Ok here's the deal...
I was at work, and telling this girl about my truck. She asks what kind of truck I drive, and I tell her a 4Runner. She then goes "that's not a TRUCK" "WHAT? " I say. and she says that it's an SUV, not a truck.

I was gonna let her win the argument(because she is cute, and a girl) but THEN a co-worker is like nope, my TACO is a truck yours is an SUV. GRRRR

so I told him mine is a truck, but not a PICK-UP truck heh,heh
Do you guys call your 4Runner a truck?

 

I do, because it sits on a truck frame. Long ago, when the original Landcruisers, Bronco's, Blazer's and Suburbans were created, they were called trucks, too. SUV is a marketing term for the hopelessly trendy.

My .02
Dr. Z

 

I call it a truck. It has a frame, rides like a truck, and mine has a tailgate I can lay down to put big items in.

 

i call my baby a truck also..i like the tailgate reason...

 

I hate the acronym SUV. Not only does it take longer to say, but it also just sounds stupid. I get a funny look once in a while when I use the term truck but that's what it is. One syllable nice and easy... TRUCK. If we were driving CRV's or RAV 4's and called them trucks, then we would technically be posers.

 

Yep, it's a body mounted on a truck frame, must be a truck, it's just the pickup area is filled with seats

I was working on my backup lamps the other day, and some 10 year old kid on a bike says "nice car man."

To bad they have laws protecting little kids
That's the first time someone has called my rig a car.

When someone asks me what I drive who has not seen my rig, I tell them I drive a 4 door station wagon on steroids.

 

i dont really think about what i call my truck

 

I don't call mine a truck, because I generally define a truck as a vehicle that can carry a 500 Lb. load of manure without trashing the carpet.....BUT......I do agree with the general use of the term TRUCK to refer to a 4Runner, because calling it an SUV is beyond stupid.

You could just call it your "TenTimesTheVehicleYourF150WillEverBe"

(Former F150 owner here)

 

The most awful is "ute," I want to kill people who call them "utes."

 

I say both, depending on how cool I want to sound.

 

Itsactually a UAV.......urban assault vehicle.

 

I call mine a Truck. I think calling a 4Runner a SUV is kinda an insult. SUV's are like soccer mom rides that only go offroad when they pull off the parking lot into the field to pick up their kid. 4Runners are a hella tougher than that! My girlfriends best friend freaks out every time I call my runner a truck and tells me I'm wrong. Who does she think she is telling me I'm wrong about MY 4Runner .
I'll show you SUV!

 

Actually.In Canada. According to the insurance company and police. Its called a 4 wd station wagon. But thats just plain embarassing. Call it a 4runner to avoid confusion.

 

I call it a truck, but my wife and kids call it a "car". I guess I need more lift!!!

 

I've had a few people say 'nice Bus man'. Maybe i should start charging people for lifts!

 

Up here in Canada (ontario) truck stickers go on the front licence plate. on cars they go on the back one.

Tacomas = TRUCKS
4runners = cars (suv's)

sorry guys

 

LOL.

I would call it a truck because saying SUV is 3 syllables. Normally I just say "the 4Runner" and people think it's funny that I refer to it by name. But if someone must argue about it w/me, I let them win because I don't really care much about what they call it. Some ppl call it a Pathfinder by accident too, and I don't care enough to correct them.

The correct way to refer to the 4Runner is simply too lengthy. This is what it really is: It's the most amazing, comfortable, useful and reliable vehicle I've ever had the pleasure of driving.

Use that in your sentence.

"I just have to run downstairs for a sec. I forgot my tools in the most amazing, comfortable, useful and reliable vehicle I've ever had the pleasure of driving. Be right back."

As you can see, this is just inconvenient.

 

I call it my 4Runner... my opinon is that i refuse to be PC and say "SUV", nor is my vehicle a "truck". The 4Runner has a class of its own. The word Runner is nice too.

 

It's a truck. Now a Rav4 or things like that... that's something else. But we drive trucks. It may not be as tough as a F350, but it's still a tough truck.

 

My 4runner is not a station wagon, my mac is not a PC and my FJ40 is NOT A JEEP!