zelatore
12-06-2007, 10:58 PM
Anybody here tow with a Toyota FJ?
I have real issues with sport utes in general (neither sporty or utilitarian), but my girlfriend is talking about getting one. If we did, the only way I could possibly justify it is by getting rid of my truck and replacing it with something actually fun to drive (Boxster maybe?).
BUT-
Does the FJ have the beans to tow a 22 Classic? Just looking at the road tests, it's not exactly a rocket ship even empty. I gotta wonder if you wouldn't be driving at WOT constantly just to get up to freeway speed or over the slightest hills.
Additionally, it's (relatively) short wheelbase and light weight - great attributes for a car, but not so much when talking about a tow rig.
I’m not talking about the factory tow rating – Heck, Ford claims you can tow 11,000 lbs with some half-tons. I think we’d all agree that the ‘max tow rating’ given by most factories is a loooong way from what you’d really want to tow. I want to know if it’s comfortable; can pass or accelerate decently; controls the trailer well … not what Toyota says it can do, but what it’s actually comfortable doing.
For reference, my last two tow vehicles have been a Ford Lightning and my current '05 Ram quad cab hemi.
Of course, it's probably a better tow rig than her other choice - a 4-door Wrangler.
(God, I’ll never live it down if she gets this thing….first it’s a Ute, and on top of it, it’s a Toyota!)
The floor is now open for comments . . .
I have real issues with sport utes in general (neither sporty or utilitarian), but my girlfriend is talking about getting one. If we did, the only way I could possibly justify it is by getting rid of my truck and replacing it with something actually fun to drive (Boxster maybe?).
BUT-
Does the FJ have the beans to tow a 22 Classic? Just looking at the road tests, it's not exactly a rocket ship even empty. I gotta wonder if you wouldn't be driving at WOT constantly just to get up to freeway speed or over the slightest hills.
Additionally, it's (relatively) short wheelbase and light weight - great attributes for a car, but not so much when talking about a tow rig.
I’m not talking about the factory tow rating – Heck, Ford claims you can tow 11,000 lbs with some half-tons. I think we’d all agree that the ‘max tow rating’ given by most factories is a loooong way from what you’d really want to tow. I want to know if it’s comfortable; can pass or accelerate decently; controls the trailer well … not what Toyota says it can do, but what it’s actually comfortable doing.
For reference, my last two tow vehicles have been a Ford Lightning and my current '05 Ram quad cab hemi.
Of course, it's probably a better tow rig than her other choice - a 4-door Wrangler.
(God, I’ll never live it down if she gets this thing….first it’s a Ute, and on top of it, it’s a Toyota!)
The floor is now open for comments . . .