what minivan do you own and how do you like it?
We are looking at the Town and Country Touring Plus and the Honda Odyssey EX-L. There are things I like about each, of course none of these things overlap.
Willing to look at others as well. Hoping to make a decision/purchase by Halloween.
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We have the Odyssey and looooooooooooove it.
Toyota just had another big recall. Personally, it will be a while before I trust them again.
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We're debating between the Honda and Sienna, new vs used.
I just can't get over how expensive a new minivan is. jeesh! If I wanted to drop that much money on a car, I'd get an audi or something.
We're also looking at the VW Sportwagen (turbo diesel gets 50+ MPG, which I LOVE) I have to go over to the dealership with 3 carseats to see if I can fit all 3 across the back, though (we have sunshine radian carseats that are supper narrow for the convertible, but not sure if the infant seats will work) If that works, it would be my 1st choice, I think. More cargo space than a minivan (unless seats folded) Closer to $20k than the $40k of a minivan.
We love the Odyssey. The removable center seat (between the buckets) is awesome. We drove 5.5 hrs to my parents cabin last weekend, and found both my husband & I can climb back there and comfortably sit between their carriers to give a bottle, pop in a nuk, interact with them etc. It's nice that it pops out for extra room too.
I also like that their are so many seat configurations, especially for down the line, when/if we have more kids.
Ours is a 2007 EXL -- the new 2011 models are awesome
We didn't pay anywhere close to $40k for our 2010 Odyssey. We found that trying to look at used was worthless. Once you factored in financing and the much better rates you get with new, it was more expensive to get a used car.