Any input on Toyota Sienna?

jcath · June 2012

We are thinking about moving to a minivan (MrsLee's post inspired me!) Its a long story but I have a Chrysler Pacifica that breaks down alot - its big and I was hoping to drive it for many more years but we are tired of putting money into it.

Anyone have a Sienna and have input good or bad? We like both the Odyssey and Sienna but seems the Sienna is a little cheaper.

SLPMel · June 2012

Both my sister and I have bought Siennas over the past 6 months. We love them. Ours is a more basic model, but I couldn't be happier with it!

kaylaw05 · June 2012

We bought a sienna in February. We couldn't be happier. We have all kinds of room!! It has everything we need!

LadyNikon · June 2012

We brought the Honda Odyssey last month. I see a ton of them on the street. I also see a Ton of Toyota Sienna's as well.

jquirke9881 · June 2012

I know 5 or 6 moms with a Sienna and every single one of the loves it.

April320 · June 2012

I bought a Sienna 2 months ago and LOVE it. I looked at both the Odyssey and Sienna, but preferred the Sienna's interior (although the Odyssey had a few features the Sienna's lacking) and was able to get a better price on it.

BDK807 · June 2012

I just bought the odyssey a month ago. We went back and forth between the two because they both had things we liked. Ultimately, we chose the odyssey because I felt it had more sitting configurations/options for three carseats.

GypsyEsq · June 2012

We looked at both, chose the Odyssey. I see a lot that the Sienna is cheaper. And while it can be, when you compare like features to like features it was not (not for us anyway at the time we were buying). Also, our older DD could get into the Odyssey easily on her own, the step was slightly lower, and could not with the Sienna. This was an issue in April when we bought, now she's grown a bit and I'm sure it would be fine, but I needed to stop picking her up so that was a major plus to me. AND the biggest plus, I wanted 8 people seating not 7. The car seat configuration options were important to me and the Sienna didn't offer what I wanted. Those very specific issues aside, I am so glad we went to a minivan and think that both are probably great cars. But I love my Odyssey. Seriously love it. LOVE.

trish3905 · June 2012

I don't think you can go wrong with either the Sienna or the Odyssey - they are very comparable. I think it comes down to personal preference. For us, the Sienna won out -- the front seat passenger seat had more leg room and we thought it was easier to get into the 3rd row. We really, really like our Sienna -- especially after testing it out on a 12-hour car ride with our girls.