Now I have this song in my head: https://youtu.be/NR2KsFa9ZJQ
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Op car indeed
Least fake-looking boomer meme:
This is amazing. Took me a minute to notice the license plate, too.
Nice decals, incorrect title. The Element was a rare L for Honda. Many electronic gremlins, my workmate had one of the problem children and it was a nightmare for him.
It's like you got one from column A or one from column B. And if you had column B you were not having a good time.
Well, they sure got it all worked out, because The Fifth Element was excellent!
Silverados are the same way. You gotta get one that was assembled on a Wednesday. Preferably in the Canada plant.
That's weird. There's a pretty big community around the Element that swears they're amazing, long living vehicles.
Yeah, lots of vehicles have pattern failures in a certain subset. Column A works fine
They’re also not terribly comfortable and have a weird upright seating position.
And they're stupid looking.
Speaking of awkward seating positions, ever drive a Genesis Coupe? It's the exact opposite; feels like you're laying down when you're driving.
No but my ex brother in law had a catfish Camaro and it felt the same way.
There was an Element fan in the comments hence the edited title. Maybe a mistake
oh, I see. I mean, it was a vehicle among vehicles. Some went 250k miles with just normal maintenance, some drove their owners absolutely nuts with gremlins.
Mine made it I think to the 230s, the only thing that killed it was rust in the frame. And, I had multiple moves where the entire back section was packed up with 100% of the move in one trip. It was a good vehicle.
I got one from column A and I thought it was the best. It survived for roughly 20 years with sometimes some very poor maintenance and generally did a wonderful job with anything I asked it to do.
It's a popular car even now, you can find ones for sale for $10k+ even though it was discontinued well over a decade ago. People like 'em. I get it if someone who got a broken one would not feel that way though.
Honda Element was notable for not having a B-Column.
what if the electronic gremlins are mostly nice and you just met some mean ones?
Years ago my cousins bought my aunt a new car and decided to change a couple of letters around in the model name ... to GRAND MA.
i don't know how to explain this better, but this is exactly how i think
@qrstuv@lemmy.sdf.org
An Element is not an SUV, it's an absolutely wonderful car.
Nope, it's a CUV, or "Crossover SUV", it has SUV in the name, but it is quite different. Has more in common with a hatchback than an SUV.
We call them Chelsea tractors here.
No, it's a toaster! (I was gonna link the brave little toaster but figured that was taking it a little too far past sarcasm lmao)
I had a Kia Soul, now that’s a proper toaster.
An SUV? This thing is the size of a van. No wonder they didn't get to Europe, it seems to be one of these oversized American cars.
I own an Element. It's definitely smaller than modern American SUVs both in length and width.
The Element is smaller than an average car, lengthwise, and has more storage capacity with the seats out than most vehicles twice its size. Which is one among some different reasons why it's the best.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=how+long+is+a+car says average 14.7 feet, 13.9 for compact cars or up to 15.7 for a full size car.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=how+long+is+a+honda+element says 169 inches, which is 14.1 feet
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=how+long+is+an+suv says typically 15 to 17 feet
I rest my case, I don't care what the manufacturer says. The Element is a little container of wonders, it is no car and no SUV.
(I think "SUV" used to have a different meaning which probably applied pretty well to what the Element is, but in the modern day in common parlance it means a massive mini-truck with an enclosed back section which certainly does not apply here, that was more my point.)
I guess it's a station wagon then.
Edited the title in its honour
