Wentzville, MO
I bought a 2018 Odyssey EXL about 6 weeks ago.
Love it.
For me it’s a work vehicle.
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Quoted from pcprogrammer:One of the reasons I gave up looking for an Odyssey is that Honda isn't offering any incentives at all on the interest rates. Toyota has 0.9% for 60 months which helps a lot. I'd be up around 4% through the banks.
The Odyssey is really nice, I test drove one. I'd have a tougher decision for sure if they were more competitive right now on the rates.
Be a baller & pay cash.
Problem solved 
2 weeks later
Quoted from yzfguy:We went with the Honda....waiting for them to source one in our color hopefully getting it this week
The Oddysey is legit
I bought one as a work vehicle about 6-8 weeks ago
Hit 100 mph unintentionally a few times. Cant hear shit behind all that acoustic glass, leather & V6
"Clean on the inside cream on the outside. Ice, ice cream, ice cream paint job"
3 weeks later
Quoted from yzfguy:It's an EX-L. I didn't get the nav/res package because it has the ability to connect to your phone and use it's GPS and we have removeable DVD screens from our last van (that we never use). It has most of the amenities we wanted, without spending 47k on the elite. The one thing it doesn't have is the beeping parking sensors. That kinda pissed me off, I assumed they were in there. My OTD was 34,900.
I too bought the EXL. Its a work van for me & I enjoy every minute of it. This thing is my warehouse, office & tool shed.
Skipped the nav for the same reason. Android Auto is a great nav system & the integration with music/calling is so awesome you know your phone is gonna be linked up to the car anyway.
We opted out of the DVD package because from what I've seen that stuff ages poorly (failures & obsolescence) & we all have ipads. Plus again its a work van not a family hauler.
The Elite is awesome tho with the power shades, interior cam, vac, intercom over the audio & headphones tho. I emptied all my gear out of it & packed up the family for a trip to FL a few mos ago and it did great. During that trip I wished we had the elite but once I got home & put my shit back in it I was happy with the EXL.
Cant go wrong either way.
My wife has a 2017 CRV EXL & its nice AF. Nicer than the Oddysey in many way. But the space of the van is super luxury 
We paid $34.5K which IIRC is $4K off MSRP after destination. All but one dealer came back w/the same $3K off MSRP so we took the $4K offer of course. They also threw in some mats, trays & splash guards which was cool.
I drove the Gen 1 & Gen 2 Transit Connect for YEARS and hundreds of thousands of miles.
Gen 1 was the biggest pile of shit ever.
IIRC it was assembled in Romania of Turkish parts & shipped as a passenger van to dodge a tariff then stripped of its seats to become commercial & sent off to outfitters.
The F'n wheel wells were made of felt. Felt. Seriously. Felt.
It smelled like a goat too
The Gen 2 transit connect was a huge upgrade but I didnt drive it for long (switched employers).
There is no way I'd buy a Transit Gen 1 with my own money after my experience. Maybe a Gen 2 if I had to.
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