Hey Fronty .... how'd you do that ?? I'd like to set up a chart like that for the FJ just to see what it's doing for / to me .

Cheers,
PISTOL

 

I printed my excel chart to PDF and attached it.

ETA: Here is the one for my truck. I started the spreadsheet at 60K miles.

 

Yeah, that is a nice chart. Interesting that you can actually see the seasonal changes in mileage. Thanks for the feedback.

BTW, I think that you have more than the free adobe reader to print to PDF. Great use for excel though! And thanks for the feedback on the xterra.

 

get her a trophy truck, those are made for the bumps haha

 

I had an '04 Xterra. It was a decent vehicle but seemed a bit under powered and milage was only around 14mpg. Mine wasn't the S/C version though.

 

Get a 2gen low mileage Range Rover... Air suspension rules!! What you can only do 10mph over with regular vehicle, a Rover will do at 35mph smoother. Not great on gas either... but an awesome ride that doesn't beat up the vehicle. My Rover with Bilsteins on it is fabulous.

 

If you have a Toyota dealer within range (for parts) start looking for a 1993 - 1998 Land Cruiser, one with the old inline 6. These are veichles that serve millitary duty in other parts of the world, and to many represent the last "real" land cruisers. The suspension components are built to withstand battle, and since most of them were bought to cruise city bolevards and "impress people" who would never take them off-road, they haven't typcially been worked hard. They won't get good fuel economy, but they won't break down either.

 

were those the years that they were using the brakes from their small pick-ups? my buddy got one for his wife (forgot the year), and went through brakes like keith richards goes through smack! found out that for certain years, the land cruisers used under-sized brakes off of toyota's pick-ups.

 

I owned a 91 Toyota for ten years and drove the snot out of it: mountains, desert, dirt, pavement,pastures, creek bottoms... just about everything. I bought a lifetime alignment from Sears and it never needed an alignment, nothing ever came loose or wore out. I did the front bearings at 100K and they looked good so I regreased them and reinstalled. It ate brake pads, but that was its only vice. If I din't need the GVW of the Ram, I'd own another Toyota in a heartbeat. The 4Runner's are nice.

 

Thanks for the idea Fronty ... I put one together for the FJ last night.

Are your roads rougher than this ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLdeO9E0ois

Not bad for a stock vehicle with stock tires ... looks just like mine (without the rockbars on the sides).

Cheers,
PISTOL

 

Pistol, I was looking at the fj also, but I saw a web site,(can't remember where) that showed the fj's body cracking in different spots badly. Sorry, just wanted to give you the heads up.


Tim

 

there are hundreds (if not more) of reports of fj body cracking. the fix that toyota came up with, has already been failing, and most are saying not to mod, wheel, or take your fj on any real bad roads, if you want to avoid problems. after a recent event at moab, there were many owners who realized their fj's now had cracks in them, and the consensus is to stay away from buying one until this is resolved.

 

Yeah ... I saw that too but found out that it was only happening during some real extreme rock crawling where the twist factor is high. The Jeeps (CJ, XJ etc ...) have enough seams between the body panels that it can handle the torsion. The FJ is like a mountain climbing bread box ... although it looks like these things will handle a good bit of "stuff" before that happens ... at least anything that this kid will put it through.

Cheers,
PISTOL

 

Toureg's are also really nice

 

Yeah they are ... but they sure are proud of them. I like the Porsche Cayenne too ... my wallet was allergic to the window sticker.

PISTOL