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[quote=Anonymous]We had an Odyssey for over a decade.  Just replaced it with the Chrysler Pacific Hybrid.  It uses almost no gas for the first 30 miles you drive.  (Then the battery needs to recharge, which takes 12 hours with a standard electrical plug, or 2 hours if you have a plug specific for electric cars.  We just charge it every night.)  Because most of our mini-van driving is that standard school drop-offs and soccer games, we almost never use any gas.  It's great -- not only for the money but because I'm never thinking "Oh shoot -- I need to stop for gas and I'm already running late!"  
I read a fair number of reviews, including a review where the reviewer drove it 100,000 miles in a few months to test durability, and it did fine.
I find the driveability and comfort to be basically identical between the Pacific H and the Odyssey.  Note that some of the Pacific reviews say the rear seats aren't as comfortable -- thsoe reviews don't apply to the Hybrid --- the Hybrid does not have the Chysler patented fold-seat-into-floor thing, which is cool but apparently leads to less comfortable seats.  Because of the battery location, the Hybrid does not have that feature and the seats are basically the same as the Odyssey.
I'm against the TVs in cars, as I think it cuts down on quality bonding time.  But I am very PRO leather seats, as they are sooooo much easier to clean in case of things like spilled milk, cheerio crumbs, vomit, whatever.  [/quote]

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