qdseeker
qdseeker Reader
6/1/13 7:05 p.m.

It is a 2006 EX-L with all the trimmings less the navigation. So far, we like it....

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dj06482
dj06482 GRM+ Memberand Dork
6/1/13 9:46 p.m.

Nice!

qdseeker
qdseeker Reader
6/2/13 5:02 p.m.

Thank you, sir!

dj06482
dj06482 GRM+ Memberand Dork
6/2/13 7:57 p.m.

If yours has the exposed A/C compressor behind the front bumper, some gutter guard and zip ties are good insurance. The OdyClub forum has a ton of good info on that mod, and just about anything else you could imagine.

Other than that, I'd recommend reading up in the transmission drain and fill threads, and any post started by "CNN" on OdyClub. He does a great job documenting DIY activities.

Good luck with yours, our '05 has served us well!

pinchvalve
pinchvalve GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
6/2/13 8:25 p.m.

Wow, a thread I really have an interest in! (2 kids)

JohnRW1621
JohnRW1621 PowerDork
6/2/13 8:36 p.m.

Oh, how the Hondas have grown over the years...but the colors have remained nearly the same.

MrJoshua
MrJoshua PowerDork
6/2/13 8:45 p.m.

Lol-those have been on my lust list for awhile. I am getting sooo old.

qdseeker
qdseeker Reader
6/9/13 9:24 a.m.

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JFX001
JFX001 UltraDork
6/9/13 7:50 p.m.

Welcome...muhuhahaha...

qdseeker
qdseeker Reader
6/16/13 12:55 p.m.

It's been a great pick up for us so far. Took a 250+ mile trip throughout the N. Georgia mountains in it yesterday and came home with still a half tank of gas. Pretty impressed I am.

DeadSkunk
DeadSkunk SuperDork
6/16/13 12:59 p.m.

In reply to qdseeker:

I like the little one.

qdseeker
qdseeker Reader
6/16/13 1:00 p.m.

Haha!!! Thanks, man. I'm rather partial to that one as well, but I can't discount the creature comforts of the overstuffed one, either.

AngryCorvair
AngryCorvair GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
6/16/13 1:29 p.m.

love the side-by-side pic. do not ever crash the civic into an odyssey.

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 UberDork
6/16/13 1:39 p.m.

Well done, sir! Odyssey was runner-up to my MPV in choosing a minivan, and that was largely due to the MPV being 10 grand cheaper. That was pretty much the sweet spot for minivan styling. Boy is the Odyssey an ugly thing now.

Junkyard_Dog
Junkyard_Dog Dork
6/16/13 3:47 p.m.

Odyssey needs stripes to match the Civic

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/16/13 3:58 p.m.

can you fit the civic inside the Oddy?

qdseeker
qdseeker Reader
6/16/13 8:23 p.m.

@AngryCorvair...lolol, I don't think I want to crash that thing into my 10 year old's bicycle.

@1988RedT2...Thanks, man. Last year, before my major cut in pay, we were a day away from ordering a 2010 Odyssey (latest body style). I loved it. I even talked my wife away from the Pilot into it and she ended up wanting it real bad. Since then, I have kind of shied away from the style and really enjoyed the styling of the third generation. It's wonderful for us.

@Junkyard_Dog...May have to give that shot, man, lolol. A little retro on a modern?

@mad_machine...Apparently, I can. The Odyssey's width, length and height measuring in at 77", 201" and 70", respectively, the Civic would easily fit with its measurements at 59", 147" and 52", also respectively. That said, it looks like if I remove the two rear sets of seats, I may be able to haul this around to events around the country in the comfy environs of the van, lolol. Wouldn't that open some eyes if I were to pull up and put some ramps off the rear bumper and have people thinking I'm fixing to pull out a riding mower or something I drive a full car out instead, lolol.

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/16/13 8:36 p.m.

just for that.. you need to buy a salvage oddy and mod it to carry your civic to shows

qdseeker
qdseeker Reader
6/16/13 8:41 p.m.

Looking at a second gen, it seems their dimensions are damn near the same as the third gen......

Hmmmmmm............

That would be quite the entry, yes? If the wheel spacing between the rear wheels is wide enough, I may be able to fabricate some sort of ramp system similar to U-Haul's?

nderwater
nderwater UberDork
6/17/13 12:15 p.m.

My parents' 2007 Odyssey just got totaled - it was the best car in their fleet! They're already looking for another from that generation.

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