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The Japanese automaker Honda has just cooked up a new pet friendly Element for the U.S. market. The compact crossover is well known as a go anywhere do anything kind of vehicle, the car’s resilient interior allows you to play all day at the beach, store all your surf gear inside and simply hose out all the sand when you get home. Knowing how much consumers are already spending on their animals, Honda figured that the 2010 Honda Element Dog Friendly was the next logical step to winning over, over accommodating dog owners.

Starting at only $20,525, this new Element is full of features for man’s best friend. The entire cargo area behind the rear seats has been transformed into a pooch’s traveling palace. First of all Fido will be able to effortlessly enter and exit his new perch atop the back bumper via a very sturdy looking ramp that if wide enough could handle a wheelchair. Once inside the pup will ride on a plush foam cushion covered with a neat Dog Friendly Element print. In order to keep Rex cool Honda’s Dog Friendly engineers have built in a ventilation fan and to make sure that he won’t go thirsty they have come up with a trick dog bowl that ensures minimal spillage even around the hairiest of hairpins, guaranteed to keep that extra member of your family comfortable even on the longest of car rides.

The Dog Friendly Element is powered by Honda’s reliable 2.4 Liter i-VTEC four cylinder engine and shifted with a five speed automatic transmission that can send power to either the front wheels or with Honda’s Real Time 4WD power all four. The only thing left for Honda to install is a video monitor so that the passengers can check on the family pet while he is riding in his kennel on wheels. If you have any doubts about how safe this setup is you can rest assured that Honda has chosen the Takata Corporation to design the whole thing. Now you might be asking why is that name so familiar, if you have ever seen a racecar driver strapped in with a really cool looking green racing harness, those are Takatas.

The Honda Element lineup expands for the 2010 model year with an all-new “Dog Friendly” pet accommodation system designed to improve safety, comfort and convenience for dogs and their owners alike, American Honda Motor Co., Inc., announced today. The 2010 Honda Element arrives at dealerships nationwide by mid-October. The Dog Friendly Element is set to become available on November 16.

“The Honda Element has long been recognized as an accommodating vehicle for people with active lifestyles involving sports and hobbies,” said Vicki Poponi, assistant vice president of Product Planning for American Honda. “The new Dog Friendly Element takes that concept to a whole new level with specially designed features for dogs and their owners.”

Engineered to integrate with factory precision into the Element EX, the Dog Friendly equipment is intended to accommodate the secure transportation of a dog in the cargo area within a nylon-webbed car kennel. In daily operation the car kennel helps prevent a dog from interfering with the driver in traffic by keeping the pet properly restrained and out of reach of the driver. In the event of a frontal collision, the kennel is intended to help restrain the dog behind the rear seats, reducing the chance for the pet to be injured - or to injure human occupants during a crash.

The Dog Friendly equipment enhances pet comfort by providing a soft floor surface for the dog’s legs and paws along with a dedicated fan and a s–resistant water source. Convenience is improved for owners with an integrated ramp, easy to clean surfaces and a full suite of matching Dog Friendly accoutrements.

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Step 1 Set a plastic trash can up in the center of an empty parking lot. You want enough room to approach, circle the can in a drift and then pull out of the turn. Make sure there won’t be any random shoppers appearing and wanting to leave their cars there.

Step 2 Drive toward the trash can and keeping to the right, make a 180-degree turn around the can, drive away from the can in the same direction that you drove toward it. Note in your mind the point at which this is at.

Step 3 Drive toward the can again, maintaining a speed of 20 to 25 mph and begin to make the same turn. As soon as you feel the weight of the car begin to shift into the turn, engage the parking brake (literally yank it up and on as fast as you can) and apply slight pressure to the gas pedal, just enough to maintain your speed. Hold your steering wheel steady as you begin to drift into and around the can.

Step 4 Release the parking brake when you begin to feel the weight of the car shift to the outside of the turn. Give your car a little more gas while steering into the direction of the drift (away from the can) until the car catches and you are driving away from the can in the same direction as you drove toward it.

Step 5 Repeat Steps 3 and 4, adjusting your timing for engaging the parking brake and releasing it and learning just how much gas to give your car to control the speed of the drift. When you are comfortable with your ability, repeat Steps 3 and 4 again, only begin to increase your speed each time until you can comfortably handle a drift at 45 mph.

So good look trying to drift, but remember that is very dangerous, and i should suggest that you drive with someone more experienced! And please make sure that you are able to take responsibility for your actions! Take Care Cristian Truers!