Ridgelines leaving the factory

NC Hauler wrote:

45Ricochet wrote:

fla-gypsy wrote:
If you buy one their monthly percentage will go up dramatically.

LMAO


Ridgeline a truck? Isn't it still a unibody pulling machine?
I'm sure it will do well in the big cities, countryside not so much.

Not my idea of a "truck", but I'm stupid and it IS 2016...everything has changed..a station wagon, or a semblance of that type vehicle is now an SUV or UTE or whatever..so a "truck, be it whatever with a little bed in it, VW pick ups, Subaru Brat or whatever it was called are now trucks..so with a 1500# payload, guess that qualifies it as a bonifide pick up truck...just not in my eyes, but again...I'm stupid:)

Can it haul a yard of gravel?

Yup...samme here Jim and still to this day...folks will HOT
believe/accept that Datsun & Toyota had 1 ton mini pickups back in the 70's...

I'd consider the new Ridgeline after my Silverado dies...but would wish to find
an old, old 50's or so 1 ton or 3/4 ton. Drop that body and it's VIN onto a
late model dually. No SMOG...but lots of work and this old body would highly
consider the Ridgeline

45Ricochet wrote:

fla-gypsy wrote:
If you buy one their monthly percentage will go up dramatically.

LMAO


Ridgeline a truck? Isn't it still a unibody pulling machine?
I'm sure it will do well in the big cities, countryside not so much.

Not my idea of a "truck", but I'm stupid and it IS 2016...everything has changed..a station wagon, or a semblance of that type vehicle is now an SUV or UTE or whatever..so a "truck, be it whatever with a little bed in it, VW pick ups, Subaru Brat or whatever it was called are now trucks..so with a 1500# payload, guess that qualifies it as a bonifide pick up truck...just not in my eyes, but again...I'm stupid:)

rhagfo wrote:

45Ricochet wrote:
I'm lazy what exactly is their payload and can they be towed 4 down?
I'm guessing less than 1k and NO.
Nice little car though :B

Likely wrong on both!!!

DD 2006 had a payload about 1,500#!!
Not sure about the 4 down towing.

Yep...TFL confirmed that the payload is around 1,500 lbs. I also heard a Honda rep say it will have best in class payload on one of the videos I watched.

The Honda Pilots owners manual states that towing behind a motorhome can damage the transmission... since the Ridgeline and the Pilot share a lot of components I would imagine it would be the same.

So... this "car" tows more than a lot of trucks...has more payload than a lot of trucks..gets better MPG... has a wider bed than trucks in its class... will be as reliable as a ...Honda... and is reasonably priced. I imagine that the truck will get mid 30's to 40 mpg with a diesel (hopefully sometime in the future)

This truck has been available for over 10 years and has proven itself very reliable and the unibody has not been an issue.

Possibly, the future of trucks you all are looking at here.

Unibody vans have already taken over the full size van market. The Sprinter and Promaster chassis cab has frame rails that proceed out of the unit body cab and are configurable in many different ways. Importantly, this Unibody has significant payloads... (5,000 lbs ish)

Thanks!

Jeremiah

45Ricochet wrote:
I'm lazy what exactly is their payload and can they be towed 4 down?
I'm guessing less than 1k and NO.
Nice little car though :B

Likely wrong on both!!!

DD 2006 had a payload about 1,500#!!
Not sure about the 4 down towing.

I'm lazy what exactly is their payload and can they be towed 4 down?
I'm guessing less than 1k and NO.
Nice little car though :B

Powerdude wrote:
Official specs are still not up at the Honda website, and for that matter, you can't even find the Ridgeline on their website. Maybe it's just me.

It is on their site...

Here is the Link

Powerdude wrote:
Official specs are still not up at the Honda website, and for that matter, you can't even find the Ridgeline on their website. Maybe it's just me.

Yes especially the Global website, it does not exist

Official specs are still not up at the Honda website, and for that matter, you can't even find the Ridgeline on their website. Maybe it's just me.

The new Ridgeline will do fine. My folks have used their '10 Ridgeline to haul their old 17' Hi-Lo all over the country. They've also hauled many loads of bagged rock, multch, cement, household backup generator, and utility trailer full of all sorts of random stuff. It has door sticker payload over 1500 lbs, which is better than a lot of half tons. The real bonus is that it has a much nicer ride than many trucks too. It really put my 2010 F150 to shame moving our household stuff over a small mountain when we lived in Alabama.

These are very capable vehicles, but the "unibody is bad" crew just keep slamming away at it anyway.