The link to this Honda Element pop-top camper kit contains no Vanagon
content. (Sorry for an Early Friday post, but we will be away for Friday, so
) It is a subject that often comes up on Vanagon list, though....The wish
that there was a more modern vehicle that's similar to the Vangaon Westies
available somewhere.   This Element kit looks like it is sort of along those
lines...

  For what it is worth, we have a friend, older gal, who is a frequent and
adventuresome traveler/camper.  She had a Bay window Westie for years and
finally grew weary of it's frequent and unpredictable breakdowns, even
though she always used professional mechanics and replaced major components
frequently without 'cheaping-out' at all on maintainence or repairs...

 She sold the Westie and got an Element..has been camping in/from that for a
couple of years now.  She really misses her VW...But she likes the
dependability of the Honda and also likes it's AWD...... she teaches skiing
and lives in Jackson Hole.   She says her Element gets  crummy gas mileage
and is  expensive to have repaired, but it's one of those 'modern vehicles'
that doesn't require a second thought, you just gas it and drive it, no
fuss.

  Looking at this kit in the link, it seems well thought out and executed.
 Might make that Honda Element a little more utilitarian for extended
adventure camping.

 http://www.ursaminorvehicles.com/

  Don Hanson