Well if my '18 Forester were ever in an accident with either of you car There would be no rush geting you our. Ny biggest problem would be buffing out the damage to my XT.
I know you have disdain with the automatic features. I have a '24 GR86 (I won't humilate you by comparing it to your 2018) But a while back a guy pulled out on me while on a country road. It was hitting the s before I could get my food off the accelerator. You will never be able to buy a car that doesn't have these features.
@Haakon: what does your significant other drive?
My 22 Forester got better mileage than your 2018. It will automatically brake for pedestrian or cyclist in pitch dark. Will yours do that.
Statistically my '22 Forester will be safer for me or others and more environmentally better than yours. And in the event our cars were involved in a crash bc yours could not automatically stop..my chances of survival would be considerably better than yours. But I digress.
Thanks for making this thread eminately entertaining.
Again to the OP get the safest car with all the automatic bells and whistles. Sadly I got my wife her '18 Forester bd I did not trust the features, and thought they would fail..yada...yada..yada. But Unlike Haakon I learned...I have asked her if she wanted my '22. She said no. And she only drives around town and it is a Subaru (safe)