So I did a thing

centermass556

This is the first time I impulse bought a vehicle. I was looking online at them in a state of boredom, filled out a contact card and didn’t think anything of it. 

Got a phone call the next day. Told them what I needed for my Tacoma and my price point, and they made it happen. 

Had it for two weeks. I love it. I should have gotten a Tundra to start with. 

sakodude

Congrats, nice looking truck.

Jayhawker

Most dependable truck I've ever owned...

Bigslug

Nice!  Can't speak to the current V6 Tundras, but my Dad's 2016 V8 4X4 is sweet.  Only liability aside from the MPG's is it's big and not nearly the trail rig his 2010 4Runner was, hence my short bed Tacoma Off Road - just fired off the first dose of monthly pain on that..

As far as "new car" features go, I am digging the radar guided cruise control most of all.  I can now use cruise control on a daily freeway commute without the constant on/off/reset of the older stuff.  Not sure what the real benefits of the phone app are, other than as a theft tracker.  Dropped it off to have AMP running boards installed and my phone dinged to tell me every time one of the techs opened a door.  Probably a bunch of stuff that I've lived my life quite happily without and will continue to do so.  Will probably keep the Sirius XM subscription on account of (A.) radio has really started to suck, and (B.) the asshats aren't putting CD players in new vehicles anymore, and I've' yet to plug in and see how well my USB external one is going to work out.

Still waiting on the camper shell and scratching my head on bed storage systems.  I hope you revel in your Joy of the Tinker!

Wambli Ska

That is one sweet looking truck!!!

Diver43

Good trade

CHIRO1989

Speaking as a guy with a bad knee, get a rubber mat for the bed. My Tundra has been boringly reliable, good pick

bklysen

.... get a rubber mat for the bed.

Or, a bed rug spec'd to fit your vehicle. Definitely a knee saver. Nice truck, BTW.

zorba

Bigslug said:

the asshats aren't putting CD players in new vehicles anymore, and I've' yet to plug in and see how well my USB external one is going to work out.

Rip your music to geek sticks (aka thumb drives, flash drives, whatever), and use those for your music. That's what I do and it works great - and best part is no subscription or smartphone needed.

PFD

zorba said:

Bigslug said:

the asshats aren't putting CD players in new vehicles anymore, and I've' yet to plug in and see how well my USB external one is going to work out.

Rip your music to geek sticks (aka thumb drives, flash drives, whatever), and use those for your music. That's what I do and it works great - and best part is no subscription or smartphone needed.

Yep. You could go "old school" and put a multi CD player in your trunk (if anyone still makes one) or you could plug a $10.00 thumb drive in the USB thingy on the dash. 🤔

Wambli Ska

Oooooooorrrrrrrr, you could load all your ripped music on to a cheap small Android tablet (there’s about a million of them on Amazon) and actually have a usable music library management app and be able to put together play lists and such.  Then you can connect on BT or the Aux port and not have to listen to road noise for entertainment.

BTW I don’t even listen to music in the car anymore.  I just crank up my Hulu app and listen to Fox News through Apple CarPlay.  Music is so 90s… 🤣

joeg52

PFD said:

zorba said:

Bigslug said:

the asshats aren't putting CD players in new vehicles anymore, and I've' yet to plug in and see how well my USB external one is going to work out.

Rip your music to geek sticks (aka thumb drives, flash drives, whatever), and use those for your music. That's what I do and it works great - and best part is no subscription or smartphone needed.

Yep. You could go "old school" and put a multi CD player in your trunk (if anyone still makes one) or you could plug a $10.00 thumb drive in the USB thingy on the dash. 🤔

Definitely put the CDs on a usb flash drive.

shotgunshooter3

The new Tundra definitely looks slick. Which engine did you get?

I'll be milking along the 2008 Outback I'm driving right now for a few years to get my next career up and running, but hopefully I'll be timing it well when I look to upgrade to see a few years worth of reliability reports on the next gen 4-Runner, Colorado/Canyon, and a new Ranger. I'm not ruling out a Tundra though.

Bigslug

Wambli Ska said:

Oooooooorrrrrrrr, you could load all your ripped music on to a cheap small Android tablet (there’s about a million of them on Amazon) and actually have a usable music library management app and be able to put together play lists and such.  Then you can connect on BT or the Aux port and not have to listen to road noise for entertainment.

