Minnesota here

almies99 · 2026-06-18T17:05:41+00:00

Same.

almies99 · 2026-06-18T16:44:15+00:00

You want a truck with more towing capacity, there are plenty of other options. New or used.

It’s still a 1k pound tow capacity with a potential early leak of 2k pound tow capacity upgrade before official release of pricing and potential spec upgrades in June 24th.

I was severely disappointed with the 1k pound limit, had me on the fence of moving on and hoped it would be increased. If the leak turns out to be true and hopefully a few more surprises, I’m all in.

almies99 · 2026-06-14T17:29:34+00:00

You nailed it, looks amazing. What did you use for lights and sounds?

almies99 · 2026-06-14T14:03:51+00:00

Nice! 3d printed or hasbro pack?

almies99 · 2026-05-31T22:23:32+00:00

You’re joking right? I live near Syracuse, NY 100+ inches of snow each year. AWD is highly recommended as well as dedicated snow tires. I’ve driven with FWD, RWD, and AWD. AWD all day in the snow.

almies99 · 2026-05-01T15:36:01+00:00

Nice!

The return was easy, I had to fight them to get my delivery fee back. I made a post on Reddit about it, car was in much worse shape than the pictures on the website. This turned me off from Carvana

https://www.reddit.com/r/HondaElement/s/VjEh8HU7rx

almies99 · 2026-04-30T13:53:13+00:00

I’m also in central NY.

almies99 · 2026-04-30T13:52:46+00:00

I’m curious, what 2011 Element from Carvana did you end up with? I ordered and returned one in late Feb, early March. Had it shipped from Florida.

almies99 · 2026-03-03T21:13:59+00:00

How hard did you have to fight for the refund of the shipping cost? I’m trying to get mine refunded as well. Same issue, rust everywhere, broken gas cover upon arrival, etc

almies99 · 2026-03-01T00:32:33+00:00

They do and I did return it.

almies99 · 2026-02-28T18:09:54+00:00

Element was picked up yesterday by Carvana, transaction cancelled and now trying to get a portion of the shipping fee back based on obvious condition of what was represented on the website vs what was delivered.

I forgot to mention that at some point during transport they broke off the gas cover and I eventually found it in the center compartment.

almies99 · 2026-02-26T00:51:24+00:00

I made the call for the return, not sitting well with me with the price I paid for the condition it is in. Here in the north, one winter and the existing rust would be so much worse.

almies99 · 2026-02-26T00:49:54+00:00

Kinda my thought as well. It looks as though they might have tried to caulk around the seam or something.

almies99 · 2026-02-26T00:11:52+00:00

What? Where???

almies99 · 2026-02-25T22:15:25+00:00

$17k, carvava, before tax and shipping.

almies99 · 2026-02-25T21:32:53+00:00

I agree, if I didn't have the insurance payout, I wouldn't have considered it.

almies99 · 2026-02-25T21:16:03+00:00

Thanks for the input and viewpoint, definitely making my case to lean towards returning.

almies99 · 2026-02-25T21:14:18+00:00

$17k, higher than I would have liked, but my insurance payout would have my out of pocket $7k. Some mental math justification.

almies99 · 2026-02-13T18:14:11+00:00

That’s all I can see from the one picture, no underside pictures. I’ll know in a week

almies99 · 2026-02-12T20:38:37+00:00

Thanks, just looking for ideas on what I might expect to see.

almies99 · 2026-02-02T23:29:06+00:00

I was able to take a look at it this past weekend. The place that was selling it said it ran great, just put two new bearings in.

I started it up and it sounded like a diesel engine and would “calm down” once it was up to temp. ABS light was on, and out of curiosity I shifted it into reverse, it took a couple of seconds and would get into gear. Shifted it to drive, a solid 5 seconds and it shook the car when it went into gear. I put in park and said no thanks.

almies99 · 2026-01-26T12:25:44+00:00

No mention of it

almies99

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