RAV-4, CR-V. FORRESTER, or something else

[Bighank]

My wife has had two Rav-4,s. A 1997 and a 2000. She put over
100000 mile on each. She drives like she is nuts!! She
beat them and no problems. Both were great in the snow and mud.

 

[Jerryb]

The Element looks too radical for me. The 2007 Rav-4 is a different car from the 2000. I think all these new cars are much better than 10 years ago. More safety, better fuel, more comfort. I'll be looking next week. Hope to have a new car by the end of next month. Just have to convince my wife. Say a prayer for me.

 

[ThirdeYe]

Out of the 3, I prefer the CR-V. But mainly because it shares so much, mechanically, in common with my Integra, before the re-design

I like the way the new CR-V looks too, though.

 

[Alcibiades]

What do you want to do with it. I'm not sure I'd take any of them off road for any significant amount of time.

Personally, I have a CR-V and think it's great, but can't speak much for the other two. I test drove a 2003 Rav-4 when we were looking to buy, and liked it just fine, but the Honda was a little bigger, and gave us a better interest rate, plus the same or better reliability than the Toyota and the same gas mileage. Almost 4 years old now, and at 70,500 miles, the only work I've had to do on the CR-V aside from regular fluid/filter changes has been to replace a brake light bulb, which took a whole 5 minutes. I'll put new brake pads on some time this summer.