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Never hose out a Honda Element

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Re: Never hose out a Honda Element

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Post by Tade0 »

londons_explore wrote: post #195
theshrike79 wrote: post #162

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This is one of the things I enjoy as an EV owner. I don't need to worry about low-lifes stealing parts from my car. I do worry about the time when the same people figure out that a regular-ass Type 2 charging cable is up to $300 and completely untraceable if stolen. A "granny-charger" can be up to $1k for the really fancy models. And most EV's have at least one of those onboard at all times.

With a battery powered disc cutter you can have the $15k battery out inside 10 minutes.

$15k worth of battery weighs at least 453kg(1000lbs). Might as well just steal the entire car.

Re: Never hose out a Honda Element

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Post by Tade0 »

blamazon wrote: post #139
aabajian wrote: post #90

If you want a hoseable vehicle, buy an FJ Cruiser. I take my dogs to the car wash (it has heated water), and hose them off without taking them out of the back.

There's a fun fact about the FJ cruiser and I know a lot of folks on here will enjoy pointing it out to others just as I do: Three windshield wipers!!

No discussion about the FJ Cruiser is complete without mentioning how it's a perfect example of a Simulacra:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA23qLvl79k

Re: Never hose out a Honda Element

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Post by elxr »

hyperbovine wrote: post #99
joshe wrote: post #95

This was such a perfect camping/surfing/biking car, I used to rent them off Getaround. The seats actually folded up and to the side, to make a huge amount of room on the back floor. We also slept in that back a few times when it was cold out, just threw down a pad. Check out the awesome: https://www.core77.com/posts/61976/The-Honda-Elements-Unsung... And not hose able, but the whole back was one continuous flat rubbe…

I hate this car so much. My parents owned one, I mostly rode in back: - nausea inducing rear seating. For several reasons: no ventilation in back (can’t roll the windows down); weird elevated rear bench; overall effect is of being in a dark tunnel, horrible if you are prone to car sickness. - you have to open the front door to open the rear door. Great for when it’s raining! - giant box of a car that seats … 4. - sur…

Still looks better than most of the compact crossovers nowadays which look neither here nor there. At least the element looks unique and utilitarian. And considering the short length (it's shorter than the current corolla hatch), the cargo volume is great.

I hate modern car design. Traditional non-lifted station wagons and purposeful off road short-wheelbase SUVs are getting rarer by the day. Instead we get awkward looking "sporty" SUVs with giant grilles and high beltlines.

Re: Never hose out a Honda Element

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Post by chrisseaton »

ungamedplayer wrote: post #182
supermatt wrote: post #164

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Having worked in "extreme terrain" conditions for much of my adult life, and now work my own farm, I completely disagree. You don't want to be spending significant portions of your day in a "stripped bare" platform. Maybe thats ok for a couple of hours rock crawling twice a month (not that I would call that extreme terrain!), but not for any actual utility.

Why is this, what features give you value ?

For example air conditioning prevents heat exhaustion.

Re: Never hose out a Honda Element

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Post by samus »

itronitron wrote: post #165
zbrozek wrote: post #158

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I'm also interested! I know a few classes of car destroyers. Some of them get into serious crashes. Some of them are more persistently mildly abusive or inattentive and do a lot of cosmetic and cleanliness damage. One person I know does ultra marathoning and uses his car like a locker room, so it smells like a great multitude of new bacterial species. Another one does zero maintenance and runs things until they don't…

Reminds me of the time I parked at a shopping mall next to an oddly parked car which otherwise looked normal except for a small mountain of what I think were used coffee grounds between the driver's seat and front passenger seat. This was in Seattle.

Is this maybe supposed to work like putting coffee grounds into the fridge to absorb bad smells?

Re: Never hose out a Honda Element

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Post by tbran »

SmallBets wrote: post #154
guynamedloren wrote: post #151

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What? $6k? How much damage did the thieves do?

I know, it's unreal - the Cat itself is 2500, then 02 sensors, the frame harness, and labor are the rest

That's crazy! If you're inclined to keep it, Rockauto [0] is a cheap place to get auto parts, and often cheaper than the local stores for the same stuff. $368 for a Walker cat for an '08 Element [1].

I know that some repair jobs can be a lot because of how modern cars are designed, but if the labor is a couple grand (sounds like it is), that sounds extreme.

[0]: https://www.rockauto.com

[1]: https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/honda,2008,element,2.4l+...

Re: Never hose out a Honda Element

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Post by Daneel_ »

koolba wrote: post #200
Bancakes wrote: post #191

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What is a high-end sound system anyways? I've always wondered, and now I ask. How do you measure it - just frequency response and power draw?

> How do you measure it - just frequency response and power draw? Same way you measure any other high end consumer good: price

I submit that a better measure of high end audio equipment is weight.

Top end gear is HEAVY.

Re: Never hose out a Honda Element

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Post by duxup »

bombcar wrote: post #129
duxup wrote: post #125

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I’m remodeling my main floor. The mud room and kitchen will be tiled enough to mop liberally.

The key in my opinion is a well designed and placed floor drain. They now make ones that keep wet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=864WzLG1w2Q for example.

I like the idea but it seems like a sorta random use case for a home.
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