Never hose out a Honda Element

Re:Never hose out a Honda Element by jacquesm on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @06:19PM (#31008939)

They did in fact update the engine (at least once). I tried finding one here in Europe but they are pretty much impossible to come by unless you want to import one from the USA which has a ton of problems for a car that is not officially carried here.

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Re:Never hose out a Honda Element by numbsafari on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @06:52PM (#31009203)

I put 250k miles on an '08 before, very reluctantly, selling it to a kid for his first vehicle.

The '08 had been "updated".

But they never offered it with factory installed nav, despite having a very "ahead of its times" sound system. It also had terrible gas mileage.

Sure, it was less aerodynamic than a Mac truck, but Honda could have revisited it.

Much like my dearly departed Vanagon, there's nothing new like it on the market.

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Re:Never hose out a Honda Element by jacquesm on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @06:56PM (#31009229)

I have a VW Transporter that started life as a taxi cab. 9 seater, rubberized floor. I put a longer 5th gear in it and removed the LNG system (ridiculous taxes otherwise), it's pretty economic and can haul a ton of stuff. The whole neighborhood here uses it :)

It being an ex taxi bi-fuel I bought it super cheap with low mileage.

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