A.  That would require both change and effort.

Wambli Ska said:

BTW I don’t even listen to music in the car anymore.  I just crank up my Hulu app and listen to Fox News through Apple CarPlay.  Music is so 90s… 🤣

B.  This is an option for people that are eager to maintain a connection to the world.

Wambli Ska

Bigslug said:

Wambli Ska said:

Oooooooorrrrrrrr, you could load all your ripped music on to a cheap small Android tablet (there’s about a million of them on Amazon) and actually have a usable music library management app and be able to put together play lists and such.  Then you can connect on BT or the Aux port and not have to listen to road noise for entertainment.

A.  That would require both change and effort.

Wambli Ska said:

BTW I don’t even listen to music in the car anymore.  I just crank up my Hulu app and listen to Fox News through Apple CarPlay.  Music is so 90s… 🤣

B.  This is an option for people that are eager to maintain a connection to the world.

Lord you crack me up 🤣🤣🤣

centermass556

shotgunshooter3 said:

The new Tundra definitely looks slick. Which engine did you get?

I'll be milking along the 2008 Outback I'm driving right now for a few years to get my next career up and running, but hopefully I'll be timing it well when I look to upgrade to see a few years worth of reliability reports on the next gen 4-Runner, Colorado/Canyon, and a new Ranger. I'm not ruling out a Tundra though.

I have the V6 twin turbo. I have towed with it yet. But, that thing flys with plenty of get and go. 

Honestly, after having it for almost a month, I think I should have started with a Tundra and not a Tacoma. 

zorba

Wambli Ska said:

Oooooooorrrrrrrr, you could load all your ripped music on to a cheap small Android tablet (there’s about a million of them on Amazon) and actually have a usable music library management app and be able to put together play lists and such.  Then you can connect on BT or the Aux port and not have to listen to road noise for entertainment.

BTW I don’t even listen to music in the car anymore.  I just crank up my Hulu app and listen to Fox News through Apple CarPlay.  Music is so 90s… 🤣

The problem is having to deal with both the tablet and its batteries. I find it dumb to use a wireless, battery powered device when I can just plug in a geek stick. My "playlist" is created back on my computer (with iTunes currently), and cross loaded onto the geek stick. I have 3 or 4 of them at any given time - color coded for type of music. No batteries, no touchscreen needed. With that said, the tablet idea would beat a smartphone at least.

I generally don't listen to ANYTHING in the car. I only play music on long trips for the most part - I find it too distracting in everyday traffic.

breamfisher

"I did a thing..." I was expecting a small, occasionally visible tattoo.

'Cause you're using a phrase white women over50 years old use to preface such an action.

Be better, centermass!

Jeeper44mag

I just BT my phone to the car, and use Amazon prime for music.

Nice Tundra btw!

Luis

Wambli Ska

zorba said:

Wambli Ska said:

Oooooooorrrrrrrr, you could load all your ripped music on to a cheap small Android tablet (there’s about a million of them on Amazon) and actually have a usable music library management app and be able to put together play lists and such.  Then you can connect on BT or the Aux port and not have to listen to road noise for entertainment.

BTW I don’t even listen to music in the car anymore.  I just crank up my Hulu app and listen to Fox News through Apple CarPlay.  Music is so 90s… 🤣

The problem is having to deal with both the tablet and its batteries. I find it dumb to use a wireless, battery powered device when I can just plug in a geek stick. My "playlist" is created back on my computer (with iTunes currently), and cross loaded onto the geek stick. I have 3 or 4 of them at any given time - color coded for type of music. No batteries, no touchscreen needed. With that said, the tablet idea would beat a smartphone at least.

I generally don't listen to ANYTHING in the car. I only play music on long trips for the most part - I find it too distracting in everyday traffic.

The small tablet pugs in the same USB plug as the thumb drive, add a small bracket to hold it in place and voilà.  About a $20 investment and it plays and charges at the same time.

I, on the other hand, multitask like a mothereffer in my car...  I have stuff playing in the background and use the hands free AppleCar features to answer emails, voice and text message as well as making business and personal calls in order to be completely free of my "home office".  I even do Microsoft Teams conference and video calls from the car.  I think it's a big difference between retired and working.  I LOVE my weekends so I don't want to spend them driving around doing personal crap like taking the car for an oil change, going to the dentist/doctor, food shopping, etc.

If I don't do these things during the week I would have precious little time for my personal stuff so these features allow me to get the hell out and be on the streets as needed.  I'm also not a big playlist kind of guy.  I've let AI (Amazon music has a great one) make a personalized station and it's spot on about 95% of the time even when it plays songs I've never heard before. but every once in a while I hear something I haven't in a while so I just ask the digital assistant to play individual songs or "best hits" from a certain group.

