HummerMike
9/5/2007 6:50:05 PM
I heard from a reliable source today at my dealer that Toyota is having frame issues with the FJ Cruiser. I guess the frames are cracking in certain spots due to stress. Also, if you off road one it REALLY cracks! I guess they better go back to the drawing board if they want to compete this p.o.s. with an H3!!
Doc Olds
9/5/2007 6:58:58 PM
Hawaiian Hummah
9/5/2007 7:24:21 PM
Yeah, but you gotta love the part in post 1003 where Toyota told the guy he will not have warranty coverage if he takes it off road!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And to think that Hummer sponsors their own off road events!!
HummerMike
9/5/2007 7:31:58 PM
sorry. i should have searched.
I did enjoy reading one fj owners post where he says toyota told him his warranty is void if he goes off roading! LOL!
importkiller
9/5/2007 9:46:15 PM
but I thought imports never break?!?!?!?!?! LMAO
ockie
9/6/2007 4:28:29 AM
Big Mike
9/6/2007 5:14:42 AM
I'm just tired of hearing how great Toyota's are......maybe this will quiet them down a little !!
pool_shark
9/6/2007 6:57:36 AM
I don't feel the need to laugh at the misfortune of others, no vehicle is perfect. I don't see why people with FJ's think they are superior to those who drive H3's or vice versa. Everyone chooses what vehicle they drive based on their needs and other circumstances.
The troll got what he deserved, however his frame had cracked prior to trolling, that is if we're talking about the guy pretending he wanted to buy an H3 a few weeks ago.
dmb7280
9/6/2007 8:48:41 AM
i feel the need to laugh at one misfortune of the fj: GHEYNESS.
Doc Olds
9/6/2007 9:35:19 AM
HummerGuy
9/6/2007 9:59:25 AM
mfish
9/6/2007 1:44:46 PM
I'm glad their cracking...I am sick of hearing how flippen great toyota's are.
BUY AMERICAN
Hawaiian Hummah
9/6/2007 7:40:27 PM
Mountain Trooper
9/6/2007 10:02:09 PM
In all Mountain Bike Owners Manuals it tells you that the warranty is void if you ride the bike offroad... lol
Kinda the same thing with that vehicle. Easy out for warranty issues.
rotten
9/7/2007 4:03:34 AM
quote:
ORIGINAL: mfish
I'm glad their cracking...I am sick of hearing how flippen great toyota's are.
BUY AMERICAN
My H3 tail lens is made in Mexico. Should i send it back? Maybe I'll ask my father-in-law. He builds Kawasaki Mules in Lincoln, NE, USA.
Doc Olds
9/7/2007 5:58:20 AM
When the Kawsake mules roll out of NE, where do the profits go?????? Obviously there are plenty of products that compete with american made and the foreign product are in fact better............Cameras, TVs, electronics....
Last I checked, a Kow Mule isn't an automobile. America still has the best cars and trucks in the world, pindikks that buy foreign don't have a clue.
Park you foreign sh!t in DETROIT, go ahead, see what happens
I have banned myself from this thread now
pool_shark
9/7/2007 6:33:16 AM
There are plenty of foreign named cars built in America and vice versa, it's a crap shoot nowadays. Honda is a foreign named car built in the states and is one of the best made vehicles, they also have a good resale value.
Unfortunately "buy American" is not as easy as it once was. The whole China imported toy recall going on right now is a prime example. A local news channel went to serveral toy stores trying to find an American made toy and couldn't find any.
rotten
9/7/2007 6:54:24 AM
quote:
ORIGINAL: Doc Olds
When the Kawsake mules roll out of NE, where do the profits go?????? Obviously there are plenty of products that compete with american made and the foreign product are in fact better............Cameras, TVs, electronics.... Last I checked, a Kow Mule isn't an automobile. America still has the best cars and trucks in the world, pindikks that buy foreign don't have a clue. Park you foreign sh!t in DETROIT, go ahead, see what happens I have banned myself from this thread now
You are right! Mexico makes the best tail lights! That's why that put them on the best cars!
No, the main profits don't go to the US, but he has made a comfortable living for him and his family for about 25 years from them. My point was, we can foreign bash all we wasn't, but some people benefit from foreign companies. A lot of people have no clue that may foreign cars and other products are assembled in the USA at least giving us some benefit, while US companies are having foreign countries make our parts.
How much of our car is actually made in the USA? I know the tail lenses are made in Mexico, I know when i was working on my stereo i saw other "made in stamps" behind the dash, that were not USA. It's pretty much impossible to buy something that is truly "Made in the USA"
But, hey i like em all.
I've owned German (do you really need that many parts to do something simple?) Japanese (mostly good quality albeit a bit bland, and some rust issues)
I have several Pontiac Fieros and i know one thing, in the 80's, boy the American cars didn't quite have it together. Most everything was built like those black roof rails on the H3. Really cheap and fragile.
We can't laugh too much at the FJ when we have our share of problems, like the valve/head problems. Mine went through it, luckily before the warranty was out. But what if it was out. No recall yet on the engines. My H3 wasn't even fit for on road use.
Still, I love my H3 and I'm proud that American assembled products are of greater quality then ever.
mfish
9/7/2007 7:43:55 AM
damn...some of you people are sensitive ( or aren't american
)
pool_shark
9/7/2007 8:52:45 AM
I am neither sensitive or un-American, nice try with the Bush administration trick though.
I'm simply saying "buy American" is nowhere near as easy as it once was.
that was concerned about the steering shaft issues and decided to buy a FJ because his "friends" pressured him is eating his words now
sorry ockie but I always feed the "Trolls"
