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Originally Posted by blaster21996
The Ridge folks complain about there vehicle also. Except, when they come on the TUNDRA site! Do You Have Any Pet Peeves About Your Truck ? - Page 2 - Honda Ridgeline Owners Club Forums
For what it's worth, I would never say the Ridge is a truck! That just does not pass the smell test! It's a TRUCK-ET! If trucks were separated into male and female, well, the RIDGE would definitely be a girl! Nobody is going to say "Man! That is one bad azz truck you got there!". I think it looks like a TRANSFORMER! Transformer, a MINI-VAN in disguise! 
oh yea, I'm gonna get flamed!  |
LOL at the TRANSFORMER comment! Wow, you hit the Ridgeline's description on the head. It can transform from the comfortable people hauler, to the Home Depot hauler, to the tailgate party machine, and back again. I guess it is what we call in the Transformers fanbase a multi-changer. The only thing it is missing is robot mode. Oh, I'm also a Transformers fan.
The problem with the Ridgeline is many people first and foremost make fun of it for being a fullsized truck. It is not, it is a mid sized truck at best. It is one, despite some of the BY DESIGN traits Honda gave it to be unique and more competitive amongst its "peers," the mid-sized trucks. If there ever was an El Camino of new vehicles it would have to be that UGLY vehicle at SEMA this year under the name of LUV. Or the now discontinued Subaru Baja. They stopped production because of low sales.
Suprisingly, although it is a small niche, the Ridgeline hits a truck market that some competitors such as Chevy and Mercedes want to capitalize on. The people who haul people more then cargo more often, yet want a pickup bed for convenience. The trunk is one of the Ridgeline's unique traits, and is patented, but that doesn't mean someone won't improve upon it. Who knows? Maybe we'll see a two tiered bed with the second featuring a sliding tray, and loading ramp for the upper tier?
I think what really stinks is your gross misinformation. Your opinion is your own, and I'm not going to flame you or say anything against it. I just have a problem with your lack of a factual argument. Come on over to the Ridgeline forums that you quoted and you'll get a better perspective. Here is an example:
Would you recommend the Honda Ridgeline?
Questions for existing Ridgeline Owners - Honda Ridgeline Owners Club Forums
Would you recommend the Toyota Tundra?
Would you recommend the Toyota Tundra?
Even though it is a small margin, I think you can see through those two threads that MORE people (per se) are disatisfied and why with their Tundra. Sure, both are recommended, and I would recommend them too. But, think of it like this. There have been few and far between transmission failures with the Ridgeline then with the new Tundra, AND the Ridgeline's tailgate doesn't
BUCKLE under weight unlike the new Tundra's.
And ALL trucks nowadays can STINK with their their catalytic converters burning off waste products. It is a mater of bad gas. I've had it in my Tundra, Ridgeline, my Mom's Toyota Camry and other vehicles. To use that as an argument point is ridiculous. Please, let's stick with other more original valid points like:
- Transverse mounted engine
- AWD to 4WD mode (has an even power mode, but NO low mode)
- Four-wheel independent suspension (BUT how could they not have had the trunk without it?)
- 247HP V6 engine. ONLY engine option
- Weird button placement. Cruise control ON switch UNDER dash? WTF?
- 1400 pound capacity IN BED TOTAL! "ON" bed it is 1100 pounds, in the trunk 300.
Try some of those as argument points for a change instead of the old throw-your-hands-up tactic of "OH, IT'S NOT A TRUKK! IT'S A BITCH HAULIN' MOBILE." THAT argument is so far from original it isn't even funny.