Honda’s certainly are durable - and don’t knock the Element until you give it a close inspection. There’s some excellent thought and engineering that went into it - putting the “utility” back into SUV. It came down to price when we bought our Jeep Liberty, but the Element was in the running. Jeep was trying to sell vehicles and willing to deal; Honda was busy tacking “novelty” charges onto the sales price. Bah.
I actually really like Elements...I get ridiculed for my tastes is all. ;-)
I don’t think I need something that big this go ‘round, though.