[Jims5543]

There is no way the CRV has as much interior room as the Element. We had one for a work truck here at my Surveying business it was driven by a supervisor and got mid 20s gas milage.

We stuffed a John Deer Lawn tractor in it once and even closed the back doors. I wish we took a picture we were laughing really hard at that one.

The storage room in them is amazing, I kind of miss it, we sold it because we were not using it as much anymore.

BTW - DO NOT hose it out, that is a load of crap. You'll end up with a moldy musty smelling car after that. Ours came with a musty smell to it when we bought it used. We suspect the PO hosed it out.

FYI - WE sold our 2003 Element with 75K miles on it for $9,000 and it was in fair shape. Mechanically perfect, but the exterior and interior showed signs of wear mostly from the PO. We did not care because it was a work truck. We drove it for 2 years problem free, only had to replace the battery. Great car!