2010 Honda Pilot Review

We finally settled on the impressive new 2010 Honda Pilot.

We wanted an SUV with third row seating. That left us a few options. The large Cadillac Escalade, Yukon, Suburban, and Denali type of SUVs that are way too big, and way too expensive (especially the Caddy).

Then you had the Acura MDX, Toyota Highlander, Acadia, and Traverse which were reasonable. We didn't care for Navigation or DVD features. And we didn't want to pay more than about $25,000-30,000.

The Acura MDX and Toyota Highlander were high on our list, but dealers didn't have any good ones in stock. The MDX were running close to $40k and that was a bit much. They had no reason to lower their price, since the MDX is the best selling Acura, and we couldn't find any on dealer lots. Fully loaded, the Acura was nearly $50k.

The Toyota Highlander was nice and probably we could get them down to about $30k, but dealers didn't have any in stock (or only had sky blue ones).

I never even considered a Honda Pilot, because of my preconceived notions of what they looked like and what they were.

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