Honda Ridgeline?
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Chris S has one and loves it. For basic driving and hauling duties, it's great - it's more comfortable than a typical half-ton pickup. For towing, not so much. Fuel economy is no better than the V8 competition but it has a much lower rated (and practical) towing limit.
For me, a "real" pickup is the far better vehicle if you're going to use it for hauling or towing heavier loads (anything over 2000 lbs). For daily driving, though, with a bit of light use as a work vehicle, the Ridgeline is far superior to drive.
For me, a "real" pickup is the far better vehicle if you're going to use it for hauling or towing heavier loads (anything over 2000 lbs). For daily driving, though, with a bit of light use as a work vehicle, the Ridgeline is far superior to drive.
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Chris S has one and loves it. For basic driving and hauling duties, it's great - it's more comfortable than a typical half-ton pickup. For towing, not so much. Fuel economy is no better than the V8 competition but it has a much lower rated (and practical) towing limit.
For me, a "real" pickup is the far better vehicle if you're going to use it for hauling or towing heavier loads (anything over 2000 lbs). For daily driving, though, with a bit of light use as a work vehicle, the Ridgeline is far superior to drive.
For me, a "real" pickup is the far better vehicle if you're going to use it for hauling or towing heavier loads (anything over 2000 lbs). For daily driving, though, with a bit of light use as a work vehicle, the Ridgeline is far superior to drive.
For daily driving and occasional hauling duties, the Ridgeline will be just fine. If you plan on towing or hauling heavier articles, better off with the typical half ton pickup, not the Ridgeline.
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My girlfriends mom owns one and she's getting rid of it because the awful gas mileage. It's rated at 15mpg city and 21 highway and from what I've seen people get 17 average on MPG websites, which is about right.
You can only tow up to 5,000lbs so if you plan on towing anything higher then this won't be for you. If you never plan on using the bed, then why buy this over the Pilot from your other thread? You went from a vehicle that seats 7 and tows 4,500lbs to a "truck" that seats 5 and tows 5,000lbs. What are your needs for this vehicle? The Toyota 4Runner has more power and torque and same MPG as the Pilot and can tow 500lbs more.
Have you considered something like a CX-9 if you need the seating and comfort? It's also cheaper, gets same MPG, but can only tow up to 3500lbs.
Not sure if this link will work, but there are a lot of places you can compare them to eachother from MPG to interior dimensions etc.
http://autos.msn.com/research/compar...6888&v=t117118
You can only tow up to 5,000lbs so if you plan on towing anything higher then this won't be for you. If you never plan on using the bed, then why buy this over the Pilot from your other thread? You went from a vehicle that seats 7 and tows 4,500lbs to a "truck" that seats 5 and tows 5,000lbs. What are your needs for this vehicle? The Toyota 4Runner has more power and torque and same MPG as the Pilot and can tow 500lbs more.
Have you considered something like a CX-9 if you need the seating and comfort? It's also cheaper, gets same MPG, but can only tow up to 3500lbs.
Not sure if this link will work, but there are a lot of places you can compare them to eachother from MPG to interior dimensions etc.
http://autos.msn.com/research/compar...6888&v=t117118
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I love mine. It has almost 80K problem-free miles, and I plan to keep it until the wheels fall off. Great family vehicle, great for hauling dirtbikes (w/ stinky gear locked up in the in-bed trunk, and I can fit my mountain bike in the back seat area w/ the seats folded up. Like others said, don't buy it if you want to tow heavy loads, but IMO it's the perfect truck for the way most people use pickup trucks. I even once took it on a twisty road drive w/ some friends in S2000's, and it did reasonably well, handling and braking way better than any pickup s/b expected to. Agreed that the gas mileage s/b better, but no other truck on the market has the Ridgeline's unique qualities.
Ours has required not much more than oil changes and the occasional air/cabin air filters. Rear brake pads wore out around 55K miles, and the original front brakes are still going strong!
Ours has required not much more than oil changes and the occasional air/cabin air filters. Rear brake pads wore out around 55K miles, and the original front brakes are still going strong!
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Well I know that the value won't hold on the Ridgeline since they barely changed anything from when they were released until 2013. You can get an early model for really cheap, so it shows where the new models will eventually go. I think the Pilot has a better resale value.
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Well I know that the value won't hold on the Ridgeline since they barely changed anything from when they were released until 2013. You can get an early model for really cheap, so it shows where the new models will eventually go. I think the Pilot has a better resale value.