We sold our Excursion last summer and my wife bought a Rav4. She researched and test drove to the point of craziness and narrowed it down between the Rav4 and Forester. She went with the Rav4 AWD due to no Subaru dealer for over a 100 miles. She's been happy with it, gets good mpg, and is comfortable. It spends quite a bit of time on dirt roads and still doesn't have any rattles or leak dust.