Rav 4 Forester and Xtrail sealed road comparsion.

Submitted: Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 at 21:12
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Among our fleet we have Ravs Foresters and Xtrails all with 20000 to 30000ks. I have covered heaps of ks in the Ravs and Foresters, but somehow always managed to avoid the xtrail. Now I will admit my Favourite has always been the Forester . Yesterday I had to do a trip to Mudgee and back and the only spare vehicle was an Xtrail. Anyway By the time I covered a quick 260ks I was dumbstruck. The level of refinement(nvh) blew me away and is miles ahead of the rav, and also better then the Forester.
Not overly fussed on the way the transmission works on steep hills(feels like its slipping but it is not)
The feel of the Xtrail is more American then Japanese,with a very good ride, and the wet weather handling was also very good(had the selector in auto).
Anyway any one thinking of buying a soft roader take the Xtrail for a decent drive, I think you will be surprised.
Cheers Pete
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