Final far well Bye Bye A/C I loved you and will mis you

[Afflicted]

I didn't post much but made daily stops on the forum. I want to thank all of you for the info and knowledge I gained from here. Don't think I ever posted pics of her so here are the pics I took when I last left her driving away in her replacement. We didn't want to do it but we have 2 kids and fostering a third and the Altima had no room or trunk



And here is her replacement a 2010 Camry SE V6 with black leather and navi

[headhunt3r]

Sucks to see anyone leave the A/C. My dad has the same car as you now, the camry se v6. Don't know how it compares to the VQ, but it def fills my void when I want to go a little faster

[altima777]

Are you selling any of the parts

[mcheddadi]

I didn't post much but made daily stops on the forum. I want to thank all of you for the info and knowledge I gained from here. Don't think I ever posted pics of her so here are the pics I took when I last left her driving away in her replacement. We didn't want to do it but we have 2 kids and fostering a third and the Altima had no room or trunk



And here is her replacement a 2010 Camry SE V6 with black leather and navi

I saw a coupe just like that getting sold online, at first I was like WOOT dangeris is selling his car lolbut then I remembered that he doesn't have the splitter or the original fascia.

That toyota v6 is a great engine and I'm sure you'll like driving it a lot!enjoy your new car

[Afflicted]

I saw a coupe just like that getting sold online, at first I was like WOOT dangeris is selling his car lolbut then I remembered that he doesn't have the splitter or the original fascia.

That toyota v6 is a great engine and I'm sure you'll like driving it a lot!enjoy your new car

where at I just traded Wed. Think a Nissan sales men was going to buy it

[Afflicted]

Are you selling any of the parts

I left everything on it but I have all the oem parts though. Going to see what the dealership want if them and maybe try to get the intake back since they pull those off. I do have an extra set of the XXR rims that have a small dent in all 4, plus I have the stick rims which only had maybe 1,000 miles on them. The Altima only had 16,000 miles on her.

Just noticed in the first pic you can see our Murano in the back ground. Then if anyone is wondering what is in the garage it is a '66 Plymouth belvedere
Modified by Afflicted at 9:08 AM 9/14/2009

[rjdmmfl1]

Sucks to see anyone leave the A/C. My dad has the same car as you now, the camry se v6. Don't know how it compares to the VQ, but it def fills my void when I want to go a little faster

weight about 30 lbs less, a few less horsepower, a few less torque.. should feel about the same... definately roomier, and its a Toyota so quality is spot-on... Not much of an improvement ovr the Altima Sedan 3.5 IMO, but its still a great car and its really about taste and preference....

at least the OP didn't jump into the super feminine toyota camry coupe

[SHIFT_COUPE]

Sorry to see you go! Glad you still have a Nissan in the family. I like the Camry. Enjoy it!

[BLKmomba1]

damn... everyones leaving their coupes for toyotas or hondas... but atleast its for family so thats most important... i can dig it. but no doubt ur still family here..

[michaelthepsycho]

Excellent color choice! You have great taste and a nice camera too. The Japanese Big Three are all that matters... I cannot stress how important it is to buy foreign :P I've driven the Camry straight-four and it was adequate... I guess the vee-six will keep you satisfied.

[Afflicted]

The camera is actually just my iPhone. But gotta do it for family. This is what I gave up for the murano to transport kids.I was getting ready to go turbo with it. it was actually our 2nd tc missed the first one which was black with about the same amount of mods. While I'm in photobucket this is what we traded for the Altima

[Afflicted]

First shots of owning the A/C week 1the trade in

[dangeris]

Haha..I traded my FJ for my coupe. Best decision I've ever made and I never looked back. Here's some shots of my monstrosity before I traded it in..

[toxik]

darryl you should retrofit those smiley faces on your coupe

[Afflicted]

Haha..I traded my FJ for my coupe. Best decision I've ever made and I never looked back. Here's some shots of my monstrosity before I traded it in..

Yeah I new you had done the same you had chated with my wife under her user name on here "goneredin08". Then it was funny when you first posted pics of your car with the XXR rims because we had ordered them and they were sitting in the garage waiting to be installed. I had to run to the garage to see if they where the same because we ordered them as sportmax rims. How do you like them? I hated them, the red painted just started peeling off of the edge next to the tire and I have another set that the shop we had to install them dented them on their "touchless" mounting machine that wasn't so touchless. But I swear I didn't copy off of you. I know someone else got the same on here also. If we had kept the car we were going to do the stillen rear lip spoiler, a custom sub box, and different rims in 19" but stay with the black and red theme maybe tenso or go all out for the time attacks. I had tail light overlays that I forgot about that were laying under the trunk mat flatting them out, found them when I was making sure we had gotten everything out of it.

[Afflicted]

Just found her on http://www.lovetoyota.com they're selling her for $26,000 if anybody is interested

[dangeris]

darryl you should retrofit those smiley faces on your coupe

You're freakin brilliant Arthur...but how..hmmmmmmm

Yeah I new you had done the same you had chated with my wife under her user name on here "goneredin08". Then it was funny when you first posted pics of your car with the XXR rims because we had ordered them and they were sitting in the garage waiting to be installed. I had to run to the garage to see if they where the same because we ordered them as sportmax rims. How do you like them? I hated them, the red painted just started peeling off of the edge next to the tire and I have another set that the shop we had to install them dented them on their "touchless" mounting machine that wasn't so touchless. But I swear I didn't copy off of you. I know someone else got the same on here also. If we had kept the car we were going to do the stillen rear lip spoiler, a custom sub box, and different rims in 19" but stay with the black and red theme maybe tenso or go all out for the time attacks. I had tail light overlays that I forgot about that were laying under the trunk mat flatting them out, found them when I was making sure we had gotten everything out of it.

