2024 Ridgeline TrailSport | Stuck in the Mud
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- Опубліковано 23 вер 2024
- What are your thoughts on the Honda Ridgeline? Real truck or nah?
With a max payload of over 1,500 lbs, max towing of 5,000 lbs., and an innovative 7.3 cubic foot in-bed weather-sealed trunk, this is plenty truck for most American shoppers. One of 3 midsize pickups still offering a naturally-aspirated V6 (one of 4 to even offer 6 cylinders), this unibody pickup is a little oldschool in its approach to making power. It’s plenty responsive but behind the turbo 4s offered across the segment in power and efficiency.
This being the brand new for 2024 Trailsport model means we get an off-road tuned suspension, Trailsport-specific 18-inch wheels, all-terrain tires, and an oil pan skid plate.
Pricing for the 2024 Ridgeline starts at just under $40,000 and our tester stickers for about $48k
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Ridgeline is a legit good truck
For almost everyone, yes.
Omg that little dog just hanging around next to the RL haha...
Can we get a round of applause for the pup?
I dont think honda is gearing the ridgeline for insane offroading. The tires do stuggle in muddy terrain like you tested but i dont think this truck was ever ment to be a serious offroader. It was ment to haul a uhaul trailor or haul a camper but it was never ment to compete with a wrangler or a silverado. Its a midsize truck. Its geared towards 90% of americans who lets face it never really go offroading but own a silverado and want to go offroading. To me its the perfect truck for most americans who need to haul something but very rarely go offroading and when they do they probably are not rock climbing or own a ranch. I love my 2024 trailsport but i am someone who needs a truck to go on some BLM land with a few hills and a few rough spots but thats it. I dont need a silverado and i am ok with that. I need a bed to haul a kayak or a small boat and that is all. If you need a serious offroader then why are you even considering a midsize truck. The tacoma with the same features cost 50K plus while this is 46K. Why spend 50K plus on something you maybe go offroading once a year in. Plus these are way more comfortable on the road then a tacoma.
Very well said! Although we found the TrailSport trim to be a little lacking for our preference (HPD package is a better buy in our opinion... or a street focused trim), the Ridgeline is a much more realistic take on what the average American who wants a pickup should probably be buying instead of a "real truck".
Reminder, as with all the other midsized trucks, there is aftermarket solutions. A traxda 2 inch lift, no lo designs skid plates, and going up one tire size...for about $3k. Now the advantage offroad is about 5% to taco/ranger/colorado...stockish trims. Imho honda missed out by having such a tepid trailsport offering
Love the criticism. I think Honda is going to hear what everyone is saying.
I think this truck lives up to what it is designed to do, short of having tires that weren’t quite up to the job
You can't have a damped bed with a DUAL ACTION TAILGATE!
False. Ram.
@@1offgarage Ram doesn't open fully its only barn doors so not False
A young Stephen Root on the left. 😅
Excuse me, that’s my stapler.
Suzuki also took a risk on the idea that brand-loyalty for bikes is strong enough for someone to want that same badge on the truck they use to haul their bikes. That risk was the 2009-2012 Suzuki Equator, and less than 6,000 of them were sold throughout that entire period.
The Equator failed because (1) it was launched right at the beginning of a recession that saw truck sales across the board take a major nose dive, (2) because Suzuki dealerships were few and far between, and (3) because it was based on an already existing and much more accessible pickup (Nissan frontier)
The Ridgeline is successful because it is unique, versatile, practical, and accessible. The Ridgeline is more than "A Honda truck to haul your Honda toys", and Honda knows this. Its in-bed speakers and trunk make it the ultimate tailgater. Its lack of wheel-well bulges in the bed make it perfect for carrying anything that will need to be shoveled, scraped, or raked out. It has the ride quality and road manners of an suv, with the capability and practicality afforded by an open bed... and has enough towing and payload capacity to be able to exercise that capability and practicality.
Having said all of that... it is getting old (this generation first went on sale in June 2016) and you have to shell out over $40,000 to get into one.
Nah all that was is a rebadged frontier
@@YouYou-tg7qe .... that's exactly what i said in the comment...
Never used it as a truck! Had it for a year. Sold it to Carvana! Had other mechanical issues! Calipers and suspension creaked like a 20 year old truck. That was my second Honda with major issues. I will never buy Honda again! 😢
Sorry to hear that
I think it needs a redesign to be competitive in the US market. It needs to increase ground clearance, offer a brake controller, increase MPG. Get rid of trunk and doughnut, no way to access if your hauling anything in the bed. The tailgate needs to be split. Also the sides of the bed need to increase offering more bed cargo space.
Honda had several years before the Ford Maverick and Hyundai Santa Cruz yet those two stole the marketplace. I might be crazy but the numbers Ford is selling I can see other manufacturers coming to get a piece of that market. I don't think Honda will be able to keep their market share unless they produce what Americans want. I like the truck but think those changes are essential to keep or improve their market share.
Slight clarification, they do have a brake controller (at least on my 2020). It is the weird wire dongle in the glove box nobody knows what it's for. You take that and plug it into a spot under the dash and the end goes into whatever controller you want to buy. So, you are not wrong that its not fully there day 1....but it's a $100 controller off Amazon and 30 mins mounting it....voila!
@@CajunMusings Thanks for replying, that's good information that hopefully can help Ridgeline owners. Only it still does not help with what I was commenting on. You still have to add the additional wiring and 7 pin connector. So I think Honda should consider offering it as an option not an aftermarket. That is if they want to compete with other manufacturers and also customer satisfaction. Again thank you for the information, I hope it can help someone.
@@HuronRiver-ke8xn It has a 7 pin connector on all models already.
Takes bootleg AT tires into soft mud, surprised at low performance -- details at 10 :D Wrong tire for sure
Sadly those tires just were not up to the challenge.
@@1offgarage So buy an RTL or Sport and use the money saved to get some KO3s or Wildpeaks mounted.
Maybe it’s not the tire but the driver. An older model with street tire did better in arguably worst conditions on Driving sports TV.
🤷🏼♂️
I suppose that is always a possibility, but as Eric said: a Subaru Crosstrek accomplished the climb in the same conditions.
That’s a Maverick!!
It's a maverick that isn't going to break records for recalls.
@@kylebecker9673That’s correct, but I’ll take all the recalls my Maverick has had over my 2020 Ridgeline transmission replacement!! 😅
@@ramonahumada4 did you overload it or it was just a bad transmission? 2020 is pretty new for that.
@@kylebecker9673Honda is also known for bad transmissions on there 6 bangers.
@@kylebecker9673never used it as a truck. That’s why i bought it! Had it for a year. Sold it to Carvana, because it had other mechanical issues! That was my 2nd bad Honda, and both had transmission problems! At least Ford is honest on recalls, unlike Honda and Toyota!! 😮
Still not a real truck
Tomato tomato
Call it what you want, but it's outperforming "real trucks."
@@trl1980 lol sure