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We ended up getting the sound from the Vizio to go through the Furrion system by adjusting output settings of the TV and setting the Furrion to OPTICAL. Over the air stations can be difficult to find, and you need to rescan for available stations every time you relocate. There will be places that you will get no signal at all if you are in remote spots or in the mountains. Same goes for cell phone signals. Here is the work around that we used... In the rear attic compartment you will find a HDMI cable. Get yourself an adapter to go from that cable to your phone. You can then play any video that you have saved to your phone on your TV. We have Amazon Prime and we can download as many movies and TV show episodes as the memory on our phones permit. You can do this wherever you have a good cell signal. Once you have it on your phone, you can play it on your Vizio even if your phone has no signal. We have iPhones. I can't verify that this will work with Android.

I used fitted foam rubber corner guards that they make to protect toddlers from bashing into sharp corners of furniture. They have "peel and stick" adhesive that was easy to remove when I took the cover off last week. They work great on the corners of the solar panels. I am sure that they would also do well on the sharp corners of the rear bumper. I had some rubber gasket material laying about that I used in conjunction with gorilla tape on the bumper because I could only find four corner guards at my hardware store.

We use one of these (see below). Leaves etc. sweep off easily and sand/dirt just fall through the weave. Dries quickly and can be staked down so it does not blow away. Available on Amazon: CGEAR Original Sand-Free Outdoor Camping Mat - Water-Resistant & Anti-Fade Material - Military-Grade Construction - Reversible Design - for Beach, RVing, & Picnics

Bring some warm clothes that you can layer so you can strip some off as the day warms up. We hiked up to Grinnell glacier a few years ago in August. It was 21 degrees when we started the hike early in the morning. If you plan to hike trails, bring some bear spray and know how to use it. No joke. On two occasions we headed off on a trail early in the morning, and when we returned to the parking area late in the afternoon we found signs saying the trail we were on was closed due to dangerous bear activity. The signs were put up while we were on the trail. We did not encounter any bear trouble, but we had some thrilling moments when two bighorn sheep insisted on using the trail we were on to come down the mountain. Glacier is well worth your effort to visit. It is spectacular. If you are healthy enough I definitely recommend that you do some hiking. There is so much more to the park than what you can see from the viewing areas along Going To The Sun road.

I never thought to look for an O2 sensor. I suppose that I would be a very poor converter thief 😆! If the converter is the one with the obvious heat shield up near the engine and the other two canisters are resonators, well then kudos to Toyota for making the converter harder to steal.

As ChrisMI pointed out, cat converters are normally close to the engine. They need to get hot to work. This is the first one that I have ever seen so near the tailpipe (photo at left). I copied the pics from the Toyota USA website. This really bothered me. I began to think that perhaps I was misled by the trained salesman who told me that it was a converter. However, it looks just like the canister near the bottom center of the photo on the right, which looks like a normal location for a CC. They both look like a catalytic converter without a heat shield over it. The component closest to the engine with what appears to have a heat shield looks like what I would expect to see for a converter. Could this be a resonator to defeat the whine of the twin turbo? Hmmmm. If it is not a catalytic converter, I stand corrected regarding my post concerning the same. If it is not a CC, I would still be concerned that thieves would mistake it for one.

FWIW If you don't agree with someone else's opinion I don't think it is fair to portray them as a keyboard expert "naysayer" or as a "joy stealer". It is also not appropriate to accuse someone of raining on the parade of others just because their viewpoint differs from yours. I thought that my observations would be useful to others or I would not have posted them. I recently retired from a career working in mechanical design (not automotive). That does not make me an expert, nor do I claim to be. However, it does give me pause when I see things that I consider to be poor design. Conflict and inflammatory remarks have no place on this forum and I am disappointed that my comments rattled someone enough to get nasty about it. From now on I believe that I will just keep my comments to myself.

@ChrisMI it is my understanding that there are multiple converters, at least two. There is one before and one after the muffler. The one before the muffler is up by the tranny on the curb side. This is according to the salesman who had been schooled on the new model.

@rideandfly I totally agree with you that the increased payload and a 32 gallon fuel tank are big pluses. There are many useful and exciting improvements on the new model and I think that it will probably perform wonderfully. It sounds like it is going to be a great towing machine and there is no reason to doubt Toyota's commitment to quality and dependability. I just can't get past a few of the things that I feel are designed poorly. Kind of like building a fine watch and then putting a plastic crystal on it. Things like that bother me, yet others will find them to be totally inconsequential. We are all different. Enjoy your new truck. I am excited for you!

