I had a 2007 fj. It was cool...for a while. The visibility was pretty bad. Off-road, the wheelbase was great but the visibility out of the truck and the general blocky build made it feel much bigger than it was. If you own a home, you will also need a trailer as the fj is fairly small inside and, with the seats folded, the floor isn't even remotely flat. I was not a fan if the buckling inner fenders either.
mine started to buckle. New ones may not have that issue?? I also grew weary of the exact thing that drew me to the fj: wicked cool looks inside and out. Just got tired if looking at it all. Weird.
Now, the access cab tacoma suffers from the same retarded suicide rear doors that the fj has that make parking lot access extremely frustrating. The taco feels narrower on the trail but it is very obvious that you are WAY longer. Nice to have a bed.
Both rigs suffer from the same issue...at least for me...they have a lot of various plastic rattles and groans. I had all of them tracked down and fixed under warranty with the fj. Still working in the taco. Those damn rear doors on both rigs are responsible for a lot of squeaking as well. I put up with it but would rather have small forward opening doors with a real b pillar. Oh well.
What it really comes down to, IMO, is this: you're either a truck guy at heart or an SUV guy at heart. If you can have both, that's great. I can't and the fj pointed out to me that I'm a truck guy at heart.
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