"Ed White" <ce.white3@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Oct 19, 11:12 pm, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B <Tru...@e86.GTS> wrote:
>> On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:34:30 -0400, C. E. White wrote:
>> >> I'm not disagreeing with your mom's choice but why does she need an
>> >> SUV?? What were her needs from a technical perspective?
>>
>> > First of all, the Highlnader is not an SUV. You might get away with
>> > calling it a "Crossover
>>
>> That's what it's marketed as. Two or 4WD, but around here they run 5-1 in
>> favor of AWD.
>
> On the Toyota webpage it is in the SUV section, but they don't have a
> crossover section.
>
> At the dealers we looked at they had plenty of 2WD or AWD (seemed to
> be more 2WD than AWD). My Mother lives in a relatively flat area, it
> snows no more than a few days a year, and she has no need to go on bad
> dirt roads. Her Freestyle was AWD, but I don't think she knew or cared
> and I saw no reason to pay extra for AWD for the new Highlander. If
> things are bad enough that 4WD is required, she still has my Dad's '99
> 4WD Ranger available.
>
> Ed

Having the Ranger, why does she need to have TWO vehicles?