With 6,402 miles under his belt, it's safe to say that our 2015 Honda Odyssey is at its peak; cool enough to feel new, broken in enough to make the most of its 3.5-liter V6, but not beaten into submission by too many snacks for toddlers or dog hair. We now have our Odyssey right where we want it.
Unfortunately, it will pass. The floor plates are not removed quickly so that salt and grime of winter, mixed with a little red earth of Prince Edward Island, is up quickly. Hairs of the dog, who always kept behind the second row, are somehow attracted to each other along the support on both front doors. We are fast approaching the first service of the Odyssey, Honda free to Centennial on our next visit to the in-laws of the Island
With a dirty, hairy inside and the first full service, it is official:. Our long-term Odyssey is new.
We drove home in Summerside our Odyssey EX at the end of last June, and continue to build up mileage slowly. More often than not, we conduct a press car provided by the manufacturer if the dog does not need to join us and the time is right for a child seat swap. There is a palpable sense of higher power, but we have yet to see the fuel economy figures to improve. Not only was our highway driving more centered, temperatures were milder course and we were all-season instead of winter tires.
Perhaps then, it is notable that fuel consumption has not significantly worsened. We still see about 24 miles per gallon on the scale of the United States, a little less than 10L / 100km for Canadians. ( Calculator MarkPorthouse.net is fine if you do not want to do the math yourself.) The combined EPA rating of the Odyssey is 22 mpg. Much of our behavior is in a suburb.
Continue and exceed my brother in his Cruze 1.4T away from the MacKay Bridge tolls late on a Sunday night in January was a real joy, not just because the Odyssey is faster than the car of my older brother - especially when accelerating at a pace moderate speed from the highway - but because I am safe in the knowledge that he finds no joy in prodding its own mini -fourgonnette. He drives a Dodge Grand Caravan, a minivan with a best-in-class 3.6-liter V6 283 horsepower. Best-in-class refers of course to the nominal power, not the engine itself. refinement of fault, burdened with a little automatic six speeds cooperative, a Grand Caravan ordered to speed with all his enthusiasm is not the happiest Grand Caravan, and therefore up by an unfortunate driver.
This does not mean that automatic six-speed Odyssey has all the charm of a manual of S00. A little recalcitrant cold, automatic Odyssey is periodically confused by an acceleration at highway speeds rise. Mileage continues to eradicate many bad habits of transmission, but one wonders why the minivan makers can not properly install the smooth and cooperative transmissions; Sienna units and Sedona are not exactly paragons of performance, either.
With nearly eight months, other complaints deserve some attention. With frequent fresh blankets of snow, we are encouraged to reach for sunglasses more often these days than during the fall. This restores the belief that sunglasses from the door of the Odyssey, part of the conversation mirror which offers a magnificent view of the driver, but a very distant look in the rear, is among the worst in the industry automobile. Many are built with cheaper materials, but I do not remember the experience of a sunglass holder therefore unable to accept a pair of sunglasses. Oh, the interior space is acceptable, but the opening is slim.
All other complaints not revolve around the van, but the means by which Honda Odysseys packages. In traditional fashion Honda, no options, just finishing lines. Looking back, there are some elements that would be nice to add to Odyssey EX, but both need a jump to the Odyssey EX-L RES. This is a CAD $ 7,010 jump for a power liftgate and a leather steering wheel.
Dirt winter is most evident on the tailgate, and the filthy state of the tailgate is more evident under the lip, next to the camera back, where your hand must go to open the tailgate.
There are not a big problem. I'll survive without a power tailgate. (I personally despise the slowness of both cars complete the Power task, including the Mercedes-Benz GLC300 we drive this week. Take a knee while you wait.) But given the degree to which this has become an expected feature it is strange that Honda Canada will not let you have a power liftgate in LX, sE, EX, EX or RES. For a power tailgate, American Honda expects you to pay for a $ 36,950 Odyssey EX-L. It is available on the $ 30,300 LX, EX $ 33,450, and $ 34.400 SE.
As for the leather-wrapped wheel, it is again a function without that I can cope. But virtually all press vehicles that happens to us is a top-spec model, so every time I go into my own car, I'm missing out on the key point of contact. After much time to something quite unfortunate as the Honda HR-V, there is a sense of relief knowing that there is a wildly superior option in our own driveway.
Except that the wheel of the HR-V is nice. And is not. Our Odyssey
Timothy Cain is the founder of GoodCarBadCar.net , who is obsessed with the free and frequent publication of the United States and Canada auto sales figures. Follow us on Twitter @goodcarbadcar and Facebook .
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