Nice! I looked at going Toyota when I was truck shopping but they were $10K more expensive, and with planning to off-road, means a more affordable truck meant cash to spare for mods (and breakages) and I wouldn't feel as bad off-roading it. Plus having a contract job I didn't get to get a truck I couldn't afford if I lost my job; low and behold the economy took a dump and I was kicked to the curb several months later...almost 5 years later and I still have my Xterra
I'm not a fan of the FJ, but I respect it as a truck and it does work very well off-road and with a good aftermarket suppose, I've seen a few that I really like done up.
I did look at trying to stick with Mazda, looking into the B4000 and Ranger FX4-LLII, but the small pickup doesn't really give me the functionality that I wanted...I have little use for a bed, and the cab is too small to be functional. The SUV body is very much handy and useful in comparison, and it's nice to be able to carry 4 passengers, and she's built on a full frame from a Frontier pickup (the 2nd Gen 05+ uses the Alpha frame from the Titan), and your FJ has a real frame too, so despite the SUV jokes, she's a real truck underneath.
For mileage, it depends on the truck, but my lifted truck with off-road 32" tires, loaded to the brim and my RTT on the rack had gotten the same mileage as when she was stock with street tires...it's just my ECM that has PMS and affects my mileage...She's inefficiently efficient, which is good in some cases
