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Do you refer to your 4Runner as a Truck, SUV, or Car?

Discussion in '5th Gen 4Runners (2010-2024)' started by Jere39, Apr 23, 2022.

  1. May 15, 2022 at 3:49 PM
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    mousemeat

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    good question..I refer to my '97 as SUV
     
  2. May 15, 2022 at 5:36 PM
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    That is good stuff right there :cheers:
     
  3. May 16, 2022 at 12:13 PM
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    Captain Spalding

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    Wait. How’s this? “High-profile four-wheel-drive vehicle.”
     
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  4. May 16, 2022 at 12:22 PM
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  5. May 16, 2022 at 5:58 PM
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    minivan :) vrooomm~
     
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  6. Jun 7, 2022 at 2:43 PM
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    4runGirl88 Get a little mud on the tires!

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    I just call it "my rig" but if I have to explain it to someone else then I refer to it as simply a 4Runner. It's kind of it's own type in my mind. :notsure:
     
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  7. Jun 7, 2022 at 7:59 PM
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    The 4R is just a glorified station wagon.
     
  8. Jun 7, 2022 at 8:13 PM
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    4runGirl88

    4runGirl88 Get a little mud on the tires!

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  9. Jun 7, 2022 at 8:25 PM
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    Great movie!
     
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  10. Jun 8, 2022 at 9:57 AM
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  11. Jun 8, 2022 at 12:24 PM
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    Captain Spalding

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    Hmm. I never quite connected to John Hughes films. Even back in the day.
     
  12. Jun 8, 2022 at 12:32 PM
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    Thatbassguy New member? Really??

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    That's fine. I don't care for some popular things myself. I happen to like a few John Hughes films, though.
     
  13. Jun 8, 2022 at 12:39 PM
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    Truck. Or steed.
    Rocinante

    sonny, whar i growed up, "magnum" wuz anuther wurd fer "lousy hunter"
     
  14. Jun 10, 2022 at 6:56 PM
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    Truck or Rig.
     
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  15. Jun 10, 2022 at 8:28 PM
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    Oh and what a glorious wagon it is!

    Guagua La Gloria…. Hmmm. That might be a good name.:laugh:
     
  16. Jun 11, 2022 at 1:31 AM
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    BobbyB Where the road ends, Fun begins!

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    I call it “MINE” as in “paid in full” - no payments!!

    That’s the best kind of car, truck, station wagon, 4Runner or SUV that there is….

    Cheers,
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  17. Jun 12, 2022 at 2:33 AM
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    Lately I'm leaning toward calling it a 'car', because we have not been off the road in a while. Getting back on some old logging trails should suffice, add in some rocky up hills, and then we'll probably call it..... 'truck'. SUV sounds kind of generic to me, don't they call Jeep Cherokees SUV?
     
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  18. Jun 12, 2022 at 6:57 PM
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    JBTRD As usual, saying something stupid

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    It's a truck. The Nissan Pathfinder, Ford Exploder, and Honda pilot to name a few modern-day SUVs are not in the same league as the 4Runner. The 4Runner shares more characteristics and parts from a truck. SUV to me is a family hauler that is built on fuel efficiency, and comfort in mind. Anything built for off-roading, towing, or hauling is a truck.
     
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  19. Jun 12, 2022 at 7:22 PM
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    Well said! In my personal opinion a true truck also has a frame and a body attached. The 4Runner obviously has this (it should have been undercoated prior to production) but that’s another story.
     
  20. Jun 12, 2022 at 7:36 PM
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    kolter45

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    It’s a truck!!!
     
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  21. Jun 13, 2022 at 7:20 PM
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  22. Jun 13, 2022 at 10:44 PM
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    Rig or Truck.. but we have an older 4 door Land Cruiser and we will say go get in the Cruiser and now that we have the 4runner I am saying go get in the Runner.
     
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    Went camping this weekend, my wife constantly called it the truck.
     
  24. Jun 14, 2022 at 4:37 AM
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    The 84 Cherokee XJ is credited with being the first "modern" SUV.

    According to the interwebs, the 74 Cherokee SJ was the first time the term "SUV' appeared, Jeep used it in it's marketing literature. Other SUVs of the time would include the K5 Blazer/Jimmy, Suburban, International Scout, Wagoneer, and the Bronco.

    I wish we still had that type of SUV around.
    Screenshot_20220614-073101~2.jpg
     
  25. Jun 14, 2022 at 8:59 AM
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    And don’t forget our beloved FJ-40’s and FJ-45 wagons.
    My old ‘73 FJ-40 was registered as a Sp Uti Wagn.
     
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  26. Jun 14, 2022 at 9:12 AM
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    But I thought the Subaru Outback was the world's first sport utility wagon???

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    And the Volkswagen Thing. Although the Thing pre-dates the term I think. The marketing literature calls it a “multi-purpose car.”
     
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  28. Jun 14, 2022 at 9:23 AM
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    Although marketing term "SUV" didnt get coined until the 80s, my personal opinion is the Surfers in California were using the Woody's and panel wagons as an suv to haul surfboards and camping gear as far back as the late 40s and early 50s.
     
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    It was a CA. registered vehicle, so there’s that.
    All of the Toyota P/U’s that I have had were titled, Commercial.
    But, the Subaru Brat was a passenger car because it had the two rear facing seats in the bed.

    ldk if this is still true (in CA.) but, if a seat(s) is permanently mounted in the bed of a P/U, it’s considered as a passenger (car), and has lower fees. But don’t get caught hauling anything nonhuman.
     
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