I'll be the old curmudgeon/kiljoy here.
My take on it is this: don't do or buy anything right now that you "think you might want" in six or so years. By then, your view of what you want to do in life may in fact be very different than what you think now.
When I was working, I thought I wanted to buy a RV. But I waited until after I retired ( saved my money for the RV in the meantime ), and then took 18 months before I finally settled on this RV that I am sitting in right now.
I did not want to do what many do, and that is, buy something, use it for a while, then sell/trade it ( at a loss usually ) for something different. I wanted to make the right choice the first time. I did, mostly because I looked at about a jillion different RV's before deciding. Six years later I still love this travel trailer.
And you are right about the Subaru. Forget it....it ain't gonna pull anything you will want to spend any time in ( IMO ). Here's a little hint on that general subject: "choose an adequate tow vehicle". It just ain't worth jumping thru a bunch of hoops trying to make some danged sedan or little SUV into "the tow vehicle it was never intended to be". If you are full timing or doing extended trips, you will want to take quite a few little extra bits and bobs to make life easier, and it all weighs something.
If you think you want to do something with an RV in the next 6 years, I'd just rent something to see if you even like the experience.
Best of luck to you and as always thanks for your service in our most excellent military.
