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I have never owned a four wheel driver nor never found a reason to have one, even though I could afford to have the very best, I think they are an absolute waste of engineering unless I can get some practical use. My dear families in Minnesota, Montana and Washington scoff at those that insist on having anything other than a "work truck" for any tasks around the ranch. Four wheel drive was always considered a luxury unless your hauling fence posts, digging out calves in the snow or tending miles of fence line. The costs of ownership, the carbon footprint and mechanical challenges of routine maintenance discourage me. The Aussies seem to get alot of work done in the bush without complicaed luxury four wheel drive SUV's. Conspicuous consumption is the order of the day for most SUV operators on the roads today. Our fuel costs are only going to increase over time and that resource is not renewable.
I have to laugh at the Rover drivers over here using their nearly 4 ton vehicles to drive to and from work in stop and go traffic, belching out the products of incomplete combustion.
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