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#2248 of 5220 Odyssey EX - Cloth v/s LE pkg 6 or XLE Pkg3 by shadowlight Jun 09, 2005 (6:30 pm)
Hello,   In the market for minivan and having a hard time doing feature comparision between EX and Sienna's LE or XLE. Question for the group, what would you consider the EX to be comparable in Sienna line-up, would it be the LE or XLE?   Thanks -Deepak Replies to this message: nwng (Jun 09, 2005 7:49 pm)
#2249 of 5220 Re: Odyssey EX - Cloth v/s LE pkg 6 or XLE Pkg3 [shadowlight] by nwng Jun 09, 2005 (7:49 pm)
Replying to: shadowlight (Jun 09, 2005 6:30 pm) closest would be LE with pkg 6
#2250 of 5220 Car seats in Ody & my 2 cents by 96corolla Jun 10, 2005 (10:12 am)
One question and one thought. Question 1st.   Has anyone out there tried or been able to get 3 child car seats accross the 2nd row of the Ody. I read in Consumer Reports that it was not recommended or wouldn't work or something but I wanted to see if anyone had any experience doing/trying it.   Thought - due to my question/issue above, I hadn't really be considering the Ody, only looking at the Sienna. On a whim today, my wife and I decided to go check out the Ody. Our thoughts - The Ody has a much nicer interior - controls, etc then the Sienna and my wife says it drove nicer. We were looking at the Sienna LE with Option 5 and today looked at the Ody EX. They both sticker for about the same ~ $28.5 although I'd expect that you have less negotiating room on the Ody. Benefits of the ody are on the base EX, you get both side doors auto, auto driver seat and 6 disk CD. You don't get this on the Sienna option 5.   Now we are really thinking the Ody, but if I can't get 3 kids seats accross the 2nd row then it has to be out. That is why the question above is so important. Thanks.
#2251 of 5220 3 car seats in 2nd row (96corolla) by vince_lmt Jun 11, 2005 (4:12 pm)
We are waiting for our 05 Ody to arrive so I have no experience with it yet. I did look at the removeable middle seat in the 2nd row and it is not properly configured for an infant or a child seat. It does not contain the necessary anchor points required to safely secure the seat. I'm sure if you would look in the owner's manual you would find a warning to not use it for a child seat. It also appears to be too narrow for a child seat to even properly fit on it.   Vince
#2252 of 5220 05 xle w/ pkg 3 vs 05 ex by cleep Jun 11, 2005 (9:50 pm)
I purchased a Sienna xle with the $1600 safety package # 3 a couple of days ago. I shopped both the Sienna and the Odyssey. With the attractive financing (Toyota actually financed 3k over the negotiated purchase price so that I could pay of my Avalon), I purchased the Sienna for $500 less than the Odyssey (even though the Odyssey listed for 3k less).   The interior of the Sienna is wonderful ( I found the black steering wheel in the Odyssey to be "cheap" looking) and the power tailgate is awesome. The ex w/ leather is probably a better buy than the xle I purchased. However, Honda treated me like dirt and there's no way I could gain the concessions that Toyota gave me.   The Toyota sales manager and two different salesmen worked with me and I never once felt my blood pressure go up. I was able to walk away with $5500 in my pocket and no money down (after a fair $2500 trade-in for a beat-up 98 Grand Caravan that was on its last leg). On the other hand, the Honda salesmen chased after me twice and kept calling my cell phone until I told them I was now the happy owner of a Toyota.   I really hated the Honda people asking me to sign a piece of paper stating that I would buy a Honda at such and such a price. Wake up Honda, you can't keep treating customers like idiots and let your quality slip at the same time- not in this environment.   I
#2254 of 5220 Re: J D Power IQS (Initial Quality Survey) [sanger] by firstdaddy Jun 12, 2005 (8:30 am)
Replying to: sanger (May 22, 2005 8:01 pm) Sanger,        I am a Sienna owner, but depending on what you are after, the Honda could be a better fit. Put it this way, if you want to purchase the van out right, then the lower price of the LE model would be the way to go. However, if you are considering leasing, then the Honda is a no-brainer. Both vans are very good and you can't really go wrong with either one. Just to look at it a different way; compare these two vans to a Chevy Uplander with the GM employee pricing. To get about the same amount of equipment on a LS Uplander you will end up at about $24,300 with the GM employee pricing. This would be about $4000 cheaper than a Honda EX. However, if you lease the Honda, the lease payment is on the order of 60$ - $80 cheaper per month because the retains more value. The value of an Uplander after 36 months is around $9600 and the Honda is still $16000. If you try to lease the Toyota, it is about $40 - $50 more per month than the Honda because while is retains more value than the Chevy, it still can't match the Honda in resale value. This really did not matter to us, because we purchased our Sienna out right. However, looking back the Honda was probably a better value, but we liked the softer ride of the Toyota better. Hope this helps.   Rgs Replies to this message: irg (Jun 13, 2005 9:51 am)
#2255 of 5220 2006 Sienna by drivenow Jun 12, 2005 (9:23 am)
Does anyone have any info on the 2006 Sienna...Wish list - Power folding mirrors - Battery run down protection - More Horsepower - Painted Sonar bumper plugs - Interior upgrade - Satellite Radio - Voice recognition integrated telephone
#2256 of 5220 I agree that the Ody Ex is a better buy by 96corolla Jun 13, 2005 (4:47 am)
I was set on getting a Sienna with package 5 primarily because I had hear that you couldn't get 3 car seats in the middle row of the Ody. Since #3 is on the way and we don't want to lose the storage behind the 2nd row that is the primary reason we are even getting a new van. On a whim last week, we went to see the Ody. We really liked it and part of me is wishing we hadn't even looked at it because we're now spending all kinds of time figuring out if we can get an infant carrier in that 8th seat.   If you compare the EX with cloth to the LE w/ option 5, the EX is better. It is disappointing to me that Honda would make a minivan and offer this 8th seat, but make it pretty much useless. A minivan is supposed to be laregely a child carrier, why wouldn't you make sure it is usable as such. Oh well, maybe I'm just upset that we may have to get the van we like less(even if only a tiny bit less) because of a feature that should be available. Replies to this message: mttskys (Jun 13, 2005 9:02 am)
#2257 of 5220 Re: I agree that the Ody Ex is a better buy [96corolla] by mttskys Jun 13, 2005 (9:02 am)
Replying to: 96corolla (Jun 13, 2005 4:47 am) I'm in the exact same situation you are in. I didn't expend much time trying to figure out if the infant carrier would fit in the second row of the Ody. It appears to me that it is either the Sienna or we put a car seat in the back row.... which we aren't that opposed to doing. The problem with the 3 car seats in the middle row for us is the lack of access to the rear row when we need it.   Please post again if you find any other options for the third car seat. Always nice to find other people with my problems!

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