Increased approach and departure angles as well as undercarriage sure don't hurt when trying to get up a ledge though. And the places I wheel almost require traversing some deep mud.... so the ability to run a 33x11.5 comes in quite handy as well.

But also, the look can't be denied. I drool every time I see an XK or WK with 4"+ and 33s...

285/70/17s aren't really that much more than 265/70/17. But I'm also used to having to buy 37s.... so anything in the 33" range is cheap compared to previous tire costs lol