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"why do people buy off road vehicles, but never drive them off road?"

thats the question, i NEED answers. the papers due monday

DEVILSTOY

because some people have too much money and feel like the "man" , most people these days are about looks and glammar , ill take a beat up jeep thats built where it counts then something that looks good

LTHG

I think its more of the 4wd that attracts people. Not so much of the "off road" things.

BlueXJ

It is the fact that they can drive it offroad if they want to. Not so much that they need to but they are being "Boy Scouts" by being prepared.

89eliminator

because most people would rather mall crawl.

redneck999

Wife, kids, scouts, camping, snow,extra room needed for groceries/supplies/bodies. We dont necessarily go 4wheeling but do tow a couple of atv's and enjoy the ability to go off road when hunting or for what ever reason whenever i want. Its difficult to acomplish these things with a ford taurus, not impossible but difficult.

Blind Driver

in my opinion being a scout (i don't wanna hear any ****) it is the preparedness factor and the size mostly. People get big cars because their 3 kids all have friends and if you every have to take them somewhere they need to have room. Also the preparedness factor. as i always say "when **** hits the fan, grab an umbrella", big cars are these people umbrellas weather they use them like they are intended to or not

Mike1998XJ

For the same reason people buy Corvettes yet the speed limit is 70mph...

92muddycherokee

Well, I used to complain about those that I would see in a spotless jeep with not so much as a single scratch and way too much chrome and say, "what a waste." It would **** me off that people would build their vehicles up soo much and not wheel them. When I had my 92 in HighSchool I would wheel it every weekend or everyother weekend. Then when I started college we would wheel about once a month.
These days, I am lucky to get out a couple times a year. I am at the point of just building mine up for mostly street but still able to go off road because that is where I find myself most of the time just because of school and work...such is life.
However in the past year or so, just the fact of having a lifted jeep can help get me home during bad weather. In the past year we have had record flooding around my area and there have been times, the only way I could get home was to cross the barricades and take the XJ on a water crossing. Nothing feels better than driving by an abandoned Cadillac with water coming up your door only to just drive right out and up the hill into your driveway.

For those that strictly lift, chrome, pimp out their Jeeps or other 4x4's only for the satisfaction of having others gawk at their fly rides...more power to them. They can do what they want to, but I will never respect them. I will walk right by them at a car show and never give it a second thought.

89whiteXJ

The answer is simple. It is b/c they do not want to get sand in there manginas

troy fritz

They are posers, plain and simple. Cant stand them people.

robertj

An SUV is not an off road vehicle per se. Most of you that use your XJs for off road use spend thousands of dollars modifying them for that purpose. Where in the name "Sport Utility Vehicle" does it say anything about off road? I do a little light trail riding but could care less about making my Jeep into a true off roader. I do, however, use it as the name "Utility" would indicate to pull a boat, utility trailer, and haul stuff around in the back. Also, it's a great vehicle to have around when there's a foot of snow that's just fallen. It's nice to know I don't have to wait on a snow plow to get to my neighborhood if I need to make it to work. That's why I bought mine.

I'm certainly not a poser. If you want to find a poser, find a guy that's put a lift kit on it and 33 inch tires but never goes off road. There's your poser.

UserID6095

What about bad weather? Here in Michigan and like many other states in my area we get SNOW! So four wheel drive comes in handy when I have to climb my 100ft driveway to get to my house and there is a foot of snow on the ground.

nhegel

It is purely accidental, they don't know what it is capable of. Maybe they think that "4WD" is some fancy foreign word.

chrisdm4

I think that most people that bye them just want the security that if they need to go off road they can. Like in snow on the road. Really most people do not buy "off road vehicles" to go wheeling like we do. People just like to have a vehicle that can handly off road.