Japhy

Being retired is wonderful.  I can hit the range at 10am on any Tuesday or whatever day I like, slowly browse the tool aisle at HD while the only folks in there are pros, head out for a hike, have a relaxing 2hr lunch with the charming and lovely wife, or do whatever project strikes me.

for music storage i recently hardwired the house with CAT8 ethernet since wifi doesn't run through this all concrete house.  I was going to put in a central storage for movies and music and shared data but found I could not protect it without an expensive programmable router/switch because the antivirus firewall is in the computers.  I bought a fast terabyte thumb drive that can plug into any of the computers and route music/movies or whatever to wherever.

zorba

Wambli Ska said:

zorba said:

Wambli Ska said:

Oooooooorrrrrrrr, you could load all your ripped music on to a cheap small Android tablet (there’s about a million of them on Amazon) and actually have a usable music library management app and be able to put together play lists and such.  Then you can connect on BT or the Aux port and not have to listen to road noise for entertainment.

BTW I don’t even listen to music in the car anymore.  I just crank up my Hulu app and listen to Fox News through Apple CarPlay.  Music is so 90s… 🤣

The problem is having to deal with both the tablet and its batteries. I find it dumb to use a wireless, battery powered device when I can just plug in a geek stick. My "playlist" is created back on my computer (with iTunes currently), and cross loaded onto the geek stick. I have 3 or 4 of them at any given time - color coded for type of music. No batteries, no touchscreen needed. With that said, the tablet idea would beat a smartphone at least.

I generally don't listen to ANYTHING in the car. I only play music on long trips for the most part - I find it too distracting in everyday traffic.

The small tablet pugs in the same USB plug as the thumb drive, add a small bracket to hold it in place and voilà.  About a $20 investment and it plays and charges at the same time.

I, on the other hand, multitask like a mothereffer in my car...  I have stuff playing in the background and use the hands free AppleCar features to answer emails, voice and text message as well as making business and personal calls in order to be completely free of my "home office".  I even do Microsoft Teams conference and video calls from the car.  I think it's a big difference between retired and working.  I LOVE my weekends so I don't want to spend them driving around doing personal crap like taking the car for an oil change, going to the dentist/doctor, food shopping, etc.

If I don't do these things during the week I would have precious little time for my personal stuff so these features allow me to get the hell out and be on the streets as needed.  I'm also not a big playlist kind of guy.  I've let AI (Amazon music has a great one) make a personalized station and it's spot on about 95% of the time even when it plays songs I've never heard before. but every once in a while I hear something I haven't in a while so I just ask the digital assistant to play individual songs or "best hits" from a certain group.

I figured somebody would bring that up about the tablet - and its true enough. Its still bigger than the geek stick, harder to deal with, and you have to put it *somewhere*.

As for the rest, I'll never advocate doing any of it while driving. I've been hit THREE TIMES in the last year by distracted drivers. People need to **** DRIVE, not play with computers in the car. I won't even talk on the phone while driving, hands free or not.

The problem is that *everybody* thinks that THEY are the exception. They're not.

jbp-ohio

breamfisher said:

"I did a thing..." I was expecting a small, occasionally visible tattoo.

'Cause you're using a phrase white women over50 years old use to preface such an action.

Be better, centermass!

I've only ever heard it on Clarkson's Farm. Never watched Top Gear so I don't know if it carries over....

breamfisher

Oh no.... Older white folks who are trying to stay young use it A LOT around here.

Gila

zorba said:

Bigslug said:

the asshats aren't putting CD players in new vehicles anymore, and I've' yet to plug in and see how well my USB external one is going to work out.

Rip your music to geek sticks (aka thumb drives, flash drives, whatever), and use those for your music. That's what I do and it works great - and best part is no subscription or smartphone needed.

I just use Sirius/XM and select the music I want. My stereo has six programmable buttons, just like back in the day, to pick my music...

zorba

Gila said:

zorba said:

Bigslug said:

the asshats aren't putting CD players in new vehicles anymore, and I've' yet to plug in and see how well my USB external one is going to work out.

Rip your music to geek sticks (aka thumb drives, flash drives, whatever), and use those for your music. That's what I do and it works great - and best part is no subscription or smartphone needed.

I just use Sirius/XM and select the music I want. My stereo has six programmable buttons, just like back in the day, to pick my music...

My late father's car had Sirius - it was nice. He also had to pay for it.

Gila

zorba said:

Gila said:

zorba said:

Bigslug said:

the asshats aren't putting CD players in new vehicles anymore, and I've' yet to plug in and see how well my USB external one is going to work out.

Rip your music to geek sticks (aka thumb drives, flash drives, whatever), and use those for your music. That's what I do and it works great - and best part is no subscription or smartphone needed.

