Jason Adams
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I am in the market for a new vehicle and the Element's fold up seat design looks gear friendly. Just wondering if anyone has experience with them good or bad. Can you get a 4x4 silk/flag in one of these?
Anyone own a Honda Element
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Matty G has one... I want one.
it's very gear friendly, almost too friendly... because people will ask you to haul gear much more often. lol
Great car, though, and best of all it's a Honda... it'll last forever and it gets great gas mileage.
If they hybridize the Element I'm gonna get one.
Oh, andyes, you can get a 4x4 floppy, silk, a few red camera packages etc in them.
You just have to put the floppies in first then stack beneath them... so you push the floppies or 4x4 frames into the front seat from the back and then stack, then pull them over the chaos.
Tetris = preparation for life
it's very gear friendly, almost too friendly... because people will ask you to haul gear much more often. lol
Great car, though, and best of all it's a Honda... it'll last forever and it gets great gas mileage.
If they hybridize the Element I'm gonna get one.
Oh, andyes, you can get a 4x4 floppy, silk, a few red camera packages etc in them.
You just have to put the floppies in first then stack beneath them... so you push the floppies or 4x4 frames into the front seat from the back and then stack, then pull them over the chaos.
Tetris = preparation for life
Mark Harris
Pain in the ass
I have one and love it. But am selling mine. Mainly cause a car in NYC is more trouble than it's worth, and I'm now kind of out of the gear-hauling business. But I've stuffed it full of gear on many occasions. HUGE space inside. Easy to clean out. You can PM me if you want to look at mine. I think they are discontinuing them.
adkimery
Veteran
Just got a used one and love it so far. A friend of mine got a first or second gen and recently traded it in for a newer one. It is suspiring nimble and is fantastic combination of physical size and usable cargo space. The rear seats are super easy to flip up and down and if you know you aren't going to need then at all you can pull them out entirely.
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Stephen Mick
Totally Usable
I owned one for a few years and loved it. Now I've got a 2011 Ford Flex and like that even better.
Matt Gottshalk
Resident Preditor
I was thinking about one but it was too small for all of my gear.
I bought a Honda Odyssey instead and love it.
I bought a Honda Odyssey instead and love it.
Drew Ott
Wish I were banned.
I'm about to buy an Element. They're discontinued, so there will never be a hybrid version. The 2007 version was the last time the design was updated substantially, so I'm looking for one about that new. $15,000-$18,000 is the price range I've been seeing for the 4WD EX model. Not too bad.
I will also be getting this modification: http://www.ursaminorvehicles.com/camper.htm
I will also be getting this modification: http://www.ursaminorvehicles.com/camper.htm