Truck or car?

So my wife and I got in an argument tonight. Is her ride a "truck" or a "car"

It's got a 1" lift and 33" duratracs.

 

Neither, it's an suv

 

I have the same argument with my dad all the time. Claims his 4Runner is a truck...

 

What frame is it built on? My 89 4Runner was just a Toyota pickup with a camper and back seats. How far has the new 4Runner strayed from its roots?

 

Far. But it still HAS a frame other than most SUVs because of that I'd let it pass. Has coil springs instead of leaves in the rear tho

 

Legally speaking they are "light trucks" or "off-highway vehicles" in most cases.

Body on frame being important difference from the beginning. I also believe they made SUV's before anyone called them that...so did they sale as trucks or cars?

I call my new T4R a truck. Even though in my heart, I know it is not. A "ute" is another good way to go.

 

If she wants to call it a truck, go for it. My wife calls our sequoia a truck. Whatever floats her boat

 

Or you could settle it by asking her to haul a few yards of manure in her truck

 

Mine hauled 1000lbs of river pebbles in the sequoia. .I was pissed. Rock dust everywhere

 

If she is willing to do that then she has every right to call it a truck in my opinion

 

Yea, nothing like working 10yrs and coming to put pebbles in the garden. .at least she had cold beer for me..

 

10 hours,not years...felt like it tho

 

Based on that argument this is a truck


And, according to the NHTSA this is a truck too


It kind of reminds me of the whole multiple gender thing, you can't look at the outside of something and know what is going on under the covers. IMO you should call your motor vehicle (or gender) whatever floats your boat.

 

When I drove my dad's 99 T4R before I got my Tacoma I called it a truck whenever it came about in conversation. To me it feels wrong calling it a car.

 

I call mine a truck. If a unibody ridgeline can be called a truck, so can my BOF 4Runner.

 

In Virginia, a vehicle is defined by its weight. For instance, as per VA Code § 46.2-100, the section defines a pickup truck as "every motor vehicle designed for the transportation of property and having a registered gross weight of 7,500 pounds or less..."

 

So, then everything is a truck? I mean if you put a bag of groceries in the trunk and drive it home aren't you transporting property?

 

I too have a difficult time understanding this. That is just what the code section states. I have studied the code to a certain extent but I have come to the conclusion that it's written weirdly.

 

A 4runner is a real truck.