kaceylauren
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We're looking at 8 seater Siennas, but I'm intrigued by the Ody with the extra "jump seat" inbetween the captains chairs in the second row. Is it that really usable as a seat? Does it have LATCH? Could a car seat fit there?
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extra seat in the Ody?
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kaceylauren
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Thanks, so it has LATCH? Do you just have a preference for Odys over Siennas or are they safer or more user friendly?
kaceylauren
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It doesn't have latch or a tether. So it'd be best for a rear facing seat.
What years are you looking at? In 2011 they changed the Sienna design and I don't like it (But Imy 2008 Sienna).
2005-2010. Of course I hated that they took out all the LATCH anchors in the new one. What were they thinking?!
2006-2008 would probably match our price range and mileage requirements. We have a friend who has a car lot. He's going to auctions for us to find whatever we want, so we can be pretty picky, as long as we're patient. We're trading our '05 DGC. It's been great, but we're getting up there in mileage and don't want to risk losing value on trading it in. Plus we've just always wanted to get back to driving Hondas or Toyotas. Everyone I know who has an Ody loves it. We drove a Sienna for a week at Disney World and loved it there, and we had the three kids, my husband, me, and both his parents. We were always comfortable riding together in that 8 seater.
kaceylauren
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And that would be fine. We can deal with three in the middle row and two in the back (Sienna) or three in the back row and two in the middle (Ody). The reason I'm kind of switching back and forth between the vans is that our friend says there are lots of Odys at auction right now, but he's having trouble finding the Sienna for us. So we'll probably be telling him to get either one, whichever he can get for the best deal with the best features. I don't think I can go back to standard doors after having power with my GC, though! So nice! Right now, the Sienna is our first choice since we drove one before and really loved it. I hated to take it back to the rental place when our vacation was over!
momto3girls
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I have an '06 ody and love it! Normally the extra seat is taken out and the two captains chair are pushed together. That leaves enough room for people to get to the third row. We have used the extra seat when my parents are visiting. I've sat in the extra seat and for short trips around town it's ok. I wouldn't want to sit there for a long period of time. My 10 year old niece also sat there and she was fine.
I've fit a rf fpsvd, rf coccoro and monterey there.
I've fit a rf fpsvd, rf coccoro and monterey there.
LittlePeanut
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