TO ALL MY FELLOW "E" OWNERS!

[klynch13]

If anyone, I mean ANYONE!, Makes fun of your box remember this. Yor car handles better than any car in the snow. I live in upstate NY about 70 miles from the city and I left with anticipation of getting to work out where my job is on the Island but after seeing a rollover on a local road and a 3 car collision on the taconic parkway I decided to turn around and head home. Now this is the best part. I passed a full size van, struggling to get up hill, a lincoln town car, also stuggling, a ford focus, a dodge Dakota, yes a 4wd truck, I couldn't believe it either. But what really ticked me off was how people were carelessly driving. On the main route to my house this accord was right on my tail almost all the way home. I moved over to let him go. He wizzed by me. He had to be a kid with all that crap he had on the car or a elder man acting like a kid :D. You know the fart can, neon lights, you get it. Anyway, I'm about to turn down my street and low and behold, there's that same car but in the local diner parking lot. The thing is he wasn't parked he kind of came in too quick, if you know what I mean, and ran into a police car that was parked in the parking lot. I'm just happy the lot was empty.

My point, well take it slow for starters. You'll live longer. Give yourself enough time to get where you have to go. I know sometimes it is not possible but what can you do. Are you in a hurry to die? Oh yeah most importantly, go buy yourself a honda element. It's safe to be in a box. :lol:

[ttempel]

During this same storm, but down here in central NJ, I headed home early from work and passed no fewer than 5 different vehicles off the road or in the median, all unintentionally. One was a BMW 5 series (heh, so much for "road control"), two were SUV's, one a small sedan, the other a fullsize sedan. The E just kept plodding along with the rest of the 37mph traffic.

I kinda felt like I was driving my old 1972 Beetle (first car) which was unstoppable in the snow, and a bit like that old VW ad where they say "ever wonder how the many who drives the snow plow gets to the snow plow?". That was me, safe and sound and careful, AWD kicking in just when needed.

A good rule from motorcycling: keep the shiny side up, rubber side down.

[Michelle5480]

Its funny how a friend of mine was just laughing at me for driving a box. He was sarcastically saying how my Element would never be in a rollover accident because it wouldnt be able to roll over. It would just topple on its side from its squareness. I was kinda upset that a guy who drives a Kia Sephia would make fun of me driving an Element. He was saying how if I see him in the street not to honk at him since he didnt want anyone to know he knew someone that would buy such an ugly car. Its ok because when I see him stuck in the snow next winter and he wants a ride, I'll just keep driving.

He just doesnt understand that the Element has a style all its own!

[sellnacura]

Kia owners seem to Know It All. Funny how most banks (lenders) will not even finance Kias. Makes you wonder... :lol: Trade in value of a Kia is equivalent to a boat anchor.

[klynch13]

Its funny how a friend of mine was just laughing at me for driving a box. He was sarcastically saying how my Element would never be in a rollover accident because it wouldnt be able to roll over. It would just topple on its side from its squareness. I was kinda upset that a guy who drives a Kia Sephia would make fun of me driving an Element. He was saying how if I see him in the street not to honk at him since he didnt want anyone to know he knew someone that would buy such an ugly car. Its ok because when I see him stuck in the snow next winter and he wants a ride, I'll just keep driving.

He just doesnt understand that the Element has a style all its own!

Small minds just don't understand. I would be more embarassed for him for driving a matchbox with a radio in it but we all get what we can afford.

[IN MY]

Remind hime when his is in the shop, when he trades it in or gawd forbid gets in an accident. Oh, his seats don't recline and they don't make a cabana either so there. Ok, I have Wintel though...

[Vigor25]

He was sarcastically saying how my Element would never be in a rollover accident because it wouldnt be able to roll over. It would just topple on its side from its squareness.

lol...i'm sorry but that was hilarious :lol:

[Redline7000]

Tell your friend that life is too short to drive boring cars. A Kia Sephia is BORING and he will roll over and die from boredom while driving his Kia. :P

[klynch13]

Tell your friend that life is too short to drive boring cars. A Kia Sephia is BORING and he will roll over and die from boredom while driving his Kia

oooh that was good. :twisted:

[Redline7000]

:wink: LOL!

..Unfortunately I've gotten my own share of ribbing about the appearance of my Element. I don't care, I happen to love the way it looks and I just say. "Well, last time I checked I didn't buy it for YOU". :P

[Michelle5480]

Hey, thats a great comeback....I think I'll use that sometime.

I love the way the Element looks, Ive noticed though that a lot of the new cars are starting to look like the ELement.......I saw an Isuzu Axion today for the first time. It look pretty boxy like the E. Hopfully it doesnt become a craze and all the cars start looking like Elements. Then we will no longer be unique for having E's.

[cburton]

Its funny how a friend of mine was just laughing at me for driving a box. He was sarcastically saying how my Element would never be in a rollover accident because it wouldnt be able to roll over. It would just topple on its side from its squareness.

That's FUNNY... :lol: :D :lol:

[Mr. X Games]

Funny stories. My E has gone thru anything and everything, including last week's nor'easter. I convoyed with my brother-in-law (he and my sister in their RX-300) from our MA homes up I-93 to their NH house. We both chugged right thru the heaviest part of the storm, no problem. Finally I got bored with following him at 30, went around him (traffic had opened up), and went the rest of the way at 50. The look on his face as my E went right by his Lexus was priceless! My only issue was icing up of the windshield wipers. I actually started to worry I'd run out of window washer fluid, I was using so much of it.

BTW, no E will ever roll over (excepting due to an extraordinary cause that would make ANY car roll over) because despite its high roofline it has the lowest center of gravity of any SUV on the road. As far as looks go, I've had mine called everything from "box" to "refrigerator" to "igloo." But no one ever calls it any of those names once they've had a ride in it. Its utility and drivability are so impressive, even those who've said they originally thought it ugly have later said they'd consider buying one (for the record, I happen to LOVE its looks).