So after a few months of lazy research, a realization that my current car may leave me stranded on the side of the road has pushed me to finally get out and test drive new cars. It also helps that I am coming up quickly on the day in which our lives change with the arrival of twin boys.
As such, I went in thinking the Odyssey would be what I wanted, followed by the Sedona. The Sienna was in third, based on the negative reviews on how it felt to drive and that its fuel economy wasn't great.
After test driving the Sienna and Odyssey (ran out of energy for the Sedona), the Sienna was the hands down winner. I liked the ride, even though that was the frequent criticism in reviews and round-ups. And the cabin was miles ahead of the Odyssey, even at the lowest base trim. About the only place the Odyssey blew us away was the Lane Watch feature, but that didn't make up for the clunky center stack and dated feeling cabin. Or the ride that felt stiff and jarring.
Of course, my problem now is that 2015 is the only year this cabin is available. I don't really want to buy new, but the only used 2015s I can find are all fleet cars that already have 2-3 years of miles on the odometer. And the few that only have a couple thousand are all priced nearly the same as new, with much worse financing offers.
So I'm leaning new because this will be a car we buy to keep for a decade or more, and coupled with 0% financing for up to 60 months, it's not exactly free money, but it at least won't cost me any more to stretch the payments out.
Anyone out there think I'm barking up the wrong tree or if it's really worth spending time to test drive a Sedona or other vehicle at this point? I'm less inclined on the Sedona, if only because the places that praised the Odyssey's handling and ride did much the same for the Sedona, leading me to believe I'll have the same negative opinion about it.
As such, I went in thinking the Odyssey would be what I wanted, followed by the Sedona. The Sienna was in third, based on the negative reviews on how it felt to drive and that its fuel economy wasn't great.
After test driving the Sienna and Odyssey (ran out of energy for the Sedona), the Sienna was the hands down winner. I liked the ride, even though that was the frequent criticism in reviews and round-ups. And the cabin was miles ahead of the Odyssey, even at the lowest base trim. About the only place the Odyssey blew us away was the Lane Watch feature, but that didn't make up for the clunky center stack and dated feeling cabin. Or the ride that felt stiff and jarring.
Of course, my problem now is that 2015 is the only year this cabin is available. I don't really want to buy new, but the only used 2015s I can find are all fleet cars that already have 2-3 years of miles on the odometer. And the few that only have a couple thousand are all priced nearly the same as new, with much worse financing offers.
So I'm leaning new because this will be a car we buy to keep for a decade or more, and coupled with 0% financing for up to 60 months, it's not exactly free money, but it at least won't cost me any more to stretch the payments out.
Anyone out there think I'm barking up the wrong tree or if it's really worth spending time to test drive a Sedona or other vehicle at this point? I'm less inclined on the Sedona, if only because the places that praised the Odyssey's handling and ride did much the same for the Sedona, leading me to believe I'll have the same negative opinion about it.