The Santa Fe was the other front runner when I bought my Outback. Ultimately, the Outback won because Mrs. Shizzle could see better out of it, greater carrying capacity and bad weather capability. However, I liked the electronics and controls in the Santa Fe better (too many functions that should be buttons or switches are buried in the touchscreen on the Outback), storage in the front seats was better, and the car I was looking at had a huge panoramic sunroof that I instantly fell in love with.MN-Skeptic wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 3:26 pm When my sweetie passed away in 2018, we owned a 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe (mine) and a 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe (his). It was amazing how many safety features Hyundai had added in those 5 years! It was an easy decision to sell my Santa Fe and start driving his. I wish all new cars had those extra features. Fortunately, they're becoming more standard on more cars over time.
Mrs. Shizzle's car is a Hyundai Tucson that we bought from her sister when she got too sick to drive. It's completely different from the Outback but it's a nice little runabout for town. Oddly, my Outback gets better overall mileage than her much smaller Tucson gets on the highway.