Thread: 2011-2014 FJ Cruiser.

Anyone with experience of these. Either owned or worked on?

Worked on

Originally Posted by longrange308

Worked on

And your opinion?

Looked at one once as part of a repair job on it - kind of struck me as a "Crusier in name only". Not sure if that's really a fair assessment as the overall package is lighter than the usual cruiser, but it did seem a lot more lightly built than I would have expected for something wearing the landcruiser badge. The petrol engine thing didn't really excite me, also I'm more requiring a ute configuration with the heavy tow capacity which the FJ doesn't have.

The impression I got was it was aimed at those that don't need the internal capacity of the full chassis cruisers, but then I don't know why you would look at one of those over a Prado as you get the option of diesel engines in the Prado's. At 12 to 14L/100Km of petrol consumption on average, diesel is more attractive.

I think these are a niche 4wd, if you love them you'll defend them to the end of the earth otherwise you'll ho hum off to the next 'un.

I'm sure someone who has a lot more time (and love) for the vehicle will be along shortly haha.

Blind spot on wheels

https://www.whichcar.com.au/reviews/...iser-long-term

Originally Posted by blip

Blind spot on wheels

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Customer bought one in he was thinking of buying never driven a suv with so many blind spots.

I think it's a reference to the width of the pillars, and also a long and very square flat bonnet which doesn't have the best downward viewing clearance. As I said, someone who loves the model will eventually be along to sing it's praises - but a comment I will add is how many of these do you see for sale compared to the Prado's and full Cruiser's, and also how long do they stay on the market. The Prado's and full Cruisers if priced to the market don't stay long - things like the Troopy's basically sell themselves...

greatest car ever

What did I tell ya?

Contact @Happy, he had one for a few years, think they were thirsty. But pretty comfortable

Very thirsty, heaps of grunt, hard to see out of, deceptively spacious inside, capable off road, easy to drive on the road, comfortable, did i mention thirsty?

Originally Posted by Maca49

Contact @Happy, he had one for a few years, think they were thirsty. But pretty comfortable

And Shift14 he was the only vechile to require a tractor recovery at the toby shoot

Was that a tyre selection issue or something else you think? I know the electronic locking diff utes are crap in 2H, no real apparent difference in 4H but switch to 4L and engage the ABS system to control wheel slip and the vehicle just rolls away like you're a totally shite driver. The difference in this between highway tyres and good traction tyres is really noticeable too, often with good tyres you don't need 4L and can get out of a slippery spot without the electronics having to help out.