Expedition Overland 2013 Tacoma Build
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Mrknowitall
Adventurer
Very careful nurturing of of the XO brand- have cool stuff people want to watch- then beg/plead with local sponsors, eventually major sponsors like Toyota and Continental(who owns General).
Gregster- their Hundo was up for sale a little while ago, prompting the speculation about its replacement. While the UZJ100 is an awesome platform, the flexibility of the smaller 4Runners plus the shared parts makes a lot of sense. Now all vehicles can use the same (spare) wheels/tires.
marshal
Burrito Enthusiast
the 4runners arnt really smaller than the 100, the specifications are almost identical
p nut
butter
Maybe on paper they're close, but if you've spent time in both, you definitely can feel the difference.
toyotech
Expedition Leader
It's not the added camera crew that is the issues. It's all the editing that network producers do to make it out of order and cutting out when good stuff happens.
Anyways can't wait to start watching the new season. Are they rolling in two runners and a taco. ?
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Anyways can't wait to start watching the new season. Are they rolling in two runners and a taco. ?
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codename607
Adventurer
Glad to see they finally made the switch. I have always thought that the 4Runner was a more practical overland vehicle for the US. Primary reason for this is the engine---->MPGs. If they both came with diesel engines I'm sure this would be different.
Greenbean
B.S. Goodwrench
Has their GPS and navigation equipment been mentioned or discussed.
I am really interested in what programs or apps they are using for this.
I know in one of the episodes I saw the TechDeck installed with two devices mounted on it, One the iPad and I can't remember if the other was a phone or handheld GPS unit.
I am really interested in what programs or apps they are using for this.
I know in one of the episodes I saw the TechDeck installed with two devices mounted on it, One the iPad and I can't remember if the other was a phone or handheld GPS unit.
Greenbean
B.S. Goodwrench
That's interesting because don't you need a live real-time data connection to use Google Earth?
I wonder if they had a Sat based data option running! Wouldn't that be the best "add-on" for a utility trailer, lol...
I'm kidding of course, about the trailer part.
brushogger
Explorer
I don't know what they use, but we use Gaia GPS and TopoMaps apps on our iPhones and iPads. Both allow you to precache the maps and work very well.
BenMara
Asian Redneck
i was thinking about using http://gps.dualav.com/ for GPS and what ever app i could trust
brushogger
Explorer
My iPad is a wifi only unit so I use a Bad Elf dongle with it. It works well, but I've had some issues with the charger keeping up the iPad battery when going through the dongle. I'm going to trade in the iPad and get a 4g version that has the internal GPS receiver. The apps on the iPhone work great, but having the larger display on the pad is a definite plus. I have had zero issues with the internal GPS receivers in the apple devices. I've had no experience with Android so I can't comment on that.
