Less than 3 weeks ago picked up the 2000 Ody-fern LX 114,000km and headed for Florida. Just got back last week with over 5,000km more on it! Ran like a Rolex. What a delight -- quiet and idles so smooth I thought the engine had stalled a couple of times. Cruses beautifully at 120, 130, 140k, whatever. Passing semis in hills of Kentucky at 90 mph into a corner at night was scarry, but the Ody handles like...well a Honda should and took it in stride while I had my heart in my mouth.
Mileage was all that I can ask for. Best was coming and going in the flatness of Georgia with about 27 mpg (U.S.) at 80 mph average (8.6L/100k)! I'll have to post this in one of the mileage forums. It is a far cry from my 50+ (U.S.) mpg on my Jetta TDI that I traded in for this, but as I said, I can't ask for more out of a V6 in a 4,400lb. van at 80 mph!
The idea of taking the Ody instead of my wife's 96 Accord was to take our bicycles. Took out the middle seats and with rear down used it as a cargo van to transport our two bicycles. A couple of years ago I built an internal wooden bike rack for our '88 Voyager. It was custom made specifically for the base to tie down to the middle and rear seat anchors. I found that I can use it in the Ody without mods, but the bikes were swaying from side to side. Using rope to guy them to the rear seat anchors on the sides solved this problem perfectly!
Also took my car wash stuff to Florida. Wife thought I was nuts, but claybarred the van, put on one coat of Klasse All-in-One then one coat of Klasse Sealer. Had to get it ready for the winter!
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