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Roland Perry

In message , at 10:12:34 on Tue, 10 Aug
2010, d remarked:
But you do need to own something that's also suitable for long trips on
sometimes very poor roads. The attraction of the SUV concept is that
it's a more suitable compromise than an even bigger traditional 4x4 or
pickup truck.

Unless you're doing proper offroading which might involve driving over
boulders or wet fields you don't need 4 wheel drive and high ground
clearance. Farmers and other countryside workers need 4x4s, anyone else
who buys one is just a poser.

You've got lots of experience of USA roads, then? I agree that to some
extent the 4x4 part is a red herring; the same vehicle with 2WD would
normally be as good (except in the snow - and some people do live where
it snows a lot in the winter).
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Roland Perry