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Originally posted by tmdiva
So, those of you who've moved from the 5-passenger vehicle to the 7 or 8, what do you drive, why did you pick it, and how do you like it?
From what I've read so far, and from anecdotal evidence from friends' experiences, basically I'm getting that we'd be crazy if we got anything other than a Honda Odyssey.
tm
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The Odyssey is sweet indeed. But I wasn't ready to admit that to myself in 2003 -- so we bought a Honda Pilot.
We like it a lot. Great sight lines -- mid-size SUV (same size and internal cargo capacity as Ford Explorer) with fold-down third row, etc. 240 HP V-6. Decent gas mileage _for its class_.
Handles more like a car than a truck. (Good or bad depending on your preference.)
It was the first model year for it -- but we were sure a Honda would be reliable. It has been. Never a problem with it except for my wife running into and over things. To this day nothing more than standard maintenance. At the time, Honda was trying to rip the guts out of Ford and get the Pilot established, so it sold for about $30K -- about $8K less than the MSRP on a comparable size Explorer.
Honda doesn't have all of the fancy luxury touches as some, but we've been very happy with it. And I fooled myself into thinking that a mid-size SUV with car seats is somehow cooler than a minivan.
S_A_M
