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: Another Who's drivin the E......a little different this time


BASHEIII
06-25-2003, 12:26 AM
Well, I am 6'-1" and 320. No.....I am not a fatty either. I work out 4 days a week and I work out hard. YES.....do I need to lose a few lbs....YES.....but I am not a fatty.

Just thought it would be cool to see who is driving the E...

People look at my E and then when they realize it's mine...they kinda freak. I love it......personally.

StLouisPenguin
06-25-2003, 05:17 AM
I'm 5'5...and a lady never tells (weight is a no questions asked subject!)....but my hubby is 5'6 and 137lbs.

Everyone remarks...."why do you need such a big car???" I find it amusing....I have a power trip everytime I get behind the wheel! Plus it kinda makes me feel like Alice in Wonderland....and I have just taken a swig out of the bottle that makes you shrink....there is so much headroom in this car!!!!

MatT3T4
06-28-2003, 01:54 PM
6'1", 285lbs. A ton of muscle too, I work out 5-6 days a week. I am trying to get down to 240lbs. though, because that should be my optimum weight. I am an EMT right now, and I am testing with the LAPD and San Diego Sheriff's Dept., and I applied for a position (not Special Agent) with the FBI, and I'm waiting to hear back from them. But yeah, I am a large individual, and I love the E, so much room, I love it.

elemantal
06-28-2003, 05:14 PM
I'm 5' 11" and weigh about 172. I, too work out most days. My wife is 5' 01" (on a good day) with weight in proportion and we both fit the car very well. Hey St. Louis, notice that I avoided the weight thing re: my wife? Although I don't know why she would care, but she would.

ShaneS
06-30-2003, 10:38 PM
A friend or mine made a comment that the E reminds him of the Simpson's episode with Marge and her "Ranchero" SUV and her road rage LOL

Anyway I am 5,11 about 205 lbs, the doctor says I'm fat bot I think I'm not. People tend to stare at my E and stare at me to see who is driving the thing.

[quote:d343c8e961="StLouisPenguin"]I'm 5'5...and a lady never tells (weight is a no questions asked subject!)....but my hubby is 5'6 and 137lbs.

Everyone remarks...."why do you need such a big car???" I find it amusing....I have a power trip everytime I get behind the wheel! Plus it kinda makes me feel like Alice in Wonderland....and I have just taken a swig out of the bottle that makes you shrink....there is so much headroom in this car!!!![/quote:d343c8e961]

ShaneS
06-30-2003, 10:39 PM
A friend or mine made a comment that the E reminds him of the Simpson's episode with Marge and her "Ranchero" SUV and her road rage LOL

Anyway I am 5,11 about 205 lbs, the doctor says I'm fat but I think I'm not. People tend to stare at my E and stare at me to see who is driving the thing.

[quote:26750a4fd3="StLouisPenguin"]I'm 5'5...and a lady never tells (weight is a no questions asked subject!)....but my hubby is 5'6 and 137lbs.

Everyone remarks...."why do you need such a big car???" I find it amusing....I have a power trip everytime I get behind the wheel! Plus it kinda makes me feel like Alice in Wonderland....and I have just taken a swig out of the bottle that makes you shrink....there is so much headroom in this car!!!![/quote:26750a4fd3]

Chip
07-01-2003, 07:40 AM
I'm 6'5" and 290lbs. The headroom in the E is exactly why I purchased mine. People can't believe how much room there is in the E.

New Blue
08-21-2003, 11:37 AM
Actually, I'm 6'10", weigh in around 320 pounds, and it is the ONLY car that I have this much headroom in (though I could use a little more legroom). I actually test drive cars for the local paper, so when I found the Element, I fell in love with it right away. I was actually asked once, right after I bought the E, if it had been made especially for me. Seems like it.

Kayakin' Dan
08-21-2003, 11:53 PM
6' and 220lbs. Never worked out a day in my life and I swear my gut is so soft, I can touch my backbone through my belly button.
But only the E can carry all my boats, the bikes and my camping stuff and still get 25MPG.

isketerol
08-22-2003, 06:13 AM
5' 11". 185 lbs, down from 205 at Christmas. Doing "Eight Minutes in the Morning" and highly recommend it.

I love the fact that I have to bring the seat up under the steering wheel. In my last three trucks, I had to have the seat all of the way back. Love the headroom as well. As well as the fact that I don't hit myself with the sun visor when I swing it around as I did when I borrowed the dealer's Civic.

sbodi4d
08-23-2003, 01:17 AM
5'6" 220 lbs I think exercise is a dirty word. I plan on dying a happy man. Maybe a little too young, but happy. My wife and I just bought our Element yesterday, and we both love it. Tons of room. Plan on going camping now.
Demographics? Ha! 43 years old here.

Sheniferous
08-23-2003, 01:46 AM
5'9" and 180lbs.

I just wish I were 3 inches taller. Damn asian DNA.

ErinMacker
08-23-2003, 08:08 AM
Well, I'm 5'11... and it's my car. But when I'm nice, I'll let my dad drive it... and he's 6'5, 225... All of the leg room was the selling point for me.... plus, neither of our heads touched the ceiling. Good stuff!!

