We decided to buy the Honda Pilot. Picked it up from Bay Ridge Honda tonight after work. Nice vehicle and the dealer made the whole car buying experience a very good one. When you are ready to part with your money you want attention and you want a fair deal and we got both from them.

I do feel guilty about buying an SUV-ish thing that gets 22 mpg but our Labor Day smack up with the Volkswagen demonstrated that mass matters in a crash and the smaller vehicle loses. The Pilot is classified as a wagon but I parallel parked it tonight and it is definitely sized like a truck. This will take some getting used to and so will pumping gas into it.