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Ichneumon wrote:
I admit that in a purely "work of art" sense it's rather alien-looking, but its "screw esthetics, everything for functionality" approach appeals to the engineer in me. Like the architectural philosophy in the book "The Fountainhead", I find that pure nuts-and-bolts functionality has its own kind of beauty, especially compared to things that are added on "just for looks" but make no sense from a practical standpoint.
My wife has an element and we love it. I would not try to take it to the deer lease hat is why I have a Jeep.)on road it is great. It is roomy and functional. A great shopping utility vehicle. But in fairness the looks do have to grow on you.
Honda has you pegged. The Element is advertised as a youth-oriented transport to haul surf boards, etc.. The ads and commercials have twenty-somethings partying with The Element.
The reality is that forty-something engineer types buy the vehicle en masse. It is very popular with people that see themselves in the ads, but never do anything crazy like have a kegger on the beach with half-naked co-eds. It's a marketing coup d'etat.
There's something new in the racer magazines, a tricked out Element. Seems if you lower the Element and play with the suspension and tweak that awesome 2.4 liter V VTec engine, you get a screamer of a racer with the added bonus of having a retro 70's customized van "to party in." So far, the tricked out Element is a small, fringe minority in the racer world.
Don't be surprised to hear a family member in their teens ask you to save your Element, if you don't know what to do with the thing.