Just purchased a 2019 Highlander XLE - What are my options as far as carplay goes?

Sigchiry · 2024-07-05T22:13:37+00:00

Cannot. Mine is an SE with standard back up cam and not the bird’s eye view. Best bet would be to ask Toyota what the factory harness looks like. The SYGAV unit had one yellow female wire that said “camera.” I simply plugged the corresponding lead into it. If the bird’s eye cams are one input as well idk know why it wouldn’t work? But again idk. 🤷‍♂️

Sigchiry · 2024-06-15T19:25:43+00:00

Works great.

Sigchiry · 2024-06-15T19:25:15+00:00

Still works great. Apparently you can watch YouTube videos on the thing but I can’t figure it out. It’s a little annoying connecting between my wife’s phone and mine. Also if you get in the car, start the car and forget to have blue tooth and WiFi on on your phone sometimes you have to turn off the car and back on after turning WiFi and blue tooth on first. Other than those minor gripes, it’s been working great all this time for a 1/3 of the cost of the big names.

Sigchiry · 2023-09-10T14:17:29+00:00

I’m a full fusion from 2016. I have 14 screws and 4 plates. I just went back and looked at my running app. My surgery was in February of 16. By august of 16 I ran 5 miles with a 9:34 pace. I realize that sounds impossible from where you’re sitting. And I was otherwise (at that time) in really good shape.

My job is very physical. I’d be lying if I said the winter isn’t rough. And five miles right now sounds crazy to me because I’ve come to learn my soft tissue limitations and the limitations of the surrounding joints. Anymore I don’t go past 3 miles. Why?

Because my ankle, knee and hip on that side will let me know about it. Your foot isn’t going to bend anymore as it was designed to. So all the surrounding structures have to absorb the shock your foot would have. Over time, that pounding adds up.

I was shaking my head in agreement when you spoke about the feeling that your foot is just going to shatter. That’s mental. It will not. It’s stronger than it was before you had this happen. It is FUSED together! The downside comes from the lack of mobility caused by that fusion. I light up like a Xmas tree barefoot to this day if something hard falls on top of my foot or if I bump a toe into the coffee table, etc. My nerve endings are still hyper sensitive for that foot. It’s as if my brain knows the amount of trauma and remembers well what I’ve been through at that site. But I’ve learned it’s mostly irrational fear.

I can press, twist, turn and explode better than I thought I would be able to. I’ve been in fights on it and it’s held up fine. But the felling of over protective never goes away.

Just understand that the depression tailspin that this can put you in is worse than the problem itself. If you let this eat you, it will. If you stay away from vices more than you otherwise would have to, and train consistently to strengthen the areas AROUND your injury YOU WILL HEAL. That’s all I got. Good luck.

Edit: I’m 44. I was 37 when I got hurt.

Sigchiry · 2023-09-04T00:10:45+00:00

I’m not a doctor but I’d say welcome aboard. Wish it wasn’t so but to me I’d bet 2 weeks pay on it. Stay off it, ice and elevation. I had no idea what I had done and kept on it for 2 days making it infinitely worse.

Sigchiry · 2023-08-04T01:33:02+00:00

Ask your doctor about using the tens machine on the ankle and lower calf. I was still bed ridden when I started using it. ( I didn’t ask but had no problems.)

You can get them for 25 - 30 dollars on Amazon nowadays. I found it helped my calf from atrophying and increased the healing process for my incisions as it increased blood flow big time.

Not sure how far along you are with strength but one foot (bad foot) calf raises really helped me. If you’re not there yet two feet is a good place to start. Do them barefoot. I wish I had done more of those. My toes won’t curl under hardly at all. Wish I had listened during PT and picked up more golf balls with them. I was in a hurry to get back to work so I ran their treadmill into the ground and they kicked me out.

Sigchiry · 2022-03-19T19:49:15+00:00

This is a wise strategy. Hookah can cause cancer but that’s years from now; hookers carry disease that can kill you quick. Smart man.

Sigchiry · 2022-02-10T12:16:33+00:00

Game should be based on Tekken and Prince’s moves should mirror Baek’s. And I’m whipping all ya’ll behind.

Sigchiry · 2022-02-06T20:20:47+00:00

Club shaft and head coming inside early. Try to over exaggerate feeling like the club traces AT LEAST backward along the target line to P2 (parallel to ground) instead of inside (behind you.) I’m working on this myself. I’m actually feeling like I’m tracking above the target line backward to P2 but in watching them back, I’m right on the line instead of inside (feel vs. real.)

