"Sharx35" <sharx35@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "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.
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>> On the Toyota webpage it is in the SUV section, but they don't have
>> a
>> crossover section.
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>> 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
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> Having the Ranger, why does she need to have TWO vehicles?
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>

My brother has 7 vehicles. I have know people with many more.
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