My SxS is a jacked up tacoma. I bought it to use it. I will drive in comfort to hunt and take it anywhere your sxs will go. Ami willing to scratch it - yes - I will cuss and then forget about it. In the end your much better off.
They will go a lot of places but not everywhere a side by side will go
My Toyota will go places MY sxs won't. Particularly crossing sloughs in 40" of water. Some folks will do that in their sxs, but I won't. I keep mine out of water deeper than the floor boards.