Anonymous wrote:The Odyssey is an objectively uglier automobile than the Pacifica. Cost =/ class.
Anonymous wrote:It's funny how hoi polloi accuse UMC and rich of being petty competitive snobs when the poor do the same crap. I'm better than you because my pos mini van costs $85 more a month?! Lol, so sad.
Anonymous wrote:Test drive a Chrysler Pacifica Limited. It's fantastic. Honda doesn't have stowable seats as far as I know - so that's why I wouldn't consider it.
Anonymous wrote:They are all similar in price. The odyssey is more popular because of the high safety rating, but Chrysler is eithe caught up or ahead now. No one buys a minivan for status. They buy for function. They do not care what others think. You are thinking like an SUV person ?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:s/o from the Pacifica/Odyssey thread. There seems to be some sort of perceived status in driving an Odyssey over other minivans. I suppose the Odyssey is more expensive, but I haven't priced them. If you drive an Odyssey do you feel somehow superior or conversely, if you drive the pacifica, do you feel somehow "less than" because it's not the preferred minivan?
The Odyssey is objectively nicer. It’s also more expensive. But yes, if you live in an affluent area, people who want/need a minivan for whatever reason are going to get the nicest one. It’s like, “if I have to drive a lame minivan, it’s damn sure going to be the nicest possible one!”
Anonymous wrote:s/o from the Pacifica/Odyssey thread. There seems to be some sort of perceived status in driving an Odyssey over other minivans. I suppose the Odyssey is more expensive, but I haven't priced them. If you drive an Odyssey do you feel somehow superior or conversely, if you drive the pacifica, do you feel somehow "less than" because it's not the preferred minivan?