Long-term update: Our Toyota FJ Cruiser gets puked on
Our manual Toyota FJ Cruiser has been chugging along trouble-free. There’s absolutely nothing to report except the cost of the latest service as well as someone puking in it.
We took it in for the 15,000km service, and apparently the dealer had a discount running that brought down the price from a high Dhs 800 to a realistic Dhs 550. We threw in new wipers as well for Dhs 130. And a smart repair (offered by the dealer, but outsourced) of the scratch on the rear bumper corner (left by some idiot without a note) cost us Dhs 500.
Later on, it finally got a thorough cleaning inside and out after we lent the car to our offroad monkey Vivek “Pajero” Menon. His kid puked in the back seat, probably because Vivek drives like a monkey, so he took it to a car wash facility and got the “deep clean” done several times until there was no smell left. So aside from a couple of door dings, our FJ is looking new again.
So far, it’s cost us more in RTA expenses to just park the FJ than it has been to maintain it.
Original Mileage When Bought: 5,500 km
Latest Mileage To Date: 15,200 km
Latest Average Fuel Economy: 14.5 litres/100 km
Cost of Latest Problems: Dhs 0
Cost of Latest Maintenance: Dhs 680Total Non-Fuel Running Cost Since Bought: Dhs 1550
Comments
Sting316
Thats what I am talking about. This car is just a tank. I am loving mine since 2010…
Sting316
Sorry to hear about Viveks kid throwing up in the back seat. I think FJ’s seat material is somewhat easy to wash and clean… did it help?
Note : You got kids too who would wanna ride in Viveks back seat some day… LOL
bp
Hi Mash, is it really a family freindly car? I want to buy one but worried about the on road performance.
Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury
It’s manageable.
Viv Richards
Drive a Ford Edge and then drive the Fj…you will find it absolutely manageable!!!
Sami
@Viv I dont get it, what do you mean?