Hi, I am about to move from Italy to California. I am a outdoor enthusiast and I love offroading. USA offer so much: desert, forests, mountains and sea.
While the FJ Cruiser is not offered on the European market, since I saw it at a local Toyota dealer I loved it and my girlfriend loved it too (oh I just married her, she's now my wife ).
Unfortunately the salesmen here in the silicon valley have *no clue* what is offroading about. I read the Toyota website about the FJ cruiser and it was evident I knew more than them. Everyone tried to push the model they had on display without even considering I want to do offroading. One even said the 2x4 version was a great value for me
So here the question: what options and package do you think is best for me? I won't be using this car too much to commute (I plan to buy a scooter for that) but I want it ready for some great fun. What would you suggest? What about aftermarket items such as a winch and similar?
Also: as a European I am used to the manual shift. I generally do not like the automatic shifts, especially the ones on the lousy rental cars I've driven until now. What is your opinion?
Try to understand it is all completely new for me and I am not sure on the details how the American car market works
Thanks Alessio
The administrator has disabled public write access.
).
