vehicle question

Thats the only place I know of to get the different icons for our vehicles. I still have some of the x-mas ones in my garmin but I use the tank most of the time.

Hm. Yeah, I'm surprised there aren't lots of sites offering alternative vehicles for use in our Garmin's... Did they keep the file format proprietary?

- Jon

In .RAR format :-

http://www.alice-dsl.net/fahrzeuge/html/fahrzeuge_1.html

extract the .SRF files to your \garmin\vehicle directory.

There are 3 pages of them - click the buttons on the left marked:

fahrzeuge_1
fahrzeuge_2
sonderbauarten


The compass is my favorite "vehicle" for walking - THANKS for the tip.
Neal

The files found are "rar" and not srf. How do you load them? Thanks - I gotta have the Viper installed.

You have to extract them. RAR is a compression format like ZIP.

http://www.rarlab.com/

I'm more partial to 'Navi_Girl2' myself...but you have to keep making left turns, to see her at her best...

Worked - Thanks. Never heard of that compression before.

Hey i saved them to the vehicle folder but when i try to change it, they do not show up! Am i doing something wrong?

The vehicles are compressed with Winrar (http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm). Uncompressed the file into .srf and copy them into your \Garmin\vehicle folder on the garmin. Then select your vehicle option Wrench->Map->vehicle

I user the RAR lab un zip program and I now have a Honda CR-v for driving in my wifes car..But I just had to download Garmin;s New school Bus....Recess..Very cool

Incredible... thanks for the link!

It's frustrating that a Google search missed this...

Does anyone know other sites to download vehicles?

No one listed the obvious...

http://www8.garmin.com/vehicles

There are quite a few fairly new ones!

Doh! I guess I need to read the first post clearly. Anyway no one listed
http://techmods.net/nuvi/vehicles - only 2 but http://techmods.net/nuvi has info on how to make your own vehicles.

that title is from his post..?? so maybe it wasnt obvious..

so i guess there arent many sites to get vehicles huh? Nor are people that interested in them as well......

Thanks for the link.

So in the 3D/Route Up/North Up debate I'm guessing you vote for 3D, but only on routes with lots of left turns.

didn't see "her" there....guess I missed it

Bottom button on the left side on the linked page

Thanks for the link

How do you get the vehicle from rar to srf? I downloaded a vehicle, but I am a novice on the computer.

Thanks for all of your helpful hints

You have to extract them. RAR is a compression format like ZIP.

http://www.rarlab.com/

Unfortunately, I don't know what that means. I went to www.rarlab.com but don't know what to do from there. Once I learn something on the computer, I remember. I am a novice on the computer.

I am a special ed teacher, so I can do alot of assistive technology work with the computer for my kids hahaha

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Go here ... http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm ... and download the first program. Then install it on your computer. Then run the program that was installed and open the RAR file that you downloaded. Just like with ZIP files, you will be given options to extract the compressed files.

You'll need an extracting tool.. similar to WinZIP. Here are a few, all free:

http://www.download.com/UnPacker/3000-2250_4-10408407.html?t...

http://www.download.com/ExtractNow/3000-2250_4-10038365.html...

http://www.download.com/AutoUnpack/3000-2250_4-10578583.html...

I use ExtractNow but all three (and others) are Editor's Choices on that site.

After extracting the file, place the .SRF file in your VEHICLE folder.

Thanks for the 2 replies. Let me try it and I shall report.

Worked like a charm! Now, can I change the size? If not, no big deal. I now know how to do it. Pretty nifty! Are there other sights to download vehicles?

Tried the Viper, but it has a bug that shows part of the back end of another car when turning. The girls work fine though.

There are more vehicle options that are listed in the topic for "How to Create Custom Vehicles". Check there for some more options and links to them.

I'm experimenting with a modified version of Garmin's blue arrow where I've added a compass heading indicator. Its more work than I expected, so only the 2D view (i.e. "North Up") is done. Perhaps someone else can improve on it:
http://home.comcast.net/~rmh83/triangle_compass.srf

(sorry, but you'll have a 50-50 chance of picking the right one in setup, because you will likely have 2 blue arrow choices.)

The Viper car works fine for me. Seemed strange though when I was in a plane the other day and monitoring the flight.

How's it going. I was curious if you were able to download the TRD vehicle icon from the website. Its wouldn't let me.....

WinZip Version 11.0 and 11.1 NOW does:
"Extract from .BZ2 and .RAR Files"

No need to download from RarLab.com if you already have Winzip Version 11.0 on your computer.
www.winzip.com

Becareful if you already have a prior REGISTERED version of Winzip:

I didn't do the last part and had a heck of a time digging up my old registration code for version 10.0. So I just purchased Version 11.1

any new vehicles....

I have a NUVI 200W. is it possible to make your own vehicle from an image file? For example, the logo of a favorite sports team. I realize that it would only really work in the 2-D modes, but is there a way to do this?

Do some reading on these threads and if i am remembering correctly when this was discussed it gives you ways to make vehicles also amongst other topics.

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/9738

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/12267

Hope this helps you out.

One of our members created a program which creates the srf file. http://www.poi-factory.com/node/21690

To create a proper rotating image you need 36 different views. But if you don't mind a static vehicle which doesn't rotate then you can just use one image.

So you can create a static vehicle using a team logo or even a picture of your face!!

I would like to add my bike to my GPS. Does anyone know if there is a fatboy out there to download?

Best I could find was a HD Night Train here:
http://www.vehiclesforgarminnuvi.com/

There's a Nomad here.

http://www8.garmin.com/vehicles/product.html?vName=nomad

Hey DaveMP, Thanks for that link. Never saw it before and it's got lots of cool vehicles.

I'm of course talking about www.vehiclesforgarminnuvi.com , there's more than 400 models to choose from, and the quality is just great !

I for one subscribed to his RSS feed !

There's now 657 vehicles to choose from on Tony's website - http://www.vehiclesforgarminnuvi.com

Enjoy !

it's too bad. It looks as if those files are no longer there.

I'm not a member of his family, I'm just awed at the quality of the work you'll find there, for free !

I just checked that site for the first time in a year or so, lots of cool new stuff including a new version of my truck - thanks!

You DID notice there's an RSS feed on his site as well, right ? Tony once created a car for us - my beloved wife's Citroen Mehari. A classic !

Yep, www.vehiclesforgarminnuvi.com is the best site I've found so far for custom vehicles! Very well done!

I thank him for the F4 Phantom even though it is of a Navy squadron, VF-84 I think. I think it is great along with the A4 Skyhawk. I'll have to learn how to change the paint schemes on them.

B.O.H.I.C.A.

Did you see the two PDF guides on how to create SRF files ? Just reverse-engineer it.

Using a copy of your file, of course