Ridgeline Q.
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Ridgeline Q.
I have been thinking about getting a new Ridgeline but didtn know what many people thought about them?
anyone got any problems with them?
any opinions welcome.....
anyone got any problems with them?
any opinions welcome.....
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It will mostly be my daily driver but i will be using it for weekend towing
1. Towing my Acura Integra
2. a pop-up trailer
3. using it for when i move as well
1. Towing my Acura Integra
2. a pop-up trailer
3. using it for when i move as well
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Re: (imback!!)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by imback!! »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">lets tie axles and see whos got the real truck cummins rules honda has no biz in the truck world unibodies suck. </TD></TR></TABLE>
Wow. 4 separate statements, cleverly disguised as one.
I sure hope you've been neutered.
Wow. 4 separate statements, cleverly disguised as one.
I sure hope you've been neutered.
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Re: (BDaTurboTeg)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BDaTurboTeg »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It will mostly be my daily driver but i will be using it for weekend towing
1. Towing my Acura Integra
2. a pop-up trailer
3. using it for when i move as well
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It will handle this and more. The ridgelines payload is 1550lbs and can tow 5000lbs. Don't listen to imback, this may be a unibody truck but it will out last any full frame domestic pos truck.
1. Towing my Acura Integra
2. a pop-up trailer
3. using it for when i move as well
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It will handle this and more. The ridgelines payload is 1550lbs and can tow 5000lbs. Don't listen to imback, this may be a unibody truck but it will out last any full frame domestic pos truck.
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Re: (redej878)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by redej878 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It will handle this and more. The ridgelines payload is 1550lbs and can tow 5000lbs. Don't listen to imback, this may be a unibody truck but it will out last any full frame domestic pos truck.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Boarder patrol only uses "pos domestic" trucks, they all seems to last well past 200k miles and they hold up under some of the most extreme abuse i've ever seen as a mechanic.
The ridgeline is an accord with a bed on the back, it rides great on the streets, you can toss some lumber in the back from lowes, and can even tow your civic around, but the fact that it shares the same towing and payload capacity as a base model, I-4 ford Ranger shows how poor a contender it is for the price. It will never hold up to a real mans truck out in the real world were we actually use them for what they are designed for. Take a Ridgeline out in the river beds and trails of the AZ desert and it will be deadlined in less than a week.
Ford hasnt had the best selling truck 40 years in a row for nothing.
Boarder patrol only uses "pos domestic" trucks, they all seems to last well past 200k miles and they hold up under some of the most extreme abuse i've ever seen as a mechanic.
The ridgeline is an accord with a bed on the back, it rides great on the streets, you can toss some lumber in the back from lowes, and can even tow your civic around, but the fact that it shares the same towing and payload capacity as a base model, I-4 ford Ranger shows how poor a contender it is for the price. It will never hold up to a real mans truck out in the real world were we actually use them for what they are designed for. Take a Ridgeline out in the river beds and trails of the AZ desert and it will be deadlined in less than a week.
Ford hasnt had the best selling truck 40 years in a row for nothing.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Kiwibird83 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Boarder patrol only uses "pos domestic" trucks, they all seems to last well past 200k miles and they hold up under some of the most extreme abuse i've ever seen as a mechanic.
The ridgeline is an accord with a bed on the back, it rides great on the streets, you can toss some lumber in the back from lowes, and can even tow your civic around, but the fact that it shares the same towing and payload capacity as a base model, I-4 ford Ranger shows how poor a contender it is for the price. It will never hold up to a real mans truck out in the real world were we actually use them for what they are designed for. Take a Ridgeline out in the river beds and trails of the AZ desert and it will be deadlined in less than a week.
Ford hasnt had the best selling truck 40 years in a row for nothing.</TD></TR></TABLE>
http://www.fordvehicles.com/as...8.pdf
Look on that page and tell me where it says that the 4cyl ranger can tow 5000lb.
Boarder patrol only uses "pos domestic" trucks, they all seems to last well past 200k miles and they hold up under some of the most extreme abuse i've ever seen as a mechanic.
The ridgeline is an accord with a bed on the back, it rides great on the streets, you can toss some lumber in the back from lowes, and can even tow your civic around, but the fact that it shares the same towing and payload capacity as a base model, I-4 ford Ranger shows how poor a contender it is for the price. It will never hold up to a real mans truck out in the real world were we actually use them for what they are designed for. Take a Ridgeline out in the river beds and trails of the AZ desert and it will be deadlined in less than a week.
Ford hasnt had the best selling truck 40 years in a row for nothing.</TD></TR></TABLE>
http://www.fordvehicles.com/as...8.pdf
Look on that page and tell me where it says that the 4cyl ranger can tow 5000lb.
