porters

I was at Francis peak and there was a whole line of FJs up there from a SLC FJ club. I start talking to the guys and some of these FJs are tricked out with winches and bumpers so I say nice looking FJ to one of the guys. He says thanks and then tells me that he is a Jeep fan too, but the thing he hates about JKs is that they all look the same.

I process what he just said and looked at the 8 FJs all lined up in a row and asked if he was serious pointing to all the FJs. I then pointed to my JK with all the doors off, and the soft top on with no windows and explained that with JKs you can remove the doors, change out all kinds of hard tops and soft tops and that there are way more aftermarket parts for JKs than for FJs. I explained that every FJ here has the same top, the same doors, the only thing different was the wheels and the bumpers and an inch or two of lift height.

The FJ guy looked at me and explained how he would be nice and cozy inside his FJ with its doors on and not exposed to the elements and breathing trail dust like I would be in my JK.

I decided this FJ guy was not on the same wavelength. I so I got ready to head off down the trail when another FJ guy asked me if I knew the trail ahead, and when I told them I did they all asked if I would lead them. There I was a lone JK leading the pack of FJs down the trail. I just smiled as we headed sown the trail with a bunch of clueless FJs tagging behind.

What is it about FJ guys?

RubiDude

Good post! I saw a guy today in a FJ that had one of those "Life is Good" tire covers in the back...with a Jeep right in the middle of it! Truthfully, I think those are the TJ, but regardless, the FJ does not have that kind of following and this was definitely not a FJ in the middle of his tire cover. I think he wishes he had a Jeep!

porters

I found a video of JKs and FJs wheeling together in Hawaii. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_ERb5AG7n4&feature=related

benny

Sorry to break it to FJ people, they all look like Barbie cars.

porters

I have to say, I have been off-roading a lot around Utah. I see lots of Jeeps, and sometimes an FJ, but I have never seen a Hummer H3 on the trail. Am I the only one to notice this?

Yamaha90

I have seen an H3 or two on the trails at our local offroad place, looked nice actually, the guy had a good time.

Red Wings

I would have gone back to the first guy and pointed out that you don't get much trail dust when you are in the front of the pack.

Kedge

I would of said "Sure, do you have a tow strap, we can hook you all together"

Winyah

I would trade my jeep for a new FJ40 in a heart beat....too bad they don't make them anymore. The FJ Cruiser was such a disappointment.

Mark Doiron

I got a three-fer when camping a couple weeks ago.



But, alas, the FJ and the Hummer aren't really used off-road, and the Rubi is used on a ranch, so sees dirt/mud trails, etc, but that was his first time on rocks.