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Originally Posted by TM875
Well, I'd personally buy a Ford Five Hundred AWD, but I've always been accused by my friends of liking "old man cars".
Anyway, it's no question - go with the Subie. They've been doing AWD forever, and have perfected it. Besides, it will be much more fun, much safer, much more efficient, and just have an overall better quality than those mini SUVs.
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Having owned a Cougar, Thunderbird, and Mark VIII, I've gotten a lot of crap about driving "old man cars" too.
The 500 seems pretty nice, aside from the unproven CVT tranny and the underpowered 3.0 V6.
I drove a 2003 CR-V, and thought it sucked ass. Felt like I was driving a golf cart. It was really slow (especially above 30 mph), and handled like..well..an SUV. And one of my most miserable experiences was riding for 4 hours in the back of a RAV4. It was a first-generation model so I don't know if the new ones are any better, but it had NO room inside. The back seat was utterly miserable, I couldn't fit back there without sitting sideways so my legs weren't jammed into the seatback. And I'm 5'8", weigh 150 pounds, and think coach-class airplane seats have plenty of room.
I'd definitely take a Subaru (or pretty much any car) over one of those mini-SUVs. They're much more comfortable and fun to drive. My grandparents owned a few 80s Subie wagons, a Justy, a Loyale, and two Legacys. They really liked all of them; the only reason they don't still buy Subarus is they got on a large car kick and Subaru didn't have anything like the Grand Marquis and Sable they ended up buying.