"BeaterGT" (beatergt)
04/02/2018 at 15:57 • Filed to: None
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"BeaterGT" (beatergt)
04/02/2018 at 15:57 • Filed to: None | 6
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Friend stopped by in their beautiful, low mileage (~30k) 1968 Chrysler Newport. Makes for a wonderful cruiser, but I wouldn’t want to park it.
Any Oppos have experience with FJs? Coworker is looking at them and I don’t know squat except that they stopped making them.
Spotted downtown...a wild RX-7 appears
Closer...
Passenger camera work at its finest.
Had to clean up the other headlight to try and match it to the brand new one on the driver side. Sorry, no before/after shot but it was very cloudy beforehand. Hopefully will last through summer.
Also did some brake work and sprayed down some bolts with penetrating fluid in prep for replacing the front control arms.
Wouldn’t be a roundup without a picture of the girls together. And here’s a poor sunset shot of the beater Z which will be getting all the attention next warm weekend. Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend!
arl
> BeaterGT
04/02/2018 at 20:41 |
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Had an unmodified FJ for about three years. Rock solid truck. Easy to drive, blind spot isn’t as bad as everyone makes it out to be. Basically same drivetrain as a 4Runner. I never should have sold it.
I wouldn’t buy a modified one - God only knows what they’ve done to it, and what sort of off-roading it’s been through. Doesn’t make very good gas mileage, but doesn’t make terrible mileage either. I think I averaged 17mpg in mine.
It was a tank in the snow.
atfsgeoff
> BeaterGT
04/02/2018 at 22:12 |
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If you get an FJ Cruiser with the 6 speed stick, it has one of the most capable offroading drivetrains available on a stock production vehicle: Mechanical Torsen diffs front, rear, and center, with high/low transfer case in a full time 4wd system.
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BeaterGT
> atfsgeoff
04/03/2018 at 11:09 |
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This is good oppo as I had no idea! I’ll pass this along, thank you.
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BeaterGT
> arl
04/03/2018 at 11:09 |
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Seems like a pretty stout ride, thanks for the input.