Professional reviewers are not allowed to do real-world reviews. And the only car company you can write a bad review about is Isuzu. See the problem? I saw dozens of reviews on XTerras and Liberties, all mentioned the "cavernous" room inside, no one ever mentioned the protruding hooks or seats you have to pull out. And when the same reviews looked at the Rodeo, with 20 sqft more room and no obstructions and seats that fold flat...it was "adequate."

And you always have to point out that SUV's don't handle well.....(compared to that Porshe Bockster I drive yesterday).

It's the Siskel vs Ebert method. Siskel would see the college-student produced, beer-can-recycling funded "Texas Chainsaw Bloodbat IV" and say it wasn't as good as the multi-million dollar epic, star-studded, stunt-man staffed Ben-Hur. Ebert would say "On the scale of cheese b-movies, I give this a thumbs up."

So thanks for the compliments....but I don't see it happening.


[color:"white"]? 04 Rodeo DI ?[/color] 75k mi, body damage on the 1st weekend I got it.