Upfront - my daily driver is a 2012 Jetta Sportwagen TDI 6mt.
I'm about 10 months in to owning our 2015 Odyssey EX-L (my wife's primary vehicle). Just wrapped up a 2000 mile trip from NH to MI and back. And I must say, I think this van sucks. I struggle to find something that I actually like about it, besides easily carrying 4 passengers and a ton of cargo.
I dislike the engine - it has no low-end torque and the gimmicky ECO mode just manifests itself as a few additional gears in the transmission to make it feel like it's always shifting.
I dislike the fit and finish - this really bothers me coming from my VW. It's just sloppy. I hate that there are like 4 different colors (Metallic Gray with the light-gray leather interior). The finish of the carpets is terrible. When I drive in the wet why is there water that comes in from the bottom of the doors and gets the lower step panel plastic (can't come up with a better term) wet?
I hate the seating position and steering wheel. All last night (880 miles) I had a hard time driving with the cruise control on and maintaining a comfortable arm position on the arm rest but maintaining a finger close to the cruise control cancel button (just in case).
I hate the audio system - there's a couple second delay when I'm playing music from my iPhone when I change tracks (both via USB and Bluetooth). Doesn't happen with the VW.
I hate that the trip computer has terrible options (no digital speed readout in the between the tachometer and speedometer) besides Trip A, Trip B and oil life.
I'm really disappointed in this vehicle. I don't see how I can live with this thing for the life of the vehicle, unless I just give in and decide to treat it like garbage (not maintenance wise, just not caring about it as a long-term major purchase).
There was a recent review (The Only Honda Odyssey Review You?ll Ever Need to Read. ) that I think accurately sums up how I feel about this vehicle. I thought it was the best going into it, and from a people-moving perspective it still may be. But I think the vehicle overall just sucks.
Am I the only one that feels this way? I'm not a big fan of SUVs but that redesigned Mazda CX-9 sounds awfully tempting.
I'm about 10 months in to owning our 2015 Odyssey EX-L (my wife's primary vehicle). Just wrapped up a 2000 mile trip from NH to MI and back. And I must say, I think this van sucks. I struggle to find something that I actually like about it, besides easily carrying 4 passengers and a ton of cargo.
I dislike the engine - it has no low-end torque and the gimmicky ECO mode just manifests itself as a few additional gears in the transmission to make it feel like it's always shifting.
I dislike the fit and finish - this really bothers me coming from my VW. It's just sloppy. I hate that there are like 4 different colors (Metallic Gray with the light-gray leather interior). The finish of the carpets is terrible. When I drive in the wet why is there water that comes in from the bottom of the doors and gets the lower step panel plastic (can't come up with a better term) wet?
I hate the seating position and steering wheel. All last night (880 miles) I had a hard time driving with the cruise control on and maintaining a comfortable arm position on the arm rest but maintaining a finger close to the cruise control cancel button (just in case).
I hate the audio system - there's a couple second delay when I'm playing music from my iPhone when I change tracks (both via USB and Bluetooth). Doesn't happen with the VW.
I hate that the trip computer has terrible options (no digital speed readout in the between the tachometer and speedometer) besides Trip A, Trip B and oil life.
I'm really disappointed in this vehicle. I don't see how I can live with this thing for the life of the vehicle, unless I just give in and decide to treat it like garbage (not maintenance wise, just not caring about it as a long-term major purchase).
There was a recent review (The Only Honda Odyssey Review You?ll Ever Need to Read. ) that I think accurately sums up how I feel about this vehicle. I thought it was the best going into it, and from a people-moving perspective it still may be. But I think the vehicle overall just sucks.
Am I the only one that feels this way? I'm not a big fan of SUVs but that redesigned Mazda CX-9 sounds awfully tempting.
