Except she said she has a Pilot now, and needs something bigger.

We've been looking too, for the same reasons.

The Ford Flex isn't bad -- it's kind of an ugly Mini Cooper on the outside, but inside it was pretty nice, albeit with a bunch of silly "convenience features" I could easily live without (really guys, I know how to turn on the headlights by myself, but thanks anyway).

The other main contenders for us are the Toyota Sienna or the Honda Odyssey, neither of which we're very enthusiastic about, but it's hard to argue against either of them -- they're both very practical, very well designed, should be very reliable, etc.

I'm surprised that a Toyota dealer told you there weren't any Siennas available, as we took a test drive in one recently, and were led to understand that there wouldn't be any particular wait for one if we decided to get one. I'd suggest calling around -- there are a bunch of Toyota dealers in the area (Honda & Ford too for that matter), and if one wasn't being helpful, there are plenty of others.
