On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 10:34:53 -0400, "Howard" <Howardh@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>I don't know what models you have in your neck of the woods. But here in the
>States the Odyssey was never based on CRV platform and never had 4 wheel
>drive.
>The Odyssey has always been based on the Accord platform. As an Accord
>platform variant they have been very reliable and practical. The gas mileage
>was never as good as an Accord because of the additional weight, but is
>quite respectable for a van.


Here in New Zealand, we get a lot of our cars as used imports from
Japan, which means a wide range of models (and some really wierd
ones). The 4WD (and standard) Ody is one of them. I don't knwo how
much difference the 4WD will make - I mena it is a van after all. the
used cost is much the same.
They all seem to be around 100,000km (60k milies) so a cambelt would
be needed pretty much as soon as you drive off the lot. I don't know
how hard this will be to do. I plan on doing most of the maintenance
myself, unless I can get a good price for one of the kids on Ebay
NZ prices FYI
95-96 2.2l $NZ8-10k ($US5k-6300)
97-98 Vtec 2.3 $NZ13-14k ($US 8.2-8.8k)
98 V6 $NZ17-18k ($US10.7 - 12k)
so you can see there is a fair bit of difference for the next step
up.
Geoff