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Old 02-22-2009, 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by FSETH
I am curious as to what you think is better about an SUV that drives and rides like a truck instead of one that drives and rides like a car? What is the benefit?
I've been following this thread to see if anyone would mention it but nobody has - what about actual off-roading? My Rodeo is on a truck-frame and while the comfort and ride suffers (only in comparison), it has one of the best 4WD systems for its time and is a great off-roader (think rock-climbing). I know nobody buys our $50k+ vehicles to go off-road but then there's this question about unibody vehicles [at any price] being the superior design for an SUV... truck frames = better off-roaders, no? Embarrassingly, an infamous review showed the X3 couldn't climb a small hill on dirt.
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