I always thought Elements were completely stupid vehicles, then we used one that belonged to one of my pastry chefs to do a catering event. The very next week I sought out, found and purchased a Silver '06 model. We've had this thing since, and it's proven time and time again to be one of the overall best vehicles I have ever owned in terms of utility, comfort and dependability.
It's great on the road, swallows up tons of cargo, has excellent visibility, and generally does exactly what I need it to do.
The only maintenance has been the usual--brakes, tires, fluids--and a couple of recalls--including the Takata airbag situation.
Our businesses are in very close proximity to our home, so after all these years we still only have 75k miles on it, but it continues to answer the call of duty--and will continue to do so as we have no plans to sell it. I also used it as a DD for a few years between other vehicles--especially when it was rainy and I didn't want to take the 911 out of the garage.
I'm hoping Honda will eventually bring it back into production.
