[Nachum]

We have friends who love the Odyssey, but there were a couple of items about it that turned me off. The first one were the historical problems with the transmission. I went on an Edmunds blog and looked at the complaints by Odyssey owners and repeatedly, the transmission seemed to need repair/replacing after about 4 years. I was at the supermarket and saw a lady I knew leaving with her kids and I asker her how she liked the car. She raved about it. Then I asked her if she had any problems and she answered "only one, we are having the transmission replaced- but it is under warantee".

Since we have to drive over a hilly canyon road regularly, even my mechanic liked the Sienna for that reason. I would consider the Honda if I thought they had worked that one thing out, but I am sort of afraid of it. If I did buy one, I would for sure only buy the Honda with an extended warantee to forstall any tranny hassles.

[thefactor]

the new GM mini-vans come with a lifetime powertrain warranty for as long you the original buyer owns the van. check out the Town and Country. unless you dont want american.