Even 'luxury' cars tend to be a hard fit. Without height adjustment, I cannot fit in almost any car with a moonroof. We just felt that we got more bang for the buck with the Subaru Forester in Limited trim.Ħ'2' with an unusually tall torso and short limbs.

We ordered it in Brilliant Bronze Metallic. The 7-speed CVT transmission tends to upshift quickly when left in automatic but is manually selectable and responsive. This would really perform with a V6 or a turbo. If you're not driving with your foot in it, the gas mileage is reasonable, but a tad less than Honda.

Finally, the 4-cylinder Boxer engine is willing, but I think Subaru could do better, but around town it's more than capable. The seats are black leather which will be a challenge in Arizona but covers will handle protecting your skin from hot surfaces and preserve the leather from skin oils and dirt. I like the idea of full time AWD X Drive with selectable mode which is only available in the highest trim level in Honda. It will more than suffice for groceries and whatnot. Even though the cargo area is a tad smaller than the Honda, if the package is that big then I have a pickup truck. The panoramic moonroof is bigger than Honda.

My wife likes it because of easy of entry. The interior feels cavernous with plenty of headroom, and plenty of elbow room. Edmund's even said the Honda system is a bit clunky to use. The screen in the Subaru in this level of trim is 8.0 and Honda is 7.0. The upgraded audio and screen size is important to me. Safety equipment was similar, but Subaru had more for the money with EyeSight and adaptive cruise which is usually only available in more expensive vehicles. I compared, carefully, the CR-V and the Forester in similar trims and the Subaru came out ahead. I added the ONLY package available with upgraded Harmon Kardon audio, upgraded Starlink and RAB (Reverse Automatic Braking) which keeps you from a collision with an object or car when reversing by automatically STOPPING the vehicle. We are normally a Honda family (2 V6 Accords) but this time we went for a small SUV and chose the Forester Limited.

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