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4 Runner is not popular at OC. Most of them are driving Lexus GX470 or
Cadillac Escalade.

When you consider the number of freeway shooting and police chase every day
in So. Cal, I think it is reasonable that people want to drive a vehicle
like a tank (Hummer H2).


"Wilson" <trust101@wanadoo.com> wrote in message
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>A serious question. I see many 4 Runners on the streets and highways
> of Southern California. Those driving them seem to be enjoying
> themselves. Lots of wives going shopping and all sorts of folks.
>
> I was forced to be in a 5th floor building room a few weeks ago,
> waiting for someone in th next room to come into the room I was in.
> While waiting, I viewed the shops below and saw all kinds of
> housewives skooting up in their 4 Runners and going and coming out of
> the stores.
>
> I have the strong impression that very few of those driving the 4
> Runners ever go "offroad". Yet in So Cal, one has to go to
> considerable lengths or distances to get to off-road driving
> conditions.
>
> Why would they not drive "car based" SUV rather than a truck based
> SUV ? and particularly why would they drive the 4Runner when they have
> othe alternatives with "car based" SUV's.
>
> My neighbor said that he actually preferred the truck based feeling of
> driving. He has a Ford Lightning truck and does not use it for
> traditional truck activities like hauling things around.
>
> Could this truck based feel be relevant, or is there another set of
> reasons that would apply to the seeming general use of 4 Runners ?
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