It's "not tall". My oldest (10), who prefers to ride in the 3rd row, had to downgrade to a backless booster because his PWSG outgrew all the seating positions in the 3rd row.
I know really tall drivers complain that the driver's seat could use more travel. I'm 5'7" so not tall enough to hit that problem, but I can see how the complaint is valid since the footrest sticks up.
The wind noise drives me bonkers sometimes.
Try a Ridgeline. I don't think it rises to an annoying level, altho it isn't a quiet car. It's a matter of perspective.
Brake time could be a little better; as in, it was better in one of my previous vans, so I'm constantly comparing.
Fine to me.
I'm 4 or so months into this vehicle and still haven't mastered the controls and stuff.
I have a Touring and while I wouldn't say I've mastered it, I can do all the stuff I care about doing. The only exception is that I havent' figured out how to have the rear speakers play the stuff on the DVD so I can listen to the radio up front separately. If that's even possible. I know it works when you use the headphones, but I don't wanna use the headphones.
There's not a whole lot of legroom for the second row riders. The captains chairs only move front/back a teensy tiny bit.
Are we talking about the same car? It's not a Sienna, but the 2nd row does slide a good amount. Actually, room in the 2nd and 3rd rows is a big reason why we chose it over a Sienna, altho part of the Sienna's problem is that the seats block the area where you place your feet while there are big enough open gaps under the seats of the Odyssey that your feet can slide under the seat a bit which greatly improves legroom.
There's no inside armests on the captains chairs.
Yeah, that would be helpful, but then the 8th seat would be a useless thing like the Sienna's. Compromise I'm ok with.
The "exposed" hardware hook things (so technical...) and gaps in the center of the 2nd row (when the 8th seat is removed) are ugly.
True, but nothing compared to the cheerio magnet that are the Sienna's 2nd row tracks. I trip over those damn things much more than the small exposed section on the Odyssey.
I don't find the cargo space especially generous.
Compared to the old Sienna? Otherwise, I believe the Odyssey carries the most compared to the current generation Ody, Sienna, and Grand Caravan (overall a decent big smaller than the Sienna/Ody).
Really, that's about it. I don't have any mechanical or reliability complaints (yet) and it gets the job done pretty well. Despite my nitpicking, I don't see myself trading out of this one anytime soon because I DO like it. I'm just picky.
