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Car Forum / Subaru Cars / June 2005Forester VS Element
OK group, I need some help. The wife wrecked our '01 and it looks like it may be totaled. So maybe we are the market for a new car.....it was a no brainer for me to get a new Subie but she makes a point that I can't dismiss. Our kids are getting bigger and they need more leg room especially for the long trips. We have a friend that has an Honda Element and loves it. It has more leg room by my kid's account so I am a little conflicted over this. Comments?? Suggestions?? Kind of ugly looking! ...the Element of course. MN I always look at my/family needs for the next 5 years so I think that decides it. Maybe you can get a "personal" down the road? > Kind of ugly looking! ...the Element of course. > > MN > OK group, I need some help. The wife wrecked our '01 and it looks like it > may be totaled. So maybe we are the market for a new car.....it was a no [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > it. It has more leg room by my kid's account so I am a little conflicted > over this. Comments?? Suggestions?? When the Element first came out in 2003 someone wrote a very detailed analysis titled "Drove an Element & CRV" in rec.autos.makers.honda. The long direct url is: <http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.autos.makers.honda/browse_thread/thread/ 115b0238abbba399/0e8ba46481930d8b?q=drove+an+element+%26+crv&rnum=1&hl=en#0e8ba4 6481930d8b> They may be right or wrong, but they brought up a lot of issues you may want to investigate for yourself. I went to the dealer to get a Legacy, instead of an Element, and ended up getting a Forester. If Honda had real AWD instead of most of the time FWD, I probably would have gotten the Element. I was also a little spoiled with the mpg on my previous Honda Accord 4 and the Element IS a big box that sits up high. > OK group, I need some help. The wife wrecked our '01 and it looks like it > may be totaled. So maybe we are the market for a new car.....it was a no [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > it. It has more leg room by my kid's account so I am a little conflicted > over this. Comments?? Suggestions?? Hacksaw and bungee cords will solve that legroom problem. > OK group, I need some help. The wife wrecked our '01 and it looks like it > may be totaled. So maybe we are the market for a new car.....it was a no [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > it. It has more leg room by my kid's account so I am a little conflicted > over this. Comments?? Suggestions?? Personally think the Element is butt ugly. I've been tempted to ask owners if a pair of shoes comes with the box. Specs should be available for comparison of Forester and Element on the net. I think "high cargo area" means you can stack to ceiling. I saw one unloaded the other day and it seemed that cargo area was shorter than my Forester's and if you stack to ceiling in either, you cannot see out back of either. >> OK group, I need some help. The wife wrecked our '01 and it looks like it >> may be totaled. So maybe we are the market for a new car.....it was a no [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Forester's and if you stack to ceiling in either, you cannot see out back of > either. I've always thought the Element was the box that the Pontiac Aztec came in. Now *that's* funny! :-) > OK group, I need some help. The wife wrecked our '01 and it looks like it > may be totaled. So maybe we are the market for a new car.....it was a no [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > it. It has more leg room by my kid's account so I am a little conflicted > over this. Comments?? Suggestions?? As far as legroom goes, just about any kind of minivan will do. Honda Oddessy, Toyota Sienna, Chrysler, Ford, whatever. Actually maybe you should look at the Chrysler Pacifica, it comes with an all-wheel drive option (don't know how it compares to a Subie's). Yousuf Khan Doesn't the Element have only four seats? If that's true, then it's worse than a sedan for carrying people. But if four is enough and you like room, then you could consider it. Tom Be sure to drive an Element - a lot if possible. The fore-aft pitching made me almost nauseous! Take look at the Odyssey or - Tribeca! Also, Toyota Highlander is a great drive - but dunno about rear seat legroom. Carl > Doesn't the Element have only four seats? If that's true, then it's > worse than a sedan for carrying people. But if four is enough and you > like room, then you could consider it. > > Tom  Signatureto reply, change ( .not) to ( .net) >OK group, I need some help. The wife wrecked our '01 and it looks like it >may be totaled. So maybe we are the market for a new car.....it was a no [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >it. It has more leg room by my kid's account so I am a little conflicted >over this. Comments?? Suggestions?? What about a Legacy or an Outback? More legroom and good loadspace too, esp. the wagons. Cheers |
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