saw a honda element last night

ElFenix

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god that thing is ugly. just proves that some people will buy anything if it says honda on it
 

zoiks

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I totally agree. I am sick of the commercials on tv already. It looks like a SUV wannabe box on wheels.
 

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Yeah, I saw it other day on the highway, and it looks like friggin toy. The designer of the car should be fired for designing such horrendous looking car.
 

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Originally posted by: SlowSS
Yeah, I saw it other day on the highway, and it looks like friggin toy. The designer of the car should be fired for designing such horrendous looking car.

No one made them use that design :D
 

zoiks

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I saw a Nissan Murano parked in the Fry's parkinglot in sunnyvale and that thing really looks sweet. as far as looks go that is.
 

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yeah.. i tested it out when shopping for civic lx.

the quality inside is NOT as good as any other honda... it had large gaps and cheap looking interior..

but I think it might be a good car for campers and ppl who travel offroad alot... since you can hose down the inside.

CRV is much nicer imo.
 

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I dunno. I think it could be cool if you actually try it out off-road and with a hose down and all the nitty gritty stuff. And if it passes the test....
 

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The two assiest looking cars at present are the Aztek and the Matrix. I haven't seen the element yet, but I guess Honda didn't want to be left out of the hip, ugly-car market.
 

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Originally posted by: zoiks
I saw a Nissan Murano parked in the Fry's parkinglot in sunnyvale and that thing really looks sweet. as far as looks go that is.
I like the Murano, but there's two things I hate. The styling and the name. I would definatly feel like a "moron-o" to spend that much for that car.

The element has some good ideas (the suicide doors and washability), but I hate the plastic. Give me metal on the car body, plastic is for saturns.

 

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Originally posted by: MrBond
Originally posted by: zoiks
I saw a Nissan Murano parked in the Fry's parkinglot in sunnyvale and that thing really looks sweet. as far as looks go that is.
I like the Murano, but there's two things I hate. The styling and the name. I would definatly feel like a "moron-o" to spend that much for that car.

The element has some good ideas (the suicide doors and washability), but I hate the plastic. Give me metal on the car body, plastic is for saturns.

Well, the whole point of the plastic is for dent resistance, so you can lean stuff on it and not worry about it. It's not too bad looking. It makes me think of those old VW vans or something.
 

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Originally posted by: MrBond
Originally posted by: zoiks
I saw a Nissan Murano parked in the Fry's parkinglot in sunnyvale and that thing really looks sweet. as far as looks go that is.
I like the Murano, but there's two things I hate. The styling and the name. I would definatly feel like a "moron-o" to spend that much for that car.

The element has some good ideas (the suicide doors and washability), but I hate the plastic. Give me metal on the car body, plastic is for saturns.

unpainted plastic too. just molded in color that tells you were body panels start and stop
 

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Originally posted by: BMdoobieW
I dunno. I think it could be cool if you actually try it out off-road and with a hose down and all the nitty gritty stuff. And if it passes the test....

i doubt that thing could get very far off road. not much clearance
 

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OMG that thing is hidious! Especially with the two-toned exterior. The only "cool" thing about it is that popout LCD display.
 

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I thought the Aztec was an eyesore...

Well, they certainly grabbed some attention with the Element... shudder....