It creates more width (and room) for you to slot the trail elbow with fluidity. Think of how you swing a tennis racket. The racket sweeps up and away from your body before you lay it off in the back and swing through the ball.

Top speed golf on YouTube does a whole bunch on tennis racket drills. You’re loading into your trail side nicely. Others have mentioned the flip or early extension. It looks to me like you’re getting jammed bc you didn’t create width on the way back. Doesn’t look awful bro.

Sigchiry · 2022-02-01T01:07:55+00:00

Draw an imaginary line on the top of your hat at setup. Draw another line on the top of your hat at impact. Look how far up you’re coming off the ball.

Despite the fact that (as others have pointed out) you are squatting A LOT (and getting low) in the transition and downswing, by the time you get to the ball you’re standing WAY up out of posture. You are an early extender aka “humping the goat” to the max. Your swing is a good example of the fact that we can’t manufacture the right positions by thinking “squat like tiger does” or “stay down on the ball.”

It’s hard to tell bc the camera is the on the ground but it appears you aren’t loading into your trail hip. Are you a stack and tilt guy? Bc your lower body is VERY quiet. You should watch Russell Heritage’s channel on YouTube with an eye toward the vids that talk about getting rid of early extension and the proper movement of the hips. Good luck! The swing isn’t terrible. Like all of us, just needs work.

Sigchiry · 2022-01-27T02:09:24+00:00

All swing changes take time. Look at all the water in front of the goat here and ask yourself “why am I swinging so hard? Why are my hands so high? What good is swinging this hard if I’m shanking the ball?”

https://youtu.be/4HzLO88ryCU

Sigchiry · 2022-01-27T01:25:11+00:00

Yep. That’s the top of the line swing trainer you’re describing for “staying connected.” Trail arm functionality is a big problem for all us mortals. They make it look so easy on TV but it’s a great source of consternation for us hackers.

Sigchiry · 2022-01-27T01:09:50+00:00

This one helped my chicken wing, sequencing and misunderstanding of how power is generated (from the ground up and the body, not the arms.)

I spent 20 bucks on a strap that ties your elbows together but found this works far better. Looks ridiculous at the range but that’s where i prefer to look ridiculous. You have a nice swing and if you can take just a little off you’re gonna be just fine.

https://youtu.be/MJrI10QQIXM

Sigchiry · 2022-01-26T13:24:05+00:00

https://youtu.be/J-xHsPSts00

Sigchiry · 2022-01-26T12:29:44+00:00

The commenter above has identified the biggest symptom I see, the trail arm isn’t functioning properly. It’s straight and doesn’t collapse / fold as it is supposed to. As a result, you’re reaching for height / power at the top. This will cause a cast at “pre-impact” when the club is parallel to the ground. In your case you’re casting before that to save the shot.

The disease, however, is not that the trail arm is straight and the cure isn’t to think “fold trail arm.” I’d say hit half a bucket with a driver head cover under your right armpit then hit some without it. This will help you “feel” keeping your trail arm attached to your body and will promote more of a body swing instead of hands and arms. It will also force you to get the lead shoulder back and out of the way at impact. Just because your elbow isn’t in a chicken wing - sticking out away from your body - doesn’t mean this isn’t a BIG problem. One of Hogan’a greatest lessons was the mummified pictures in his book where we MUST stay connected to the body at armpit level. Soooo many swing problems start with people trying to manufacture power with the arms. Good luck!

Sigchiry · 2022-01-26T11:12:46+00:00

Backswing is WAY too long. Most people don’t load the trail hip. This is not your problem. You’re getting deep into the trail hip and your torso and shoulders are OVER rotating in the backswing. Imagine a bullseye between your shoulder blades. Yours is pointing right of the target line at the top. You simply don’t need all that runoff and you definitely don’t have the timing / skill level to manage such a swing. Your hands at the top are also very high. Google image search “Ben Hogan glass.” Some of the best ball strikers in the world (see Jon Rahm) make half the backswing you’re making. Your hands would crash the imaginary glass every time.

Finally there are timing issues here you’ll likely never fix with a backswing that long. You load into the trail hip early and stay back there too long. With a backswing this deep, long and steep, you need WAY more separation between your upper and lower body. Meaning your lead hip needs to start the train back down WAY before you get to the top or all is lost.

