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[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

Australians expect to be able to punish their vehicles over harsh terrain and have it come back in one piece.

Oh please. The most off road the majority of dual cabs get is mounting kerbs in a drive through.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 49 minutes ago

Some imported dual-cab utes struggle with the kerbs of drive throughs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

Whether they actually get used for it or not is immaterial. People like to believe they will go out bush with them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

On the other side, I gladly take my Outlander off the beaten track. I took it through a river crossing last month that I probably shouldn't have. It handled it like a champion, though.

I don't know whether I'd take one of these through that same crossing.