Kansas

Thank you all for the good wishes. This forum is way more fun and far more active than the Sienna Chat forum.

The "test" will be when my wife sees the Sienna for the first time when I pick her up at the airport tonight. I'm thinking of asking to sit in one of the backseat recliners, pouring her a glass of wine and starting one of her favorite movies on the video player for the 30 minute ride home. It's legal for passengers to drink in Missouri but she would have to finish her wine before we cross back into Kansas about half way home.

Hmmm ... I pick my wife up at the airport almost every week. I wonder if a few magnetic "Limo Service" signs on the Sienna would "allow" me to park with the commercial shuttle service vans near the baggage claim entrance. This could be fun!

greg3852

That LS looks great. Sad to see you go, but I'm going to sit right here and wait for pictures of those rear seats in the Sienna.

I just sold my 2006 Sienna which I loved. 108K miles and the only thing done to it was oil changes and brakes. Bought an LS 460.

So I'll be here waiting for some pictures of the Sienna.......Still here.......

dengman

I remember several years ago a group of friends and I in a minivan got pulled over after we stopped for someone to take a leak on the side. The KS trooper let us go and said be careful. We were Missouri tagged and we had all been drinking and were upfront and honest about it.

The chances of you getting pulled over while your wife is enjoying a bottle of wine is slim.
Your best excuse to the trooper is I just picked up my wife from the airport in our new minivan and she is celebrating.

Hope to run into you randomly some time when I'm in the KC metro area.

Yamae

Thanks for your dedications to the forum, Kansas. I must inform you that some Japanese Celsior owners were also saved by your posts. I have translated your posts and informed them. I expect you to pop in here time to time in the future.

Kansas

And here they are - photos of my wife when I picked her up at the airport and she saw the Sienna for the first time.

The "plan" went off without a hitch. All four roller blinds up, a bottle of the Pinot Grigio wine variety she especially likes, one of her favorite movies - "The Queen", of course - on the wide screen that drops down from the roof. She said that she can get used to this.

The ice bucket fits perfectly between and is held in place by the front and rear sections of the center console when the rear section is slid all the way rearward.

The odometer passed 100 miles on the way home from the airport. I'm still learning the idiosyncrasies of the Sienna. The automatic braking when a car cuts in front of the Sienna while using the radar cruise control is much more forceful than with our Prius which first applies its energy generating brakes before it applies its mechanical brakes.

It's going to take weeks of reading and experimenting to understand all the Sienna's features.

Dubbayoo

Carry on, my wayward son.

greg3852

Awesome.Thank you for the pictures. I won't show my wife them though, or else I'll be getting rid of my 460 for one too! haha Enjoy it. You will have many many years of faithful service from it.

Kingsoup

Ok thats pretty excellent!! thats how you wanna be treated after being on a plane for a while! That reclining seat is excellent! Its so fun to try different kinds of vehicles! and you can fit SO much stuff in a van with the seats down and out, woohoo!

Legender

That is pretty awesome. Glad you're taking care of the better half. Been great having you here and I'm sure the Sienna forum will be blessed to have you on their site now. Congratulations and thank you for support and contributions to this site. You'll be missed.

timmy0tool

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wow, sad to see you go good sir. we all share the same sentiments with your contributions to this community. the sienna community is fortunate to have you! please stop by every once in awhile here and check up on us. i'm sure you'll still have good insights to share. cheers!

Hiroshi12

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I'm sure you'll be back, Kansas. If for no other reason to give advice to that "youngster" who bought your LS400. Did you make him promise not to turn it into a wanna-be gangster car like the rest of us?