Spectre
The Deported
- Joined
- Feb 1, 2007
- Messages
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- Location
- Dallas, Texas
- Car(s)
- 00 4Runner | 02 919 | 87 XJ6 | 86 CB700SC
The SUV originally started out as a pickup truck with bed cover. Trucks were two doors, not four, in those days. Two door SUVs initially didn't have rear seats, either. Later, when they got them, the seats were usually easily removable so that you could use the full capability of the covered bed.
Two door SUVs (with SUV defined as 'a vehicle built off of a truck or truck-like chassis' for the purposes of this discussion) offer almost all of the capability of their truck relatives with the addition of greater security for your cargo and the ability to transport said cargo in a waterproof climate controlled environment. Such SUVs are often available with real 4WD systems (which vans and wagons generally aren't) and have the ground clearance, etc., of their truck siblings so they can get to remote locations or proceed through nasty environments like urban flooding.
Two door SUVs (with SUV defined as 'a vehicle built off of a truck or truck-like chassis' for the purposes of this discussion) offer almost all of the capability of their truck relatives with the addition of greater security for your cargo and the ability to transport said cargo in a waterproof climate controlled environment. Such SUVs are often available with real 4WD systems (which vans and wagons generally aren't) and have the ground clearance, etc., of their truck siblings so they can get to remote locations or proceed through nasty environments like urban flooding.
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