Erin
Sunset Orange Pearl EX 4WD Automatic

Stephen Dax
08-23-2003, 10:39 PM
i'm 5'6" 158lbs i'm up about 28lbs over my usual weight of 130lbs but what can u do...

Monique
08-27-2003, 09:22 AM
I am 5'5'" and no where near overweight. Hubby is 5'9" and about 180. I HATE tiny cars! I get really claustrrophobic in a normal car. I need room to move around and breathe! I love the Element because I don't feel all jammed into it. My 6 year-old daughter loves it because she can stand up in it! We have a VERY LARGE friend (I'm talking well over 6 feet and probably around 400 pounds), named Hurley. He took one look inside our new Element and goes, "Hey! That's Hurley-sized!"

switters
08-27-2003, 10:13 AM
6'2" 200

DahuiHawaii
08-30-2003, 04:18 PM
:D 6'6 160pds "I GOT LEG ROOM!"

spldr
08-31-2003, 01:40 AM
5 ft 1" 100lbs soaking wet. This is the second car I have NOT had to pull the seat all the way up in. My '98 Civic was the first.

Isn't it funny how everyone thinks small people like small cars? :roll:

I like the room too!

bluehighways
10-08-2003, 10:58 PM
5'11 190.... I need to lose more down from 205. Got job after college, sit at desk or on airplanes or rental cars, then hotels and meetings. Work out. I lift 12 oz at a time. I have actually been trying to do more but hard to stay motivated.

PEachMonstEr
01-30-2004, 12:37 PM
6' 215 lb (probably closer to 225 now that its winter) and my wife is 5' 10". we both have tons of space despite our seating setups, she would sit in the back if it were possible and i sit on top of wheel.

echo
02-11-2004, 11:54 AM
It appears the E is ideal for any type...large or small. I am 5'4"...and very cloistraphobic...(spelling?) I have dog and cat, Scrabble addict, poet,
artist (watercolor), vegetarian. So, that's who is driving my E.

bOOmEr03
02-11-2004, 05:37 PM
I am the target demographic that Honda was shooting for when they designed the E!
24, viciously single(i make the most of it!), active lifestyle (camping, road trips, hauling stuff, shuttling friends about, sleeping in my E! on occasion, etc...)
i'm 5'7 and I don't really know how much i weigh, i haven't had a scale for awhile... i work out daily as well and last time i did weigh myself i was 150ish i think.
i love my E!
and so do all my friends, its just a little too pricey for most folks my age.

ervenwill
02-11-2004, 05:50 PM
I'm with boomer... I also am the target: active-20-year-old-male. 6', 180 lbs. I love the fishing and camping so this is perfect for me. Of course after owning a 1989 ford escort for 4 years anything would have been a step up :wink:

TrailNut
03-16-2004, 03:07 PM
i'm 5'10" 190#. i'm shedding weight (aren't many of us) to race my mt. bike this season (starts for me on April 25th) in the "sport"/men's age 30+ division. i play taekwondo (but i still "suck" at it, after all these years). i go backpacking and shoot traditional archery (recurve bow with feathered wooden arrows). i'm a "blue dog" Democrat and thinks that Teddy Rooselvelt was our best President, yet i'll be voting for Lt. Kerry (yo Kerry, please ask Senator McCain or Sen. Edwards...). I worship as a Christian who is wary of the "Osama'"-like Christian fundamentalist types in our great country, USA. i dispise the NRA, but think that responsible & qualified citizens ought to be granted CCPs (concealed carry permits - scary... eh?). i eat organic produce & organic grass-fed free-range meats, when obtainable. i'm a verbose ego-maniac...

hello. :)


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SeattleE
03-16-2004, 11:03 PM
I actually feel small compared to some here...

6' even, ~250lbs.

Also in target demo, 27yo, single, active(prefer telemark skiing, kayaking whitewater and open water, hiking and mountain biking, but not competitively)...oh yeah, and I'm a computer consultant by trade, self employed :wink:

Jesse

Nouseforaname
03-17-2004, 08:32 AM
I'm around 6'1 and somewhere around 270, and I too fit in the "target demographic", 27 years old (as of a couple of weeks ago), snowboarder, fisherman, and willing to try anything else once. As for a job, well around here you do reatail or you do factory work, so I'm stuck in the latter, it's not so bad, it's a union shop, and it pays the bills. I don't have an E yet, but in the short list of cars I'm looking at it's well in the lead. In fact I should go to Scranton this weekend and test drive one, anyone ever go to Burne Honda? And if so are they any good?

thesussman
03-30-2004, 10:15 AM
I'm 5'4" (almost), and my wife is 5'2". However, my 14-year-old son is 5'8" and still growing. He loves the room in the back. My old vehicle was a Toyota Tacoma extended cab, but he could not fit in the "back seat."

JWJW2
05-01-2004, 11:28 PM
I'm 5'4" and my husband is 6'1.

wonderthing
05-02-2004, 08:48 AM
I am 5'6 and a little thick. :wink:
My 90 lb Black lab loves the E and my little 10lb Jack Russell has all the room she needs. Although they miss being able to hang thier heads out the window.