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I know I'm slow, but I didn't realize Honda's Ridgeline was canned....

Can't "edited" with American trucks. If Honda made a better truck people would buy it.

Please leave the profanity for OT...

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Bartman39
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The Ridgeline was an SUV trying to be a pickup truck. Who the heck would want that?
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...oh.

Yeah, Honda has never been known for their Trucks. Not that theirs are bad, but not impressive. Toyota really holds that domain, followed by Nissan. And yes, the F-150 is an epic truck of epicness. I wish Ford had updated the Ranger though, instead of canning it. Would love a small truck like that. Nobody makes compact pickups anymore.
 
Honda seems to have this tendency of not bothering to update vehicles that once did well, then wonders why no one wants them anymore and then eventually kills them off once they finally sell so few it stops paying. Did the same thing with the element, which had an even longer run with practically no updates.
 
vi edit said:
Nah...this is a truck...

😀

http://www.wightchevrolet.com/jhb.htm
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^Drive one of those every day (at work) but my 394HP/740TQ 2500HD @ 19.5mpg is what a man really wants...:sneaky:

My aunt had one of those Honda Ridgelines and said she liked it until it came time to trade it in and they offered nothing for it and she had a hard time selling it period... As for an Avalanche I often wondered who would want a truck named after a natural disaster...?

Demo24 said:
Honda seems to have this tendency of not bothering to update vehicles that once did well, then wonders why no one wants them anymore and then eventually kills them off once they finally sell so few it stops paying. Did the same thing with the element, which had an even longer run with practically no updates.
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Nissan with their trucks are following that same path...? They are lagging far behind Toyota and the Domestic lines...
 
OILFIELDTRASH said:
I'll take my 350HP 5.0L F150 that gets 17.3mpg average over that older silverado which is pushing about 270HP and probably averaging 14mpg.
I do like the z71's though. Is that yours?
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I wish. It was the one I was looking at originally when I was going to get a new vehicle but was before I had money and was sold quickly. Then I chose a Camaro. 😵
 
OILFIELDTRASH said:
This is a man's truck.
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sorry, Toyota puts a motor in their 1/2 ton trucks that bests the "domestics" We have been running fords exclusively on our farm since 94 -> we have had a 94, 97, 99, two 03's, an 05, and we currently have an '09 F150. we also have an 08 tundra.... the fords can't hold a candle to it when it comes to power. In our experience, the toyota handles hauling and towing better despite the ford being rated higher. Good friend just picked up an ecoboost '11.... needless to say, on a closed course, the tundra walks it hard.

Ford puts out a good truck. I would like more seat time in the 5.0 and 6.2.

To the chevy lovers, I feel bad for you... easily a third stringer
 
Zivic said:
sorry, Toyota puts a motor in their 1/2 ton trucks that bests the "domestics" We have been running fords exclusively on our farm since 94 -> we have had a 94, 97, 99, two 03's, an 05, and we currently have an '09 F150. we also have an 08 tundra.... the fords can't hold a candle to it when it comes to power. In our experience, the toyota handles hauling and towing better despite the ford being rated higher. Good friend just picked up an ecoboost '11.... needless to say, on a closed course, the tundra walks it hard.

Ford puts out a good truck. I would like more seat time in the 5.0 and 6.2.

To the chevy lovers, I feel bad for you... easily a third stringer
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Comparing the 6.1 in the toyota to the ecoboost is stupid, sorry.
 
Demo24 said:
Honda seems to have this tendency of not bothering to update vehicles that once did well, then wonders why no one wants them anymore and then eventually kills them off once they finally sell so few it stops paying. Did the same thing with the element, which had an even longer run with practically no updates.
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A 5 year interval between major updates isn't that unusual.

Additionally, they probably knew that they were going to kill off the ridgeline years ago. Why dump money into something that they know is dying off? They did what most automakers do with a dying model:

1. Don't invest a dime in redesign
2. Crank out as many as you can sell to try and recoup your investment (design, cost of tooling factory, etc)
3. Kill the model when regulations would force a redesign and/or the amount of money you're making from it won't cover the cost of making them.
 
Blech... American stuff recently has way too much plasticky chrome. It is supposed to be a chrome accent, not a chrome blob on the nose of the car.
 
ThatsABigOne said:
Blech... American stuff recently has way too much plasticky chrome. It is supposed to be a chrome accent, not a chrome blob on the nose of the car.
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I can agree. I'm also not the biggest fan of the current body styling of the Chevy/Gmc trucks. They look plain to me. Its mostly the wheel arches that annoy me.
 
Honda's "truck" was nothing more than a FWD/AWD unibody SUV with a bed in the back. I've seen them try and tow stuff, it's really sad and funny at the same time.
 
Meghan54 said:
Seems Honda's Ridgeline pickup is almost an abject failure, at least as sales go......through August of this year, Honda's only been able to sell 5,776 of them. Last year Honda sold 16,142 copies. Apparently, the Ridgeline's best year was 2006 when 50,193 were sold and sales have been dropping since.


http://editorial.autos.msn.com/blog...bfv&post=31161db2-52b0-4a59-bcf1-cc1a3b5f2cda
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heh i see them everywhere now ( well, a lot more often than before ). i guess people are picking them up real cheap.
 
If they wouldn't have put that high beltline on the bed it would have allowed people to reach into the bed for stuff and install those bed mounted tool boxes that so many trucks have. And, the horror stories about doors failing to open or close when the bed was filled with something heavy like dirt didn't help.
 
As much as I didn't like the funky styling, I appreciated the fact that people who would never need real truck capabilities could be "fooled" in to buying a car-based truck or suv (Honda Pilot), saving them gas money, and giving them better comfort and handling.
 
Xyclone said:
As much as I didn't like the funky styling, I appreciated the fact that people who would never need real truck capabilities could be "fooled" in to buying a car-based truck or suv (Honda Pilot), saving them gas money, and giving them better comfort and handling.
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Apparently they caught on, its sales figures were pretty terrible.
 
Xyclone said:
As much as I didn't like the funky styling, I appreciated the fact that people who would never need real truck capabilities could be "fooled" in to buying a car-based truck or suv (Honda Pilot), saving them gas money, and giving them better comfort and handling.
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Only problem is that the ridgeline gets worse gas mileage than a full size F150. I would also be surprised if it rides any better than a f150.
 
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