Anyone own a Honda Odyssey??

[mbear]

Yep we had one....sold it in Feb this year....We had a 05 lux model.....it cost us $28k and it was the most luxurious car ive ever driven.....theres something about Hondas that just spell luxury to me. Anyway, brilliant car to drive, smooth, easy on petrol. Lots of luxury items (gosh i miss that CD playre and the fancy knobs LOL)...but 4 kids...ahhh no. Like pretty butterfly said, with the car seats, and the fact you cant really use the middle seat for a car seat coz you constantly would have to allow that seat to be vacant for the other children to get in the very back...it just wouldnt have worked for us. I will have 4 children, 5 and under, so all will need a car seat.
The anchor points for the middle row of seats are just above the back row of seats...so if your sitting in the back row, you essentially will have a anchor belt above your head...

We bought our car off a lady whom had 3 teenage girls - yes, it would defn work there. Older kids, no car seats, picking up and dropping off at school - yep, would work fine. But younger ones.....nope.....sorry.

[squidipa]

no i dont own one....
BUT
i have driven one many times when i go on holidays my mother inlaw lets me use her car and its one and i LOVE it its great on country driving when you stick to around 90km its best on fuel its a great car and i wish i had one. ive driven one on holidays now for a total of...14 weeks

[Liz]

Yep, and love it! Our is a 2004 I think.

My only gripe is there is a MASSIVE blind spot with the bars down the side of the windscreen. Can't tell you how many times people/cars have suddenly appeared from behind it on crossings & things. And you notice it when going around roundabouts & stuff, it's a big flaw in my opinion.

Aside from that tho, we absolutely love ours. I can understand the points about sitting people in the back with anchor belts above their heads. If we have a 3rd, we'll be needing to fit 3 car seats. i think 3 will fit across the middle row of seats ok if we change over to more compact ones. We'll just have to see I guess!

We have a luggage box for on top if we need extra boot space.

[squidipa]

Yep, and love it! Our is a 2004 I think.

My only gripe is there is a MASSIVE blind spot with the bars down the side of the windscreen. Can't tell you how many times people/cars have suddenly appeared from behind it on crossings & things. And you notice it when going around roundabouts & stuff, it's a big flaw in my opinion.

yep thats the fault i saw too scary too but being such a small engine i found it had power when needed so overall happy with the car.
need to be careful with the view tho

[bon]

My only gripe is there is a MASSIVE blind spot with the bars down the side of the windscreen. Can't tell you how many times people/cars have suddenly appeared from behind it on crossings & things. And you notice it when going around roundabouts & stuff, it's a big flaw in my opinion.

This actually happened to me last night - was turning right onto a busy road at an intersection with no traffic lights, checked both ways, all clear so I start to pull out, next minute this white car appears on my left, from behind the big bar on the windscreen. Lucky I wasn't going any faster or I would have run into it! That's the first time that has happened to me with this car, but I am definitely going to be more vigilant in the future!

[AwesomeFoursome]

Thanks ladies for all the replies. Sounds like there are alot of good and bad points. It well give me something to think about. Thank you.