Went to our local dealership to take a look at the new Tundra yesterday. I am sorry to say that I was very disappointed. The first thing that jumped out at me was the massive grille. It looks even bigger in real life. The grill openings are so large that a small bird could pass through and slam right into your radiator. I can't recall ever hitting a bird, but I have picked up a few stone throws from semi trucks over the years. Not much protection there for anything smaller than a ping pong ball. Mayflies, cicadas, bees, beetles and bugs will likely plaster the cooling fins on the radiator (look at the front of your Ollie after a long summer trip). Just seems to me that styling beat out function and practicality there. I have never been a fan of that behavior in mechanical design. The battery is directly below Andre's hand on the curb side in the photo shown above. It is partially below the hood cowling and packed in there tight. I would not even attempt to change it myself for fear of smashing something adjacent to it during removal and reinstall. You can't pick it straight up because of the cowling and the hinged side of the hood. Awkward at best. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth for some. It just seems like they did not put much thought into the location. The wheel wells have rather flimsy (IMHO) plastic spray shields fore and aft of the tires. Other than that, the wheel wells are wide open and there is no option for a liner offered. If you drive it in muddy or snowy/slushy conditions you will not like it. By the way, the model that I looked at had mismatched fasteners on the spray shields. They were distributed randomly and some were black oxide and others were silver. When I peered into the rear street side wheel well my tour ended abruptly. Standing upright just as I would if I were walking by the truck in passing, I saw the silver canister of a catalytic converter that is in such plain sight it literally screams "steal me". It is so exposed that if you had a long blade on a sawzall you might be able to cut it off just by reaching into the wheel well. Then all you have to do is poke your head under the rear bumper and cut the hanger off the tail pipe. You would not even need to crawl under the truck. Even an unskilled thief could have that off and be down the road with it before you could even slip on your glasses (insert shotgun as applicable) and look out the window to see what the noise was. Those of you that have read my latest posts are aware of my sensitivity to catalytic converter theft. Even so, it is still a really vulnerable and really stupid place to put the converter. Unless they have been sleeping under a rock for the past few years, the engineers knew that when they released the new model. Funny that reviews from folks like TFL Truck (who I really like) don't mention these things. It is big. It's brawny. It's expensive. It's packed with the latest and greatest electronic gadgetry and a high tech drive train. That is what the american market is hungry for. Now they are truly in the ring with Detroit. Did they alienate the fanbase who depended on them to provide good dependable trucks with solid design and bulletproof engines, all at a reasonable price? Time will tell. For those of you who really like the new design, I say "good for you" and I sincerely hope that you are happy with your decision should you purchase one. For me, the redesign fell short. I am disappointed and sad. I was really looking forward to it. Cheers! I wish all of you the best for the coming year and beyond.

I currently use a tonneau cover because I like to be able to climb up into the bed without crouching or being on my knees. It has obvious drawbacks though. My model is not as secure as a cap, and if I need to access the bed in the rain my gear gets wet. The front of the trailer dominates the view from the rearview mirror while towing. I leave the rearview camera monitor on all the time and I use it in conjunction with the side mirrors to navigate safely. If you prefer a cap, don't let the view in the rearview mirror sway your decision. Not much there to see anyway. However, if your TV will also be a daily driver you may be more comfortable with the added visibility afforded by a tonneau cover.

I didn't look at the vid, but I did a quick web search on the topic. The ban will include lawnmowers and leaf blowers as well. Basically any small gasoline engines. From what I can tell they will not be prohibiting the use of these small engines (yet), but will ban the sale of new ones that don't meet zero emissions. I am all for setting goals to reduce pollution and greenhouse gases. However, sometimes it seems that good intentions are not always well thought out. Modern battery technology has made tremendous strides with equipment that has been traditionally powered by gas engines. There is no current wizardry that will make a battery produce energy rather than just store it. It is silly to include gas powered generators in this legislation. The technology to replace them with zero emission equipment simply does not exist at this time.

We are big fans of leather upholstery as well. Most of our home furnishings are leather. When fabrics wear and get threadbare they look awful (unless it is your favorite Carhartt coat). Leather wear on furniture just builds character in most cases. I guess it would depend on the style of the chair/couch. Ours are all mission style or pub style. I guess wear would not look as cool on a big puffy lux white couch! We have the "ultra leather" fabric in our Ollie. It has proved to be soft and durable thus far. I don't know how it holds up to dog claws though.

I get it as close to level as I can with the Anderson and then fine tune with the leveling jacks. Oh sorry, I meant to say stabilizing jacks 😆.

Ha ha! Very clever Steve! That movie is one of my favorites. When I saw the title of the post, the movie was the first thing that came to my mind.