Originally posted by 96RedSE5Sp:
Originally posted by Majisto:
We have 160K miles on our 2000 Explorer and it's a workhorse. There isn't a better SUV out there for the price, period.



Yeah, with all the snow you get in Austin, I bet your Explorer comes in real handy.





I don't see how snow has anything to do with since, if anything, SUVs tend to suck in snow almost as much as anything else on the road. But they are great for off-road or off of public roads, which much of Texas is. Head anywhere E or W from Austin and anything less than a Truck or SUV is either just not going to make it or get beat to death in a hurry. Texas has extremely sharp contrasts between urban and rural, you can go 20 miles out of one of the major cities and find yourself in a town that you can't drive off Main Street without something with some ground clearance.

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