I do a lot of hiking and to get to some of the trailheads you need a 4x4. Now I've turned into a desert rat. Love going out to the desert and heading up a canyon to set up camp away from the rest of the world. The people at work thinks it's really cool that I own a 4x4 and actually go off-road. There are alot of posers around town. You can always tell my parking spot at work, it's the one with the dirt around it from dried mud falling off. A guy down the street owns a jeep wrangler and admitted to me the other day that he's never even had it in 4wd, he's had it for 4 years! To each his own I guess.