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lena_chita
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Sep 26, 2011, 3:26 PM
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tigerlilly wrote: I've got a 2002 Honda CRV I bought new that I just love. I can fit 3 bikes and riders inside of it, have stacked 7 kayaks on the roof of if and have driven through axle-deep mud with twice. And it'll get 28 mpg on road trips on cruise-control (minus the kayaks on the roof - they kill the aerodynamics). It's the car of choice when my friends and I go on road trips. With 130k miles, it runs like new.
CRV is nice, but it is not a 4WD, if I understand correctly, and that's what the OP is looking for. It has high-enough clearance to go into many areas, but there are certain situations where my Subaru handles much easier and has a lot less trouble than my friend's CRV. Plus, while you can rig it into a sleeping configuration, taking the back seats out and putting them back in is a bit of a pain and you can't really sleep two in the car, unless you build a platform to elevate your sleeping setup above the wheels.
If I were going with a Honda, I would definitely pick Element. You don't need to make any "homemade" modifications in order to be able to sleep in the car, and changing the back seat configuration is a snap.
But I am really happy with my Subaru Forester, so I am throwing a vote for Subaru.  All I need to do to sleep in it is to lower the back seats flat and throw a sleeping mat on top. Though in terms of sleeping in it, if you are taller than 5 feet, or if you want to sleep two, you also would need a built platform, and that would leave very little headroom and would feel very claustrophobic.
(This post was edited by lena_chita on Sep 26, 2011, 4:25 PM)
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Post edited by lena_chita
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