I just use Sirius/XM and select the music I want. My stereo has six programmable buttons, just like back in the day, to pick my music...

My late father's car had Sirius - it was nice. He also had to pay for it.

I can afford ten bucks a month. My television is free...

zorba

Gila said:

zorba said:

Gila said:

zorba said:

Bigslug said:

the asshats aren't putting CD players in new vehicles anymore, and I've' yet to plug in and see how well my USB external one is going to work out.

Rip your music to geek sticks (aka thumb drives, flash drives, whatever), and use those for your music. That's what I do and it works great - and best part is no subscription or smartphone needed.

I just use Sirius/XM and select the music I want. My stereo has six programmable buttons, just like back in the day, to pick my music...

My late father's car had Sirius - it was nice. He also had to pay for it.

I can afford ten bucks a month. My television is free...

The problem is, $10/mo here, $10/mo there, pretty soon you're up to $100/mo or more. So I refuse to play that game. $10/mo pseudo "services" will put you in the poorhouse. I'm way too cheap for that nonsense!

Wambli Ska

zorba said:

Gila said:

zorba said:

Gila said:

zorba said:

Bigslug said:

the asshats aren't putting CD players in new vehicles anymore, and I've' yet to plug in and see how well my USB external one is going to work out.

Rip your music to geek sticks (aka thumb drives, flash drives, whatever), and use those for your music. That's what I do and it works great - and best part is no subscription or smartphone needed.

I just use Sirius/XM and select the music I want. My stereo has six programmable buttons, just like back in the day, to pick my music...

My late father's car had Sirius - it was nice. He also had to pay for it.

I can afford ten bucks a month. My television is free...

The problem is, $10/mo here, $10/mo there, pretty soon you're up to $100/mo or more. So I refuse to play that game. $10/mo pseudo "services" will put you in the poorhouse. I'm way too cheap for that nonsense!

Really cuts into the veils and high heels budget 😁

Gila

zorba said:

Gila said:

zorba said:

Gila said:

zorba said:

Bigslug said:

the asshats aren't putting CD players in new vehicles anymore, and I've' yet to plug in and see how well my USB external one is going to work out.

Rip your music to geek sticks (aka thumb drives, flash drives, whatever), and use those for your music. That's what I do and it works great - and best part is no subscription or smartphone needed.

I just use Sirius/XM and select the music I want. My stereo has six programmable buttons, just like back in the day, to pick my music...

My late father's car had Sirius - it was nice. He also had to pay for it.

I can afford ten bucks a month. My television is free...

The problem is, $10/mo here, $10/mo there, pretty soon you're up to $100/mo or more. So I refuse to play that game. $10/mo pseudo "services" will put you in the poorhouse. I'm way too cheap for that nonsense!

For me there is no ten dollars here, and ten dollars there. I have my Sirius/XM, my land line with DNS and a flip phone that only does voice for emergencies when I'm traveling. I dumped my satellite television and my cable internet, saving me a couple hundred a month.

zorba

Gila said:

zorba said:

Gila said:

zorba said:

Gila said:

zorba said:

Bigslug said:

the asshats aren't putting CD players in new vehicles anymore, and I've' yet to plug in and see how well my USB external one is going to work out.

Rip your music to geek sticks (aka thumb drives, flash drives, whatever), and use those for your music. That's what I do and it works great - and best part is no subscription or smartphone needed.

I just use Sirius/XM and select the music I want. My stereo has six programmable buttons, just like back in the day, to pick my music...

My late father's car had Sirius - it was nice. He also had to pay for it.

I can afford ten bucks a month. My television is free...

The problem is, $10/mo here, $10/mo there, pretty soon you're up to $100/mo or more. So I refuse to play that game. $10/mo pseudo "services" will put you in the poorhouse. I'm way too cheap for that nonsense!

For me there is no ten dollars here, and ten dollars there. I have my Sirius/XM, my land line with DNS and a flip phone that only does voice for emergencies when I'm traveling. I dumped my satellite television and my cable internet, saving me a couple hundred a month.

Excellent! You're almost there. Good on you for getting rid of TV, and no stupid smartphone. Now dump Sirius and you'll have it made!

But more seriously, most people are saddled with multiple $10/mo (or more) subscriptions to absolute BS pseudo-services. TiVo was the beginning of it - or at least was when I became aware of it. The utter GREED of the CableCos and TelCos is astounding to me. Now the CarCos are starting the subscription nonsense, and many software companies are too - I'm looking at YOU Adobe and Micro$oft!