Originally Posted By: fdcg27
In fairness, either a CRV or a RAV would also offer very good resale value, although neither has the outside visibility the Forester offers and the mini models from Honda and Toyota appear to be even worse while even Subaru's baby CUV is pretty good.
OTOH, a 2WD Rogue could be bought new for maybe 70% of the cost of a Forester and AWD is probably not a huge consideration with the frozen tundra you won't find in the OP's location.
Does Ohio get a lot of snow during the winter ?