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15/2/2011 at 9:34am
Location: Keswick
Outfit: Bailey
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Don't know what your body is like for lying down sunshine. Best approach is to look at both vans and lie down on the beds. Apart from comfort make sure your whole body can fit on streatched out!!!
As you will see from my side panel we have the 540 which is the up market version of the Avante and if you look at both you can see the difference in finish. Nothing wrong with the Avante finish just different. At the end of the day your decision may just be down to cost and weight depending on what you are towing with. MTPLM of 1570kg for the Odyssey means a tow car of 1840Kg plus. I pull with a Kia Sportage but could not do so (within the 85% rule) with the new Sportage as Kia have gone lighter with their models. Wouldn't want to pull the Odyssey at higher than an 85% match especially if some daft fool decides to stop half way up a hill!!!! So if you need a new car as well cost is important. Its all about compromise isn't it?
Either way...Elddis...good choice.
Phil
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17/2/2011 at 9:29am
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Thanks all for all the insight and links above.
After seeing the Avante on Monday I went back and looked at the Odyssey again yesterday. Both vans are 2007, the Avante is in better nick, the Avante dealer is offering the better deal. The exterior styling and interior cupboard fronts, handles, wallboards, curtains etc are identical. The two vans are the same size. The Odyssey does have a lot of pluses when you compare them directly, some of which are more important to me, eg enclosed/moulded shower cubicle, better mattress, than others eg more scatter cushions, additional open shelving above bedhead. But it is a lot more money than the Avante, more than I can justify.
So, think I'm going to be voting Avante (it has prettier fabrics too!) if I can go ahead with my van plans, although I've run into a nasty stumbling block at the mo.
Post last edited on 17/02/2011 10:17:41
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