I like Hondas too and have several incl. a JDM spec Integra Type R tucked away for use on summer holidays in Europe only.

...My wife drives the 300D Turbo more than me, as I work from home mainly anyways, but this week I came across a 2000 model Honda Element with just over 100,000km which I picked up for the price of a bit of pocket change.

They can apparently give amazing (it was Honda's first Hybrid) economy and owners report as much as 80 mpg. Being of lightweight aluminium construction with a 5 speed manual transmission they're fun to drive too, so they say. It's only a 2 seater, which means I can't go out with the family in it - but it'll do to go to town in when it's too cold to ride a (Honda ) motorcycle or a Subaru micro 4WD tipper truck.

Offered the element to my wife, so the Benz could be used less & I might not have to clean it once a week but she flatly refused - she likes the bruiser. Ah well... what did I expect!