If I ever get another van, it will have a center console or I won't buy it. The storage in the Ody is so limited that you need a good center console with drink holders and a constant power supply. I hate to stuff the seat pockets full of junk all the time. If you use the door pockets, stuff rattles and slides around constantly. Give me a nice centerconsole that I can remove if I want to.
My wife smokes, so I have an ash tray where the dash mounted drink tray usually goes. I am forced to use the fold-up tray daily to hold my coffee mug and other drinks. With the stiff suspension on the Ody and the springy tray, I have to hold the drink in the tray to keep it in place.
I have been dealer hopping looking for the perfect center console for my Ody. I don't care who makes it (Ford, Toyota, GM, Chrysler, etc). If it costs a couple hundred bucks, I'm ordering one, painting it to match the Fern interior and installing it.
Don't get me wrong, I truly love my Ody, I just think it's a bit short on creature comforts such as storage, interior and exterior lighting, and noise isolation. I will likely spend years tinkering with the van to solve these problems. I hope Honda listens to it's customers and solves some of these basic issues. There is no excuse for not addressing the wind/road noise issues by now.
Fred