Minivans.

I used to look down on them until I got one for fathers day. Aventon Level commuter. Goes 30 on its fastest speed and even at the middling 20 mph makes you feel unstoppable. After work I will usually go on a 20 mile ride around town (literally around it in the country) and as I live on a hill, I love the fact that it…

“The Honda Element. It was the perfect sport-utility vehicle with the emphasis squarely on utility.”

I really miss my Element.

Refineries go into maintenance mode on a regular schedule or else they freaking explode.  Many already postponed planned summer outages to keep up with market demand.  The idea that a refiner would rather shut down than sell high-priced product is ludicrous.

+ a thousand.

1,000 pallet boards:

Agreed! 

how would a closed suv compete with a open bed truck? and maverick costs under 25k

I owned a 2008 Element and miss it terribly. With the seats flipped up it held a gargantuan amount of cargo and was a perfect vehicle for camping. The mini suicide door also made it easy to get people and gear out of the vehicle. The only cons were terrible gas mileage and uncomfortable rear seating.

Yep. I came late to this QOTD and I knew this was already going to be suggested because it is absolutely the correct answer.

This is the correct answer.  My Dad loved his, and if they still existed I’d have one now.

This is the right answer (and what i typed before I saw your post.).   Honda could probably make a killing selling an updated hybrid version now that SUV’s have taken over.   

THIS IS THE ONE.

Had a 2004 Element for eleven years and 160k+ miles. Absolutely loved it. And if you look at how they’ve held their value, clearly there was still demand for this vehicle that Honda was walking away from. So much more functional than a CR-V.

Had one of these... Moved 90 percent of my home in one of these! 

100% this

This glorious bastard right here:

Can’t agree more. I work with a lot of guys from rural backgrounds. Most have owned a truck forever.

My Uncle was also a dairy farmer. He did have an F-250 diesel that was used to haul equipment, cows, feed and stuff but that was all it was used for. The “ go to town “ cars were usually Ford Tauruses and later Honda Accords. Indeed they are businessmen and whenever technologies came along that would help, he was an…