This is the perfect car for a busy family. It seats eight people, so it's great for those carpools! We had a Ford Explorer previously and love this upgrade. It seems just slightly larger from the outside, but the internal space is dramatically better. We travel up to our mountain cabin most weekends and this has a lot of room for our cooler, clothing, and supples. The seats fold in a 60/40 split, so if we're taking an extra person or have extra supplies we can adapt it. The third back-row seat folds down smoothly without much effort. Although it's a little tight for full grown adults, it works for short trips or kids. This car does great in the snow. We also pull a very heavy boat up some pretty steep hills. I don't think I'd want to pull that weight every day, but it doesn't protest when we do it a couple times a year. We really haven't had much in the way of repairs, either. My biggest complaint would be the road noise. I think the noise is the biggest flaw on all of the Honda cars we've owned and this is no exception. It is NOISY. We especially notice it when we have studded snow tires on in the winter. Snow tires definitely aren't required, but we take it to some pretty nasty places and push the limits, so we have to endure the road noise. Overall, even with the noise, the positives greatly outweigh the negatives and we've been very happy with this car.