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

[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.