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I can't explain it, but I think I've been falling out of love with my Element. As most of you know, when I started having surgeries on my left leg in January, I bought a '92 Astro Van for $800. It's still good A to B transport, but it's got a lot of issues (rust, trashed interior, et cetera et cetera). Of course, I was looking forward to being able to drive my Element again and bla bla blah.
Well, I've been able to drive my Element for a couple of months now, and I've put almost 10,000 miles on it in the past few months, mostly driving to Chicago and Toronto frequently. Yet, in the morning when I walk outside and go to get into a vehicle to go to work, I find myself more and more choosing the van. When I'm planning to go to Chicago to see my boyfriend, I find myself thinking how fun it would be to take the van, and usually what stops me is the better mileage of the Element. As it is, since I got back from Chicago on Sunday night, I haven't driven the Element at all. I've driven the van every day to work, to the store last night, et cetera. I genuinely enjoy driving the van, whereas every time I think about driving the Element lately, it's almost a, "Do I have to?" kind of feeling.
Admittedly, my leg is still nowhere near 100 percent, so sometimes it's just a question of not wanting to deal with pain and the clutch at the same time. But other times when the leg feels ok, I still just don't feel like it. After 50,000 miles, I STILL have trouble getting a smooth shift out of the Element's really goofy clutch. I dunno, it's just weird, I guess. The Element is a superior vehicle in nearly every way, and yet... I'm not feeling it lately.
What am I missing? Have I just gotten so familiar with the Element that I don't get the wow factor anymore? Maybe it's just a fleeting thing as the van is still something "new and interesting?" Does anyone else know what I'm talking about, or am I just whining?
Well, I've been able to drive my Element for a couple of months now, and I've put almost 10,000 miles on it in the past few months, mostly driving to Chicago and Toronto frequently. Yet, in the morning when I walk outside and go to get into a vehicle to go to work, I find myself more and more choosing the van. When I'm planning to go to Chicago to see my boyfriend, I find myself thinking how fun it would be to take the van, and usually what stops me is the better mileage of the Element. As it is, since I got back from Chicago on Sunday night, I haven't driven the Element at all. I've driven the van every day to work, to the store last night, et cetera. I genuinely enjoy driving the van, whereas every time I think about driving the Element lately, it's almost a, "Do I have to?" kind of feeling.
Admittedly, my leg is still nowhere near 100 percent, so sometimes it's just a question of not wanting to deal with pain and the clutch at the same time. But other times when the leg feels ok, I still just don't feel like it. After 50,000 miles, I STILL have trouble getting a smooth shift out of the Element's really goofy clutch. I dunno, it's just weird, I guess. The Element is a superior vehicle in nearly every way, and yet... I'm not feeling it lately.
What am I missing? Have I just gotten so familiar with the Element that I don't get the wow factor anymore? Maybe it's just a fleeting thing as the van is still something "new and interesting?" Does anyone else know what I'm talking about, or am I just whining?