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Re: (lube)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lube »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
http://www.fordvehicles.com/as...8.pdf
Look on that page and tell me where it says that the 4cyl ranger can tow 5000lb.</TD></TR></TABLE>
HAHA you beat me to it.
EDIT: HAHA Consumer Reports Recommended Alternates to the 07 ranger.
▪ 2007 Honda Ridgeline
▪ 2007 Toyota Tacoma
▪ 2007 Nissan Frontier
all imports.
http://autos.msn.com/research/...anger
Modified by redej878 at 3:34 PM 5/28/2007
Modified by redej878 at 4:34 PM 5/28/2007
http://www.fordvehicles.com/as...8.pdf
Look on that page and tell me where it says that the 4cyl ranger can tow 5000lb.</TD></TR></TABLE>
HAHA you beat me to it.
EDIT: HAHA Consumer Reports Recommended Alternates to the 07 ranger.
▪ 2007 Honda Ridgeline
▪ 2007 Toyota Tacoma
▪ 2007 Nissan Frontier
all imports.
http://autos.msn.com/research/...anger
Modified by redej878 at 3:34 PM 5/28/2007
Modified by redej878 at 4:34 PM 5/28/2007
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Point well taken, Crossed my V6 and I-4 wires on Ranger towing.
Comparatively, the Frontier is a much more truck than the Ranger, MUCH more, and the Tacoma is plenty truck as well, but a Ridgeline isnt in the same class, the most expensive Rangers and Frontiers are the same price as the base model Ridgeline, its classed with full sized trucks like the Titan, 150 class domestics, and the Tundra. Where price for price, it always comes up last in towing and offroad capabilities to the competition.
For the same price as a base model ridgeline one could have an extended cab, 5,7 Liter Tundra which has 2x the power, 2x the towing capacity, a ladder frame with leaf springs, and hell, it’s a Toyota (one of the only companies to constantly beat Honda in reliability and quality)
It would truly amaze me if the Tundra doesnt turn up to be the best selling truck of 2007 and 2008, its so far ahead of the competition its scary.
Comparatively, the Frontier is a much more truck than the Ranger, MUCH more, and the Tacoma is plenty truck as well, but a Ridgeline isnt in the same class, the most expensive Rangers and Frontiers are the same price as the base model Ridgeline, its classed with full sized trucks like the Titan, 150 class domestics, and the Tundra. Where price for price, it always comes up last in towing and offroad capabilities to the competition.
For the same price as a base model ridgeline one could have an extended cab, 5,7 Liter Tundra which has 2x the power, 2x the towing capacity, a ladder frame with leaf springs, and hell, it’s a Toyota (one of the only companies to constantly beat Honda in reliability and quality)
It would truly amaze me if the Tundra doesnt turn up to be the best selling truck of 2007 and 2008, its so far ahead of the competition its scary.
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Re: (Kiwibird83)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Kiwibird83 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Point well taken, Crossed my V6 and I-4 wires on Ranger towing.
Comparatively, the Frontier is a much more truck than the Ranger, MUCH more, and the Tacoma is plenty truck as well, but a Ridgeline isnt in the same class, the most expensive Rangers and Frontiers are the same price as the base model Ridgeline, its classed with full sized trucks like the Titan, 150 class domestics, and the Tundra. Where price for price, it always comes up last in towing and offroad capabilities to the competition.
For the same price as a base model ridgeline one could have an extended cab, 5,7 Liter Tundra which has 2x the power, 2x the towing capacity, a ladder frame with leaf springs, and hell, it’s a Toyota (one of the only companies to constantly beat Honda in reliability and quality)
It would truly amaze me if the Tundra doesnt turn up to be the best selling truck of 2007 and 2008, its so far ahead of the competition its scary.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Well put, I can agree with this. The Ridgeline is by far not the best for offroading or towing. All I am trying to say is that its a good reliable truck for moderate towing and hauling. Now if you need a truck for towing and hauling often go with something more powerful like the toyota which I might say is a sic truck.
Comparatively, the Frontier is a much more truck than the Ranger, MUCH more, and the Tacoma is plenty truck as well, but a Ridgeline isnt in the same class, the most expensive Rangers and Frontiers are the same price as the base model Ridgeline, its classed with full sized trucks like the Titan, 150 class domestics, and the Tundra. Where price for price, it always comes up last in towing and offroad capabilities to the competition.
