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   From: scharf.steven@geemail.com   
      
   On 5/3/2022 1:33 AM, Xeno wrote:   
      
      
      
   > 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. Many trailheads for hiking involve gravel roads, i.e. "Head   
   south for 8 miles on House Rock Valley Road to the Wire Pass trailhead.   
   House Rock Valley Road is not paved, but it is usually passable in a   
   two-wheel drive vehicle as long as the car has a decent amount of ground   
   clearance." We did this hike, and while I was driving my Toyota 4Runner,   
   the majority of vehicles in the parking area were not 4WD off-road   
   vehicles, they were 2WD rental cars of various types.   
      
   Off-road is uncommon for most SUVs. There are also roads that are   
   unpaved but technically not "off-road" where a 4WD with high clearance   
   is necessary. I drove one of those once in my old Land Cruiser, and it   
   was harrowing   
   .   
      
   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).   
      
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