just got an older one of these; good for the hilly dirt roads where we live, and the copious snow in the winter-time...Ah, now I see, eta. Thanks.
Very much the same area as the Land Rover Freelander, I think:
http://www.landrover.com/gb/en/Products/Vehicle_Range/FreelanderSo an SUV is like a mini RV, a sorty of semi-off-roader?
Your case excepted, I reckon this is often in the same territory as people buying mountain bikes and never taking them off-road, and mothers dropping their kids at school with a gleaming 2/4-wheel drive that's never been in 4-wheel drive mode.
I suppose we have a river nearby that occasionally floods, so a high wheel-base is useful. But!
