[QUOTE=Ruined 2,May 11 2005, 11:29 AM] One last comment and I'm going to go hide under my bed.

 

My deal is about $400 under dealer invoice, and there is one thing I forgot to list, I have lifetime free oil changes, and when you consider I typically keep my trucks for 10 years, I'm MORE than happy with my deal! The MSRP is $31,690.

And as an FYI - Rochester is the 15th snowiest city in the USA, a 4x2 would be completely foolish for me and the 4x4 increases the price by $3,200.

Have you joined www.titantalk.com?

 

As I have said many times, the Ridgeline is every bit a Honda, very very nice with some of the best fit and finish around, a great product!

Call me if ya ever need a tow, I suspect my Titan will handle your Ridgeline, your trailer and your S2000 just fine.

 

if you want to get 10mpg (at 75-80mph towing 6500lb enclosed trailer) on $2.40 deisel fuel, this is your answer right here. Hopefully I never need to find my spare tire.

I averaged over 75mph coming back from CMP 2 weeks ago and still got 10mpg.... whooot.... it now has 13k miles on it so it must be getting broken in.?

 

Scot, I saw a F-650 a couple weekends ago, I nearly fell off my feet. The guy was using it as his tow vehicle, and out of the back of this HUGE enclosed trailer came a swarm of Elises...

 

hey....call me if you ever need a tow.... I suspect my F250 will handle your Titan, his Ridgeline, your trailer, his trailer and both of your S2000's

 

Isn't that crazy.....I saw a bright yellow F650 towing something to Beaverun about a year ago.

I just looked up a F550 (the F650 part of ford's website is down) and it says they come with the 7.3L Powerstroke.... so I guess they do have different engines...

 

Oh man, I saw that one coming and proceeded to walk right into the trap

 

You can't put towing capacity aside if you're going to discuss the Honda Ridgeline in a racing and competition forum - that's the whole reason we're discussing it here. People in this forum buy trucks for towing purposes. The Honda Ridgeline is made to tow 5000 lbs - half what the Nissan Titan tows. Even a race-prepped S2000 weighs like 2500 lbs with a cage. Add some tools and a trailer and that 5000 lb towing capacity doesn't seem like so much anymore - especially if you get an enclosed trailer. The Ridgeline also has 50 less hp and 150 less lb-ft of torque. The independent suspension is not designed with towing in mind. For the street and getting groceries, the Ridgeline is great. But it doesn't really compete as a tow vehicle - especially not considering how much more expensive it is than any of the competitors (Ford, Dodge, Chevy, Nissan, Toyota).

 

I actually drove an F650 a couple years ago. Deisel engine, 7 sp transmission, pneumatic brakes, like a 2500 rpm redline or something crazy like that. Pretty cool. It was Turbo Joe Morgan's tow vehicle for his Focus drag car. He had a big trailer, so the way you drove it was to start off in 3rd gear if you were just driving the truck. If the trailer was attached but without a car in it, you started off in 2nd. If you had a full trailer, that's when you finally used 1st gear, but you'd redline 1st at like 3 mph. Pretty fun.

Triple H, I had priced the Titan out as a 4x2 just because I live in California. But yeah, if you get snow you'll need a 4x4.