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   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
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   > > Disregarding pick up trucks, most SUVs never see even a *gravel road*   
   > > much less go off-road.   
   >   
   > Not sure what country you're in, but that statement is untrue in the   
   > U.S.. Where most vehicles, SUV or not, do drive on gravel roads on   
   > occasion.   
      
   only on rare occasion do they drive on gravel roads, and for a small   
   number of owners. you're actually confirming what he said.   
      
      
   > In California and Oregon, a lot of people buy 4WD SUVs, with all-season   
   > tires, to avoid the requirement to put on tire chains in winter in the   
   > mountains in the snow (occasionally chains are required even for 4WD   
   > with snow tires, but if conditions are that bad then the road is usually   
   > closed, I've only run into this two times, both times in National Parks).   
      
   chains are only required because the majority of drivers there have no   
   idea how to drive in the snow, and for california, also the rain.   
      
   the traffic reports in california correlate with the weather. lots of   
   crashes, it must be raining.   
      
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