Part of my job involves tramping up and down forest tracks to a bothy we use, which is putting a bit of strain on our current car; a VW Touran, as it doesn't have the clearance to safely navigate potholes and the like.
As a result we've been looking into getting an older 4x4ish vehicle which has enough room for the 2 dogs and a fair bit of kit, and which isn't a nightmare on the 40 mile road trip that comes before the forest roads. At the moment, I'm between the X Trail, CR-V and Rav 4 in order of preference. I've discounted the Freelander because of the reliability issues, and the Forester because I just don't like it.
Just wondered if anyone had any experience of any of the above 3 cars abilities on wet/slushy/snowy rough trails etc.
