Recent content by Woodpuppy

Exactly right. This is your tax dollars “at work”. Exactly wrong. This is most certainly an opinion, and a popular one at that. To be fair, I’m seeing similar trends everywhere in the auto industry, not just Toyota. Increasingly disposable computers dressed in plastic, packed with spyware on...

This thread was very helpful! My ‘23 XP series came with running boards, and I hated them. I’m 6’3” and all legs, so the step was purely in the way. However my MIL is tiny, so this morning I dismounted mine and installed them on her ‘21 TRD. We are both happy with the result! Yeah I’m a little...

I’ve been making a concerted effort this week to start the truck and plug my phone in and launch the playlist so I’m not fumbling at lights. I may just have to adapt. I don’t like adapting… makes me grumpy! Also, I need to figure out why I’m not getting notifications to my email? Arg.

Ooh I like the sound of disabling it. And the annoying light that says it’s turned off.

I love the 4Runner for its old-schoolness. Why did toyota drop the CD player? What I really want is a plain Jane stereo receiver with CD player and an AUX input. I do not want car play or all the newfangled gadgetry. I have no interest in converting 300+ CD to digital files to play via a thumb...

SOOO glad I got the gen5. I’ve had a Subaru turbo with a 5spd manual, that was great fun. But what I’ve observed in all the new sport utility /pickups is that they seem to be sacrificing utility and performance for fuel economy. I think these turbo charged 4 bangers went too far to the economy...

No. No I don’t. That back door looks particularly jacked up. And gone is the old school interior, replaced with all the gadgety crap that eliminated most new vehicles from consideration, and why I jumped on the 2023 I just got.

Then I’ve no worries. After a botched phone call where I couldn’t hear my wife, I deleted my phone from the car and turned off Bluetooth. All I want is a danged radio! I’d trade all the safety and bloatware tech for a CD player! I use a Garmin for nav, it sits directly in front of me so I don’t...

I purchased a new 2023 4Runner SR5 XP Series 3/11. Very stoked about it and all the good news I’m hearing about the engine & drivetrain reliability. I’m one who is put off by all the electronic gadgetry in new cars so I very much appreciate the lack of it in the 4R. My DCM was not activated by...

I just found this ‘tuber as well, sure is good for making me happy I bought a ‘23 4Runner!