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Originally Posted by gsteichen
We're looking for a small suv that -
-my wife can commute in (decent mileage)
-drives and handles well (road trips with me at the wheel)
-has room and flexibility to replace my Tundra 4dr 4x4 on road
trips/moderate off-road adventures. Love my truck but a gas hog.
-dresses up well (leather, nav etc.
Love the v6 in the Rav, pretty much hate everything else about it. Saturn Vue sucked, don't know why the press is pumping it. CRV is boring but functional etc.
Looked like the CRV was the winner till we drove the Subaru Forester yesterday. Really like this car! Handles great, o.k. 4 banger response, capable off-road and decent interior. Layout is really great, some hard plastic and too much fake chrome but not bad.
Any and all input appreciated!
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If I were in the market for what you describe, I'd probably be ending up with a the same conclusion (Forester). FWIW, Forester owners seem to have a high degree of satisfaction with their purchase. I don't hear "wish I didn't do that, or what POS" from them.
The STi would be cool, but mpg is obviuosly going to suffer (requires premium?), and I don't think it's "essential" for what you describe.
JMO.