Toyota FJ Cruiser owners are a special breed for sure. Thought it might be interesting to see what types of vehicles other owners gave up just before making the swap to their beloved FJ. I have been noticing a lot of similarities between the kinds of vehicles FJ owners used to have or may even still have, so this thread is being started to possibly prove that brilliant minds think alike.
My trade was a 2004 MINI Cooper and I have always appreciated vehicles that have some degree of heritage or are of unique design. While MINI to FJ may seem like quite a leap, I think we may see that it is not so uncommon.
I also have a 2003 Harley Davidson Road King 100th Anniversary Edition and it seems many FJ owners own a two wheeled freedom machine of some type as well.
Traded our 2004 Acura TL. In the family for 9 years, bought from a friend with only like ~17,000 miles...great car. One of the few (probably only) cars with an automatic tranny that I loved. 1st & 2nd gear were sweet...60mph came fast! She will be missed, but real happy with the FJ we scored.
2002 Land Cruiser here (The dealership finance manager bought it.) We traded two vehicles and bought another outright inside of 30 days. It was a car buying spree.
1997 Ford Expedition for my 2010 4x2 FJ in 2009, then went for an oil change at the dealer in 2011 and came home with a 2012 4x4...I wasn't allowed to go for oil changes any more after that...
2005 VW Bettle...fun little car. I will miss the Triptronic shifter, but I will not miss falling in to the car every day. The seat only came up to my knee...
2012 VW GTi
Had an audi a4 before that
Had a honda s2000 before that
Had a bullitt mustang before that
Had a mustang GT before that
Had a TJ wrangler before that
So I went from a 4wd to muscle cars to a sports car to ze Germans back to a 4wd. Love my FJ most of all, but I miss my bullitt sometimes- that one was a real growler. I have gone full circle of life in cars.
This is my first vehicle of this type. I bought the FJ a couple months before I took delivery of the 2013 Shelby GT500 I special ordered. I wanted something I could use for daily driver duties and bad weather, and thought the FJ looked like a really fun option. I didn't trade anything in for it, but have had a LOT of fun with it ever since. My wife drives a Lexus hybrid so I kinda feel like I have all the bases covered now. Lol
I sold my 2003 Tundra 4x2 That I bought new and a 2000 BMW 540i I Bought in 2013 from a client, to buy my 2014 FJ. I still feel happy about my choice. I do miss the Tundra a bit, we had some great adventures over our 113,000 mile relationship.
I traded a 2011 Taco. I liked it, but I like the FJ better. I've been sitting on the FJ fence for a while. It came down to buy it now or regret it forever... It's cool that I traded the number 2 resale vehicle in for the number 1. That's a nice bonus!
08 taco for 08 fj in 2010. Sad they are stopping production though would love a 2014 tt. But they are 38-40k
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