Tres

I sincerely appreciate everyone for the time that took to offer me such great insight. Awesome. Cool Crew here. Numbchux, Do you know off the top of your head what year outbacks do *not* have the FWD bias, save for anything newer than a '06 as that will very likely be out of my budget. Or if it makes it easier, I'm guessing a '98 to maybe '06 might be walletable for me, if you can reccomend something between those years that are not FWD biased. Huge thanks again everyone! -Tres

Greetings, First post. So A buddy in high school had a cherry 87ish Suby 4x4 wagon. I always loved the thing. Tried to buy it from him several times. That was long ago. Currently I'm vehicle shopping due to mine being totaled and now with the covid crunch, fuel economy trumps all in my next purchase. But Being a nature lover and adventure guy, I just can't stand the thought of not having at least a smart AWD system in my next ride, at minimum. And I need to be able to stretch out and sleep in the thing (I'm 5'10".) I've narrowed it down to an outback, or CR-v. On my budget I'm likely limited to buying something from the 1999 to 2004ish range, if I'm to leave extra money for a lift kit for the new to me vehicle. Pro's and cons fo the two regarding to how well the AWD systems work in mud and rough and is either long enough to sleep in? I'm going to check some in person tomorrow with my handy tape measure. I really appreciate the help. Tres