CKit

Toyota Sienna is AWD as well.

I wonder how many of the "Hell No" people are <30 and unmarried.

I'd rock a Minivan. At work, the Odyssey / BMW 3-class combination is very popular.

I would love Honda to make a heavier-duty tow package on the Odyssey... would have done that instead of our latest SUV.

Power sliding doors, FTW! You can say, "I can roll up my windows manually, turn my climate control knobs by hand, turn up and down the volume on my radio without steering wheel controls, turn on my wipers manually." For a sports car, I agree. For a baby-hauler... give me convenience all the way. I'd take that over a pen!s extender anyday.

TheDonEffect

I'd rock a mazda5, if you have less than 2 kids I don't see the point of having a third row seat, therefore sedan/wagon for me. My mom raised my bro and I driving a coupe, didn't get a sedan until I was in high school and by then I was rocking the bus anyway.
Huge SUVs are completely pointless for me cuz I don't need the 4wd, ground clearance, and meh interior space. Admittedly though, unless you john travolta in get shorty, suv > minivan in the cool department.

s2kpdx01

^That's what I don't get. There is nothing, IMO cool about a mini-van or an Suv, save maybe a range rover. People really see a pilot and think man that's cool? Come on. Give me break. I know I'm always craning my neck to see the new RAV4 or highlander when it goes by!

For me suvs, mini-vans, normal sedans are all flat lined on the cool meter so get the most useful one for your situation. For me with 1 kid and another on the way and 2 80 lb dogs the mini-van is by far the most useful. It's made two trips now from oregon to texas and back with up to 4 animals in it (not counting humans), don't ask. It's amazing to me people are narcissistic enough to think people are looking at you in your mini-van or suv and thinking about you at all, let alone if you are cool or not. New flash, if you are worried about that no vehicle will make your lame ass cool!

JonBoy

Kind of like clothes. Unless you're dirty or wearing something particularly flashy or obnoxious (or super nice), people probably can't tell you what you were wearing the day before. I have no idea what my co-worker here in Argentina wore yesterday. People just don't care and they don't remember, either.

MDXLuvr

We owned a 2004 Seinna for 4 years. Put 76k miles on it. It was absolutely the best people carrier(the new Oddy hadn't come out yet). It has so much more room than our SUV(Denali XL). The dog loved the room in the back. The 3rd row seats are more comfortable for the family. Ingress/Egress for much easier. It had more storage areas in the front. It gave 21.5 MPG. The Denali unfortunately doesn't do any of that stuff as well. But My wife loves it. It is much more luxurious(MP3, DVD, Nav) than the seinna. She loves all these luxuries and loves the big "own the road" feeling. You do get that sensation when you are on 20" rims and riding a 1500 chevy chassis. It works best eating long texas highway miles. Around town - it definetly is much less nimble. Getting in and out of parking spots isn't fun.

I can't complain though - The Denali can tow my cars to the track. That was the only criteria that mattered to me.

Triple-H

I have no need for seating large numbers of people, but I do have towing and hauling house supplies needs, so no Minivan for me, and I hate SUV's because the back space is not usefull and durable enough, so I'll just keep my big ole pickup.

Triple-H

This data can't be right... or is it???

According to AutoWorld (http://www.autoworld.com/apps/news/FullStory.asp?id=98) the Denali comes in with a turning radius of 42.3-feet. The Titan has a turning radius of 22.7 to 23 feet.

JonBoy

I think your numbers for the Titan are off. The truck is 18' to 20' long, nearly, so your numbers suggest it turns within 5' of its length? Don't think that's going to happen unless it has four wheel steering and does a near-standing rotating burnout...

I found 45.4' for a 2008 Titan online.

North Star

[QUOTE=CKit,Jul 11 2008, 06:21 PM] Toyota Sienna is AWD as well.

I wonder how many of the "Hell No" people are <30 and unmarried.

I'd rock a Minivan.

Triple-H

Yup, I was looking at CarsDirect, they popped up when I googled the numbers for Titan. Now I just went to Nissan News and looked up the specs, they say 45.4' for my wheelbase and 4x4.