RE: Transparent SUV bashing

[KSMITH1@mailgw.sanders.lmco.com]

Gross Scruggs <scruggs@mbay.net> opined, in part:

     I unashamedly own a '92 Trooper that sees offroad experience every time I
     drive it into the yard to wash it.  Why buy something that weighs 4300lbs
     and gets 18mpg?  Because it will perform more of the transportation
     functions than anything else I could find.  It will take me anywhere and do
     anything except scratch my performance itch.  The nasty east coast winter
     of '93-'94 was ho-hum to those of us with sufficient ground clearance, ABS
     and 4WD.  We made it up and down those steep, one-lane, icy roads in my
     Annapolis neighborhood without pause.  We pulled a huge trailer across to
     Monterey last December without a problem.  I've spent entire days at the
     wheel and emerged a little flat on one side but still ambulatory.  My
     Trooper is the most trouble-free and most versatile vehicle I've yet owned.

I think the question asked is why buy a SUV instead of an Audi when, for most of
one's transportation needs, the Audi is superior in comfort, economy, and 
performance, and for the other occasions, a SUV or truck, as appropriate, can be
rented.  It seems to me the selection of SUV would depend on the number of days 
per year one expected to be towing something large.

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