Anyway, I'm a big fan of minivans, but all of them have limitations, my first Odyssey was the best handling minivan ever, had 4 doors that opened like a car, it was basically a giant wagon and with a set of 16's form an Acura it handled great but was extremely underpowered with a 4 cylinder 140 HP Accord engine. Also I could not load a full size bike in it, just scooters.
Sold it because I got a V-6 model, 3.5L 245 hp v-tech is no joke, can roast those tires for half a block, but with big ass V-6 upfront, higher center of gravity and now MacPherson suspension (1st Gen had double-wishbone) it handled like a pig. I had always been scheming how to boost the power, improve handling and ditch that horrible automatic transmission which I had repaired 4 times... but now it seems Honda has done it for me, they built an Odyssey to compete in Pikes Peak!!!
550 HP V-6 with a single Turbo, 6-speed from a TL, lowered, stiffened..... I WANT IT!! In the wet it was only 4 minutes slower than Loebs world record braking run in a purpose built rally car
I just have to convince them to sell it to me...
