Part of my reasoning is based on last years trip. We found several out of the way lakes and streams for kayaking that were recommended to us by locals who were either trying to help or get rid of us for good. Way off road miles down logging roads, great places in each case, but the Saturn was operating beyond its pay grade in each case. made it each time, but had a few detours around the big stuff getting there and back.

Would like to be able to just go with some degree of comfort knowing that the vehicle was up to the task, even if we were not.

There are always compromises in all cases, too much vehicle too little, great off road poor tow vehicle, too heavy,

1948 Willys Jeep easy to tow, easy to tip over easy to repair.

I might just add some bigger, wider run flats and wheels to the saturn, and drive it into the ground.