Date:         Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:04:07 -0500
Reply-To:     Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Improvements to Vanagon crash safety? Maybe time for aEurovan
              camper?
In-Reply-To:  <410-2200612522152357100@earthlink.net>
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Jeff S. and I had a bit of a P-Mail conversation about the Element the other
day. I really like them and could I afford a car payment right now I'd buy
one in a heart beat. Are they a Vanagon? No - but they are the closest thing
I know of to having any kind of utility at all. They seem well done, ride
pretty good, and although looks aren't everything - are very unique. I
personally feel that you can't beat the price either. i had priced them and
even loading it up with options I don't need had a hard time breaking $25k.
Not bad for a new vehicle. Also, if they hold true to what I (think) I know
about Hondas they should retain their resale value as well. Again - not a
Vanagon but a pretty cool little "truck thing". I would love to have a nice
combo of a good Vanagon and an Element in my driveway.

P.S. - contrary to popular belief, you cannot hose them out - although they
are manufacture with a very high grub resistance factor. Rubber floors,
stain resistant seats, etc.


On 12/22/06, Jeff Stewart <fonman4277@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Driving a Honda element now as my
> daily driver.
>
>
> Interesting, second time this week the Element has been mentioned here. I
> have one, too, a 2004 EX. For a while I was on an Element list, and I
> found
> quite a few Element owners were either current or ex Bus owners. Some have
> even referred to it a modern day VW Bus, although I wouldn't make that
> comparison. The Honda sales brochure for 2004 showed a bunch of 20
> somethings loading mountain bikes, surf boards, etc. into it, and one
> photo
> of a guy camping in his. It is roomy, but it ain't no bus. Honda missed
> it's target market with the Element though, I think the average age of
> Element owners is around 45. Right after I bought mine, we saw so many
> gray
> haired little old ladies driving them that my wife and daughter started
> calling it the "Gammy car"      Jeff
> Jeff Stewart
> fonman4277@earthlink.net
> http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/vwcampersmidatlantic/
>



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Thanks,

Jeff
90' Carat (It's Blue, It's Beautiful, It needs a lot of work)
86' (Soon to be donating organs to the 90')
85' GL (sidelined but to be resurrected in the near future)