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Originally Posted by 2ndgenz28
IN all stock trim???
Id match our 01 AWD Forester against a full frame 4x4 blazer in stock trim.
Been in both, sure a Blazer is fun but your going all out to do fun,
wheels spining and throwing stuff.
The Forester will drive right through like its on pavement.
AWD makes me shiet n giggle the way it goes through anything like its not there.
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I would throw a Forester against the more emasculated full frame suv's of the recent past, because in a lot of cases some of them retained a real frame for God knows what reason given the obvious mission of the design.
That said, while I often complain that my wife's Commander needs a bit more ground clearance and a little more tire under it, I wouldn't take any of the Subaru's in my family to some of the places we have taken that Commander unless I didn't care if the Subaru came back in the same number of pieces.
I suppose my point is that factory Explorer and Trailblazer models most often were not significantly better off road than a well set up cute ute. But there are people who have the more capable off-road suv's because they genuinely need them, and who cannot realistically give that up....like my family.
Sadly, I think the number of truly off road capable suv's is as low as it has ever been, largely due to the popularity of crossovers. Irony in action.