To be honest,..I've had better rims. They advertise the rims as anodized..yeah..right... I also ordered them under sportmax then all off a sudden they changed to XXR...whatever. Anyway, there was a guy and the E-Town HIN and he had a Red G37 with CF roof overlay and he had 20" versions and I they were better in quality than my 18's. I was thinking of going to that size next year but we'll see what happens..

[Colton92]

Just found her on http://www.lovetoyota.com they're selling her for $26,000 if anybody is interested

I just sent you a email (not about buying ur car though)

[ESP]

Haha..I traded my FJ for my coupe. Best decision I've ever made and I never looked back. Here's some shots of my monstrosity before I traded it in..

HAHA! I'm looking to trade my coupe in for one of these! I love the FJs. I'm curious though...why didn't you like it?

[Afflicted]

A link to her at the used car lothttp://www.lovetoyota.com/used....html

[dangeris]

HAHA! I'm looking to trade my coupe in for one of these! I love the FJs. I'm curious though...why didn't you like it?

Before I answer that Eric, Why do you want one? What will you be doing mostly with it?

I loved my FJ and I really didn't want to get rid of it but gas for that thing was killing me. I bought it the first year they came out in 06. I bought the 4x4 6MT. What a lot of people don't know is that if you buy the 6MT, the 4 wheels are spinning all the time. If you bought the automatic, it's 2 wheel drive with the option of putting it into 4wd when you need it. I noticed that difference and the salesman assured me that mileage on the 6MT model was 17 city 22 hwy. My freakin a$$ it was. I drove that for months and even bought a scanguageII that helped me monitor my engine's vitals thereby "coaching" my driving but even before I lifted it and put big wheels on it, I was lucky to get 16mpg on the highway!..and I had a 100 mile commute for work everyday. It had a 20 gal tank that you had to use premium with and I was filling that bad boy twice a week. I was dying when gas was close to $5 a gallon. Finally after 10 months of having it, my bro calls me telling me that they just got in an 08 coupe...and the rest is history.

So Eric, if you're gonna go hit trails with it and do rock crawling in moab utah, then get the 6MT, if you're gonna cruise around town, get the auto. The auto gets about 25mpg hwy btw...

Sorry for the rant

[Afflicted]

He is 100% right. We had the automatic just for that reason to run it in 2 wheel drive to save gas but it still sucks it. We had an intake and exhaust on it so it was hard to stay off the pedal enjoying the sound of her. I was looking for like a 78 FJ when they came out so we had to get on of the first ones out. Don't get me wrong I loved it but we needed something mire fir the highways. If you rich and have 30gs to spend on an off road toy go for it but we needed a daily driver. Oh yeah you will be replacing the windsheild about once a year. Had to replace ours after the 4th rock chip left a crack that finally big enough for our insurance to pay for it. I think it was like almost $1000 for it. Then the "rugged" plastic interior and exterior scratch very easily including the trunk area walls and floor on the back of the seat. Even our lugage would scratch it. I learned real quick how to use a heat gun to get ride of the scratches and cuts. Still could get rid of the marks from the bandpass box I had on it. But would love to buy one 10-15 years down the road to play with because i took it on some scary trails in deep mud and snow. Here in WV we have trail teams that I would consider professionals that we would go out with on trails. They got fustrated when their heavily modified rigs would get stuck and the lightly modified FJ would go right through
Modified by Afflicted at 8:49 PM 10/3/2009

[ESP]

Before I answer that Eric, Why do you want one? What will you be doing mostly with it?

I loved my FJ and I really didn't want to get rid of it but gas for that thing was killing me. I bought it the first year they came out in 06. I bought the 4x4 6MT. What a lot of people don't know is that if you buy the 6MT, the 4 wheels are spinning all the time. If you bought the automatic, it's 2 wheel drive with the option of putting it into 4wd when you need it. I noticed that difference and the salesman assured me that mileage on the 6MT model was 17 city 22 hwy. My freakin a$$ it was. I drove that for months and even bought a scanguageII that helped me monitor my engine's vitals thereby "coaching" my driving but even before I lifted it and put big wheels on it, I was lucky to get 16mpg on the highway!..and I had a 100 mile commute for work everyday. It had a 20 gal tank that you had to use premium with and I was filling that bad boy twice a week. I was dying when gas was close to $5 a gallon. Finally after 10 months of having it, my bro calls me telling me that they just got in an 08 coupe...and the rest is history.

So Eric, if you're gonna go hit trails with it and do rock crawling in moab utah, then get the 6MT, if you're gonna cruise around town, get the auto. The auto gets about 25mpg hwy btw...

Sorry for the rant

PERFECT answer mate! That's the most honest review I've heard thus far! I wanted an FJ for several reasons: - It's big enough to carry all my gear (and I think it's pretty sweet lookin'). My fiancee shoots with me now so my gear list has gotten bigger! *sigh* - We just bought a house so we're going to be needing a vehicle with a reasonable amount of cargo space to haul...y'know, stuff... - It's more of an infant-suitable car than the coupe

All that being said, it just seems a bit too...excessive. Also, the lousy mileage was making me wary. Then, one afternoon, we saw a Cube drive past our house so my fiancee suggested we take one for a spin. Even though I'm pretty sure it's powered by a sewing machine, we freakin' love that little thing! We'll be picking one up next spring methinks...

Thanks Darryl!