FJ in the news.... and it AIN'T GOOD....

[Huck BB62]

Even though it has the turning radius of an aircraft carrier, needs to be lifted, has no lo lo range tcase, and the things are TEARING apart? Sounds like a good ride to me!?

(just chain yankin', albeit with a real chain)

[RuggedH2]

Originally Posted by Huck BB62

Even though it has the turning radius of an aircraft carrier, needs to be lifted, has no lo lo range tcase, and the things are TEARING apart? Sounds like a good ride to me!?

(just chain yankin', albeit with a real chain)

Huck they make fun of our fellow Hummer owners putting chrome 22's on, and our front diffs exploding, and our 225 horsepower engines pulling our 5000 pound rigs around town, it's all the same thing.

[eugenebeauxbuton]

That's too bad. I mean it. I almost got one too. But, in the end, the rugged good looks of the H3 got me. That and it's American. Yee-haw!!

[tomp]

I'd much rather be replacing/upgrading weak H2 tie rods, over replacing my FJ whole front end clip!!!!!!!!!

[Huck BB62]

Originally Posted by 03H3

Huck they make fun of our fellow Hummer owners putting chrome 22's on, and our front diffs exploding, and our 225 horsepower engines pulling our 5000 pound rigs around town, it's all the same thing.

Oh yeah, I forgot. FJs have like what, double or triple the horsepower of an H3. They don't come with 22s.

I think that they're missing something: Alpha H3. Iron front diff, V8, problems solved.

The FJs still have the aforementioned non-offroadish attributes.

[RuggedH2]

Originally Posted by Huck BB62

Oh yeah, I forgot. FJs have like what, double or triple the horsepower of an H3. They don't come with 22s.

I think that they're missing something: Alpha H3. Iron front diff, V8, problems solved.

The FJs still have the aforementioned non-offroadish attributes.

Who are you trying to convince? Me, everyone else, or yourself? We all bought Hummers Huck. That should state our opinions clearly enough, without looking like we are driven to convince all the others for our own reasons (whatever they might be).

Many of them do the same thing you're doing. They have many more reasons for insulting Hummers than the few examples I gave above.

My buddies mostly drive modified Jeeps. Jeeps are good off road. We still give each other crap sometimes, but I'm satisfied with the choice of owning an H2 and H3.

If you wheeled with an FJ, and he could do most everything you could do, (and vice versa) probably wouldn't change your opinion one bit.

P.S. I don't buy foreign products when American is available at around the same money.

[tower]

Originally Posted by 03H3

I don't buy foreign products when (much better quality) American is available.

Fissed.

[trailerpup]

I had a 1998 Tacoma TRD short bed for 9 years. Best truck I ever owned. Then I traded it in on a 2006 Tacoma TRD Sport Extended Cab with a short bed. I got Donahoe coil-overs up front, Deaver springs and Donahoe res shocks in the rear, BFG Mudder 33's. It has a v6 and auto trans. I love it. My plan is to trade it in on an FJ.... Then I went on the internet and checked out the FJ and the H3 on the internet. It turned out that the H3 is underpowered, overwieght, not a true Hummer, and the interior is ghey. It also turns out, from the internet, that the FJ is Bad Ass, righteous, and more economical. I drove down to the Toyota dealer and start walking around the FJ's, pretty soon there are 3 sales people all over me. I test drive the FJ. I really like it. I start thinking about all the aftermarket parts that are available. How it will look with 35's and all the rest. The sales guy has a set of keys and says, "how about a test drive?" He jumps into the drivers seat and says "get in." After we get a few block away from the dealer he pulls into a parking lot and lets me get behind the wheel. I start driving it around the local streets, so far, so good. I turn to get on the freeway and he says "no, we can't go on the freeway." I think WTF. On the way back to the dealer, I find a dirt side road and start to pull down it to check it out, the sales guys says "no, we can't go down there." I think WTF. Also, I notice when I test drive it that there is no leg room (this is really important to me since I am 6'2". And there doesn't seem to be much room inside. I notice that the interior is pretty utilitarian, but that is cool. It is kind of a throw back to the old FJ... kind of. I start to get the paperwork going with the sales guy. He says it's going to cost me 33k and he can't move on the price. Then I tell the sales guy that I got a call from my wife and have to go, and will be back in an hour to finish the deal, getting off the lot with the sales guy hanging onto my leg is the hardest thing I think I have ever done.....