For the same price as a base model ridgeline one could have an extended cab, 5,7 Liter Tundra which has 2x the power, 2x the towing capacity, a ladder frame with leaf springs, and hell, it’s a Toyota (one of the only companies to constantly beat Honda in reliability and quality)
It would truly amaze me if the Tundra doesnt turn up to be the best selling truck of 2007 and 2008, its so far ahead of the competition its scary.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Well put, I can agree with this. The Ridgeline is by far not the best for offroading or towing. All I am trying to say is that its a good reliable truck for moderate towing and hauling. Now if you need a truck for towing and hauling often go with something more powerful like the toyota which I might say is a sic truck.
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Re: (Kiwibird83)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Kiwibird83 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Comparatively, the Frontier is a much more truck than the Ranger, MUCH more, and the Tacoma is plenty truck as well, but a Ridgeline isnt in the same class, the most expensive Rangers and Frontiers are the same price as the base model Ridgeline, its classed with full sized trucks like the Titan, 150 class domestics, and the Tundra. Where price for price, it always comes up last in towing and offroad capabilities to the competition.
For the same price as a base model ridgeline one could have an extended cab, 5,7 Liter Tundra which has 2x the power, 2x the towing capacity, a ladder frame with leaf springs, and hell, it’s a Toyota (one of the only companies to constantly beat Honda in reliability and quality)
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I've actually had a double cab sr5 tundra and a Ridgeline. They are both oustanding trucks as far as I'm concerned, but as a daily driver, the Ridgeline wins hands down. Better ride, more comfy, much easier to park, a sealed trunk, and I usually got 19mpg in town in the Ridgleline and about 16.5 in the Tundra.
They are both great trucks, you just have to decide how rough are you gonna be on the truck and how much do you really have to haul
Comparatively, the Frontier is a much more truck than the Ranger, MUCH more, and the Tacoma is plenty truck as well, but a Ridgeline isnt in the same class, the most expensive Rangers and Frontiers are the same price as the base model Ridgeline, its classed with full sized trucks like the Titan, 150 class domestics, and the Tundra. Where price for price, it always comes up last in towing and offroad capabilities to the competition.
For the same price as a base model ridgeline one could have an extended cab, 5,7 Liter Tundra which has 2x the power, 2x the towing capacity, a ladder frame with leaf springs, and hell, it’s a Toyota (one of the only companies to constantly beat Honda in reliability and quality)
</TD></TR></TABLE>
I've actually had a double cab sr5 tundra and a Ridgeline. They are both oustanding trucks as far as I'm concerned, but as a daily driver, the Ridgeline wins hands down. Better ride, more comfy, much easier to park, a sealed trunk, and I usually got 19mpg in town in the Ridgleline and about 16.5 in the Tundra.
They are both great trucks, you just have to decide how rough are you gonna be on the truck and how much do you really have to haul
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Re: (lube)
ive had mine for a little over a year, and only 11,000 miles on it.
i love it. i will be towing a new project car from san diego to orange county in about two weeks. i'll let you know how it does.
i love it. i will be towing a new project car from san diego to orange county in about two weeks. i'll let you know how it does.
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I agree, the tundra is an awesome truck. And all trucks have there place including the honda. I drive my ridgeline daily, 15k miles just hit 1 year old. I love that thing, I haul all kinds of stuff in it daily, tons of electrical wire, conduit, 8 foot tall computer racks, engines, trannys etc.. It does what honda claims it to do and it does it with honda reliablity and without sacraficing comfort.
I am a principal owner of a septic company in arizona, we have tons of F150's for our work trucks, I would so take the ridgeline over one of those anyday. Only thing the F150's are good for is they are cheap, ie disposable worktruck, but then again your driving something with about the same suspension technology of a covered wagon and ride like one too.
If i was out to do some serious hauling, I would definately go for a Tundra, or probably even a F350 or such diesel would be a smarter choice. But fact is Im not hauling or doing anything the ridgeline cant handle so far.
The ridgeline is not "just" a unibody truck. Its a Unibody + ladder frame Hybrid Chassis. Has probably one of the stiffest frames on the market.
I am a principal owner of a septic company in arizona, we have tons of F150's for our work trucks, I would so take the ridgeline over one of those anyday. Only thing the F150's are good for is they are cheap, ie disposable worktruck, but then again your driving something with about the same suspension technology of a covered wagon and ride like one too.
If i was out to do some serious hauling, I would definately go for a Tundra, or probably even a F350 or such diesel would be a smarter choice. But fact is Im not hauling or doing anything the ridgeline cant handle so far.
The ridgeline is not "just" a unibody truck. Its a Unibody + ladder frame Hybrid Chassis. Has probably one of the stiffest frames on the market.
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