My New Ride
Tuesday, April 11, 2006 by Sleeping Dragon | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Well, at least while I'm bogged down at work, I can play a bit during the commute. My new ride is the 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser. A sort of retro version of the Landcruiser, the first vehicle ever to make checkpoint 6 on Mount Fuji.
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Jafo
Reply #2 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 7:47 PM
Reply #2 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 7:47 PM
We call these things Toorak Tractors....for wifey to take the kids to and from school....they'd faint at the thought of actually taking them off-road....but they make great pedestrian-killers.....and have the roll-center of a London bus.
They 'shouldn't' be for a 'commute' but for farm-work or equivalent....
Sleeping Dragon
Reply #4 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:01 PM
...depends on your commute.
This is no yuppified version. The only bells and whistles have to do with rear differential locks and active traction control in 4L. This is a rock climbing, mud slinging, monster that will never be this pretty again. http://www.toyota.com/fjcruiser/index.html?s_van=GM_TN_FJ_INDEX
...but your point is well taken and I get quite a giggle out of women taking their Hummers to get groceries. ...A Hummer is a truck folks.
Thanks, Donna. I see some relief of time restraints in the future and hope to be spamming again soon.
Reply #4 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:01 PM
| They 'shouldn't' be for a 'commute' but for farm-work or equivalent.... |
...depends on your commute.
This is no yuppified version. The only bells and whistles have to do with rear differential locks and active traction control in 4L. This is a rock climbing, mud slinging, monster that will never be this pretty again. http://www.toyota.com/fjcruiser/index.html?s_van=GM_TN_FJ_INDEX...but your point is well taken and I get quite a giggle out of women taking their Hummers to get groceries. ...A Hummer is a truck folks.
Thanks, Donna. I see some relief of time restraints in the future and hope to be spamming again soon.
aimzzz
Reply #5 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:01 PM
Reply #5 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:01 PM
I was going to edit & say the color is great, but the bleeping server won't let me... 
Sleeping Dragon
Reply #6 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:04 PM
...no hitch yet. I may sell the boat if I can't get out much this year (waiting for a gasp from Wreckless Eric and @Lantec)
...or I may just get a hitch.
Reply #6 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:04 PM
| Does it pull your boat? |
...no hitch yet. I may sell the boat if I can't get out much this year (waiting for a gasp from Wreckless Eric and @Lantec)
...or I may just get a hitch.
BlackViper_17
Reply #7 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:13 PM
Reply #7 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:13 PM
i cant wait to get my licence nice ride kinda square but cool
seldomseen
Reply #8 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:19 PM
Reply #8 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:19 PM
makes me think 
I'd bettr play the lottery again!
Very very nice, SD
[p.s.- always been an old LC fan, of the good 'ol' ones]
I'd bettr play the lottery again!
Very very nice, SD
[p.s.- always been an old LC fan, of the good 'ol' ones]
Jafo
Reply #9 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:43 PM
Reply #9 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:43 PM
Now this is the ideal one for transporting the kiddies to school.....no parking issues...
Jafo
Reply #10 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:53 PM
Reply #10 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:53 PM
Ooh....even better....
Light, compact....gotta be economical. Parking....fits in any suburb....[one only per suburb].
If big and/or fast cars are a penis-substitute then you really must pity this owner's partner [if any]....
Clearly an indication that as a child someone was denied a Tonka truck for Crissie...so is making amends.....
starkers
Reply #12 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:54 PM
Reply #12 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:54 PM
That's a real nice ride, SD. ....and people'll be sure to see you coming with that bright yellow paint job
My nephew, Ethan, was hit by one very similar while cycling home from school....he ended up in hospital with two broken legs and a severe concussion. He was very lucky to have survived it, had it not been for his helmet, his injuries would have been much worse, probably fatal....it was shattered into several pieces.
Poor little bugger, he'd not long lost his father and that happened. Fortunately he healed quickly, is back on his feet and getting around normally again.
Oddly enough, it was the mother of his best mate who was driving....picking her son up from school.
Yeah, in OZ FWD's have become more of a fashion statement these days....here in Launceston, it seems every sixth or seventh vehicle is a FWD with a nice shiny bullbar....like they're going to encounter cattle in the city centre
But hey, SD, don't take too much heed of my prattlings....you enjoy that nice new set of wheels and drive safely, ya' hear
....and people'll be sure to see you coming with that bright yellow paint job | .but they make great pedestrian-killers.. |
My nephew, Ethan, was hit by one very similar while cycling home from school....he ended up in hospital with two broken legs and a severe concussion. He was very lucky to have survived it, had it not been for his helmet, his injuries would have been much worse, probably fatal....it was shattered into several pieces.
Poor little bugger, he'd not long lost his father and that happened. Fortunately he healed quickly, is back on his feet and getting around normally again.
Oddly enough, it was the mother of his best mate who was driving....picking her son up from school.
| We call these things Toorak Tractors. |
Yeah, in OZ FWD's have become more of a fashion statement these days....here in Launceston, it seems every sixth or seventh vehicle is a FWD with a nice shiny bullbar....like they're going to encounter cattle in the city centre
But hey, SD, don't take too much heed of my prattlings....you enjoy that nice new set of wheels and drive safely, ya' hear
RPGFX
Reply #14 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:34 PM
Reply #14 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:34 PM
Not a big truck fan myself, I have kind of a strange taste in vehicles. I Like sporty sedans, like the Cadillac CTS, or Lincoln LS, those kinds of cars. I know, I'm funny like that. But it's hot looking! Love the yellow!
But it's hot looking! Love the yellow!
ZubaZ
Reply #16 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:47 PM
Reply #16 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:47 PM
The yellow is nice . . but it could be bettter.
How about a skinning contest? The color scheme of my avatar would work well I think.
How about a skinning contest? The color scheme of my avatar would work well I think.
Cynder-Elluh
Reply #17 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:48 PM
Reply #17 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:48 PM
Real nice SD, very cool..
will keep you entertained while driving to work or road trips!
Plan to do any off roading?
will keep you entertained while driving to work or road trips!
Plan to do any off roading?
Sleeping Dragon
Reply #18 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 10:01 PM
Between the recreational swamps in the are, and the construction sites I go almost daily, yes I do. Otherwise I would have purchased this
...in my dreams
Reply #18 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 10:01 PM
| Plan to do any off roading? |
Between the recreational swamps in the are, and the construction sites I go almost daily, yes I do. Otherwise I would have purchased this
...in my dreams
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Reply #1 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 7:42 PM
Hey, you've been missed around here. I've thought of you a lot lately. Hope things are going well for you.
Donna