10 minutes later, I pull into the Hummer dealer lot. I start strolling through the H3's and H2's... there are a couple of H1's. I am walking around opening doors, kicking tires and no sign of a sales person. I walk into the show room, a guy notices me and offers me a cool drink. We start talking and I tell him I was looking at the black H3 Adventure. He says " sign this and give me a credit card, and here's the keys." Somewhat bemused, I take the keys and walk back out to the truck. Off I go. I notice there more room than the FJ and the interior sure is comfortable. After 20 minutes of driving it around the local streets and jumping on the freeway, I cruise back onto the lot. I start pulling the H3 into it's space, and here is the guy from inside. He says "head up the side of the building and give the test track a try." I drive behind the dealership and there is an offroad test course. I goof around for a good 20 minutes, having a blast! I pull back around the front and go inside. The guy notices me and asks me what I think. I tell him I thought it would be more under-powered. He says the he hears that a lot. I say that 35k sure is a lot of money. He says, yeah but that's the Adventure package. He also says that I would get 1k off because I wanted the one with a sunroof. He also says that since the Alpha will be coming out in a few months and it is the last day of the month, the dealer is giving 4500 dollars off. I had pre-approved 6.5 financing from my bank, so 45 minutes later, I walk out the front door. There is the H3, freshly washed. I get in and he explains the Onstar to me. He walks me around to the back of the H3 and there is a set of Hummer rubber floor mats, GM first aid kit, and Hummer hat and polo shirt. I drive of the lot. 5,000 miles later and I'm still smiling. Sorry about the cracking issue on the FJ's. That's my story.

[DennisAJC]

Originally Posted by trailerpup

I had a 1998 Tacoma TRD short bed for 9 years. Best truck I ever owned. Then I traded it in on a 2006 Tacoma TRD Sport Extended Cab with a short bed. I got Donahoe coil-overs up front, Deaver springs and Donahoe res shocks in the rear, BFG Mudder 33's. It has a v6 and auto trans. I love it. My plan is to trade it in on an FJ.... Then I went on the internet and checked out the FJ and the H3 on the internet. It turned out that the H3 is underpowered, overwieght, not a true Hummer, and the interior is ghey. It also turns out, from the internet, that the FJ is Bad Ass, righteous, and more economical. I drove down to the Toyota dealer and start walking around the FJ's, pretty soon there are 3 sales people all over me. I test drive the FJ. I really like it. I start thinking about all the aftermarket parts that are available. How it will look with 35's and all the rest. The sales guy has a set of keys and says, "how about a test drive?" He jumps into the drivers seat and says "get in." After we get a few block away from the dealer he pulls into a parking lot and lets me get behind the wheel. I start driving it around the local streets, so far, so good. I turn to get on the freeway and he says "no, we can't go on the freeway." I think WTF. On the way back to the dealer, I find a dirt side road and start to pull down it to check it out, the sales guys says "no, we can't go down there." I think WTF. Also, I notice when I test drive it that there is no leg room (this is really important to me since I am 6'2". And there doesn't seem to be much room inside. I notice that the interior is pretty utilitarian, but that is cool. It is kind of a throw back to the old FJ... kind of. I start to get the paperwork going with the sales guy. He says it's going to cost me 33k and he can't move on the price. Then I tell the sales guy that I got a call from my wife and have to go, and will be back in an hour to finish the deal, getting off the lot with the sales guy hanging onto my leg is the hardest thing I think I have ever done.....

OMFG!!!! That is so true! HAHAHAHA!!!!!! Toyota sales guys suck.

The Hummer dealership here did the same thing with a 24hr test drive when I was still waiting for my rig on order. And they could have said no since they had all my money already.

[tower]

Originally Posted by trailerpup

... getting off the lot with the sales guy hanging onto my leg is the hardest thing I think I have ever done.....

I once had a poodle that...