I drove 2300 miles across the US in an FJ Cruiser

"valkyr" (valkyrfilms)
07/21/2014 at 15:37 • Filed to: fj cruiser, toyota, roadtrip, roadtrippers, usa, cross country, move, highway, short film, odeza, valkyr films, jeremy heslup

Moving from Cincinnati to Los Angeles, I loaded up my car with everything I own and spent 5 days driving 2300+ miles across the country.

When the time finally came for me to relocate to the southern California area, I knew there were going to be a few things to consider. First, I did not want to drive with a U-haul from Cincinnati to LA; Second, I would have to take the trip solo, so it would take a few days and third, I wanted to take a route that was as epic as possible.

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DISCUSSION (24)

AM3R > valkyr
06/06/2014 at 14:55

How did the FJC hold up? Manual transmission?

Agrajag > valkyr
06/06/2014 at 15:34

Kinja'd!!!

Jesus Fucking Christ!

valkyr > AM3R
06/06/2014 at 17:35

Worked like a dream, cruised the whole way, the car was a beast. Really appreciated it after the trip was all said and done.

valkyr > Agrajag
06/06/2014 at 17:36

https://roadtrippers.com/us/st-louis-mo… always watching !

PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power > valkyr
06/07/2014 at 13:44

That's epic! Glad you had a safe and pretty great looking drive!

Did the FJ give you any issues? I know they're not the most comfortable highway cruisers, so I was wondering how it felt after 2,400 miles of driving

gs69350 > valkyr
06/08/2014 at 10:05

More epic than when I drove from Louisville to Los Angeles in a 1995 Saturn SL2, manual transmission, no cruise, and all my junk in it. I managed to do it in 2.5 days. I went the southern route.

Dsscats > valkyr
06/08/2014 at 19:56

#1- Epic video

#2- Is that....a manual FJ Cruiser?

#3- Quite a few of us Opponauts are LA based as well.

valkyr > Dsscats
06/09/2014 at 00:19

1 Much Appreciated!

2 Yes indeed 6spd with a TRD quick shifter

3 Good to know, I indeed also own a 93 300zx :p!

Dsscats > valkyr
06/09/2014 at 00:27

TT? Mine is a 92 NA 2+2 with 50k miles!

Kinja'd!!!

Burrito de EJ25 > valkyr
06/09/2014 at 02:13

I really, really, really need to take some time to explore this country like this.

Thanks for sharing. This was excellent.

MazdaMonkey > valkyr
07/21/2014 at 15:41

Impressive! I drove an FJ on a hundred-mile road trip once. The huge blind spot made it terrifying.

Fred (FreddsterExprs) > valkyr
07/21/2014 at 15:41

A girl from my school (in Germany) had a FJ Cruiser and therefore was the star when people were driven to school every morning. A great looking car, too bad it never was officially sold in Europe.