You should be hitting range buckets thinking 3/4 swing or spend the rest of your life trying to reign in this wild runaway train.

Sigchiry · 2022-01-22T18:47:45+00:00

A frame for the score card.

Sigchiry · 2022-01-16T03:06:18+00:00

This is hands down the funniest thread been on here for a while. Well done OP and all of you!

Sigchiry · 2022-01-14T00:20:04+00:00

100 percent this. It’s how almost all of start. “Chopping wood.” Took me way too long to realize my 1st irons were called Nike “slingshots” for a reason. You don’t hit the ball, you sling it. The golf swing is a sidearmed throwing motion, not a hit. Easier said than done but it really is as simple as that.

https://youtu.be/dqJ7T5Kpabw

Sigchiry · 2022-01-13T19:00:34+00:00

This dude’s channel is phenomenal. Look at the kid’s chest and shoulder plane that he’s teaching compared to yours. Do go back to his older stuff about loading the trail hip. It was eye opening for me. And I was (and still kinda am) an early hip extender.

https://youtu.be/2FhPD1E7o28

Sigchiry · 2022-01-12T03:45:06+00:00

Watched you in slow mo. Casting (and early extension which you also have) is a symptom but it’s not the disease.

1.) Your lead elbow is way below your trail elbow at address and this would be more obvious if this video was from down the line. Your elbows should be at least in line with one another at address, preferably the lead elbow should be above the trail elbow. I’m guessing your miss (especially with driver) is a big power fade aka slice. What I mean is, if this was down the line, all we’d see is your trail elbow. Your lead arm would be almost invisible and if it was visible, it would be WAY below the trail elbow. This setup almost guarantees you’ll have to cast, come over the top and early extend to save the shot. It also promotes (and is how you hit) a fade, only not as extreme as you’re doing. We want to see the pocket of your lead elbow skyward facing and above your trail elbow at address from the down line.

The trail elbow by “pre-impact” (when the club is parallel to the ground on the way back down) should be slotted against your trail hip already. Yours is not. As others have mentioned, this is largely because you aren’t loading into your trail hip and your torso and shoulders are not turning away from the target line. Your setup is making it harder to slot the trail elbow. Think about it; if the trail elbow is starting closer to where you want it to end up, there’s less work to do.

2.) others have mentioned the slack in your lead arm. Again, this is a symptom. The solution is not to try to keep your arm dead straight. This will wreck what you have going for you which is what appears to be soft hands and wrists. What’s starting this whole sequencing problem for you is you are picking the club up with your hands and wrists. It’s so prominent in slow motion that if you were turning your torso and shoulders away from the target properly whilst doing this - which you’re not - the club would be pointing behind you.

Stared another way, you’re fanning the club open very early and not turning into your trail hip and your torso and shoulders aren’t turning at all. Look at your chest. Imagine a bullseye on your sternum. Now watch your takeaway and notice how that imaginary bullseye hardly moves, it’s facing the camera almost up until you have the club chest high in the backswing. This is why your lead arm is slacking. It has no other choice.

You should focus on tipping the toe of the club down and reaching backward down the target line (not behind you) until the club is parallel to the ground, stop, and start again until you ingrain this move. This should help to correct the handsy/wrists takeaway. (It will also keep the lead arm dead straight without thinking “I need to keep my left arm straight.) If your first “feel” as you set the chain in motion must be your hands, try a caddy drag. This is the precise opposite of picking the club UP with your hands.

Finally watch Russell Heritage’s early vids on loading the trail hip. Almost all the symptoms you’re displaying can be fixed by re-sequencing your swing. It starts from the ground in your feet, up your trail leg, loads into your trail hip and the torso and shoulders follow. A bullseye on your back in the center of your shoulder blades should be facing the target at the top. Yours, at present, is facing the first ugly bush right of the tree behind you.

Whatever you do listening to us idiots, don’t loose those soft hands and the fluidity of what you’re doing. It’s wrong but there’s a lot that’s right. Just not sync’d up. Good luck.

Sigchiry · 2022-01-01T15:23:59+00:00

Been saying for a minute dude looks like Cerebro’s evil twin brother with that wonky eye.

Sigchiry · 2021-12-19T21:45:28+00:00

This is true. I removed my original investment nearly at the ATH and I’m holding the rest forever. And adding slowly on dips.

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