Honda Odyssey Prices Paid and Buying Experience

I share in your enthusiasm in buying a new car. But to grab a first production year- new model or redesign is a very risky investment.
There are so many thread’s on the internet, and even this forum that deal with all the problems of a first model year car especially the first ones off the production line.

1. I’m just curious as to why you are scrambling to get to the finish line first? I have owned 3Hondas & 3 Acura’s All have served me and my family well over the years. But one lesson I always remember from a article in consumer reports many years ago about being a Guinea pig for a auto maker. When you buy first model year you also get these free features included at no charge:
2. Untested new technology, design flaws, recalls ect… and you still pay full price to be a test pilot.

Wouldn’t you rather wait until the “bugs” are all worked out. And let the headaches be someone else to have?

Especially when a car first comes out it is months before most bugs are even known issues, not to mention the prices of the vehicle always sells at or near MSRP.
I guess most people have so much excess money to burn, they love to piss it away. It must be nice…

Always NICE to own a shiney new automobile. I am an "old timer". When the price of the average car went over $20K, I wanted to know how many bathrooms it had. You can lose $2K just driving off the dealer's lot; and lose maybe $5K after a year, and it is a USED CAR. I prefer to let some else take that depreciation. I just bought a 2006 Honda Odyssey - a $39K orig. price - for $14,700. Chose to put new spark plugs, and for reassurance I changed out the timing belt, but I figure I'm way ahead. The vehicle LOOKS like a new one.