I reckon having a higher clearance would avoid damage.

Driving at sensible speeds avoids damage. Driving down the side slightly lessens the effect of the camber.

Forester will be cheap to buy but expensive to run.

Do the running costs matter if you're only using it a couple of weekends a month?

Rav4 or CRV might be easier to sell afterwards.

Aren't CRV parts expensive too SLO?

This is slightly unrelated but I regularly rent cars on a long term basis and having done so for the last 15 odd years,I now gravitate to renting 4x4's if the cost differential is not too much compared to a normal saloon/estate/hatchback with a lower suspension and smaller wheels.

The difference is not obvious but very significant.

They are much more immune to general dings and trivial trauma and have a robust suspension.Note that I use this only in urban areas and dont even need the 4x4 capability but it is purely to do with having a larger SUV like vehicle with larger wheels and greater clearance and an almost non existent chance of kerbing the alloys.

Any trivial scratches etc and you loose out on about £1200 in the Uk, and about $2000 excess elsewhere depending on the rental outfit that is used so it can be a very costly affair.

Apply the same logic to a regular car and you are looking at a lesser long term bill in general, providing the brand is a reliable one and not prone to self disintegrating after a few years.

Edited by JohnX on 28/06/2017 at 03:34