A New Car (Say it like you're on a game show!)

So my Suzuki is only 3 years old, had only 28,000 miles on it but it was a JUNKER! So instead of continuing to pour money into a car that isn't going to last the life of our loan, we decided to try to do a little research & figure out what is a safe, good quality, long lasting, comfortable, roomy car. Nearly 2 weeks ago we started this process. I test drove a Ford Expedition with the thought that it's big, bulky, safe & roomy. NOT!!! It is big, bulky and gas guzzling! For an SUV that "looks" huge, it sure didn't have much more leg & elbow room than my Suzuki. It was just longer & taller. If I had the 3rd. row seat up there was the same amount of room for trunk space as my Suzuki. Very disappointing. Then there was the Toyota Sienna-yeah a MINI VAN! AWESOME!!!!!!!! Very safe, very comfortable, seats 7 people-REALLY-with plenty of leg room. How do we know? Duane rode in the 3rd. row! It's comfortable, drives well, roomy, and safe. Unfortunately, the one we wanted to buy had a tire recall on it. So needless to say we didn't get that one. On the way home from the Toyota dealership we just happened to stop by the Honda dealership. I test drove a Honda Odyssey-pretty good. I had some seat issues during the test drive-couldn't quite get comfortable, felt like I was driving a bus. So we went home & thought about it. Duane followed up with the Honda man & they offered to let us use it for a time like it was ours so that we could be fully informed about our decision. I took it to the library, went to the grocery store. Duane drove it a little & discovered the "cool" seat adjustment button!!! Duane adjusted the seat, I got in adjusted it a little more & what do you know...I didn't feel like I was driving a bus!!!!! This is by far the COOLEST MINI VAN ON EARTH!!!!! I didn't know Mini Vans have come this far! If I did, we would have bought 1 a LONG TIME AGO! Automatic everything, Captain's chairs in the middle row-more room for Kyle & Melanie, 3rd. row seating with leg & elbow room (even for adults), and trunk space-don't even get me started! Leather seating, DVD player, hidden Lazy Susan for storage, dual A/C controls-I'm 75 degrees, Duane is 62! This Mini Van has EVERYTHING! I LOVE IT! And guess what else...it's a HONDA. It's safe, durable, long lasting and has no record of a recall, and the BEST part-the monthly payments is over $100.00 CHEAPER per month than the Suzuki!!!!
I'm sure there's more "cool" stuff to tell you, but this is all I can remember!
It really does pay to research before you buy & to sleep on it!
2007 Certified Honda Odyssey
78,000 miles
Has new Tires, new brakes
Bumper-to-bumper with everything in between & around covered warranty