome Doc!

 

Welcome to TW,
own the same SR model but 4x2. Found I can use cell phone for nav and the voice plays through the truck speakers. A little small screen tho. Decided I could live without the intermittent wiper switch; but here is one thread off the search thing: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...ittent-wiper-mod.397942/page-10#post-21091728

 

Welcome aboard!

You’re better off without the NAV. It is not terrible if you plan your trip in advance but heaven forbid you ever want to be spontaneous and enter a new destination on the fly. I haven’t seen an aftermarket solution that I like yet so I plan to just mount my phone more permanently. If you don’t want to use your phone data I would consider a Garmin if you can get a good deal or something.

For searching the insane amount of data here, google is your friend, much better than using the forum tools:

https://www.google.com/search?q=site:tacomaworld.com

 

Excellent

 

Hi, welcome!

Well this an unorthodox idea but if you need something larger than an iPhone get an iPad, either mini or full-size, and mount it on the dash. You can either get a streaming plan for the iPad or tether it to your phone.

 

This is how u enter the forum. Everyone is welcoming

 

Welcome!
There's a guy on here that makes some pretty cool dash mounts for phones and/or tablets, don't recall his name right now, still pretty new myself.

You did good not paying for Entue Nav btw

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...ul-way-to-mount-anything-to-your-dash.553442/