AMA: I bought a Honda Ridgeline because the ride quality is so great that I won't spill my hot latte when I go over a bump. You can't drink a latte in those other trucks.

"Somethin' 'bout a truck" (somethin-bout-a-truck) 11/23/2016 at 14:26 • Filed to: honda ridgeline

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I test drove one of those abysmal Ford 1/2 tons and I couldn’t believe how archaic it’s ride quality was. I knew from the first bump we went over that the ride quality would never allow me to drink my daily latte ever again for fear of spilling it on my slacks. Also, the seats didn’t make me feel like I was sitting in a lazy boy at home relaxing while watching my favorite episode of Modern Family.. so I had to try something else.

Thanks Honda for the Ridgeline, now I can have the same ride quality as my wife’s new minivan but look “rugged” when I drop the kids off at school. I will even back it into the last row of parking spots at Panera Bread like all the other guys since I own a truck. Now to check to make sure I can fit my dirty walking shoes in the bed!!!!

- My Point -

Everyone says things like how every person that owns a truck (besides contractors) should own a Ridgeline becasue it’s the only possible way to own a truck to daily drive without ending your life. Look, I get it, you like cars. But all the cubbies and bed trunks won’t make a guy that likes a regular truck and doesn’t give two shits about spilling his latte change to a Ridgeline. The new 1/2 trucks are amazing. They ride great, they have lots of abilities and they will never leave the owner wanting more. It’s going to take more than a riding like a minivan to get guys to switch.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Somethin' 'bout a truck 11/23/2016 at 14:33

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this is probably way too accurate.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Somethin' 'bout a truck 11/23/2016 at 14:34

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I am sure you are making a point...but I cannot tell what that point is.

Somethin' 'bout a truck > OPPOsaurus WRX 11/23/2016 at 14:34

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Everyone says it. They say oh you should buy a Ridgeline becasue the other 1/2 ton trucks are unberable to daily.

I don’t know how that is possible.

Party-vi > Somethin' 'bout a truck 11/23/2016 at 14:35

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listen here you little shit.

Somethin' 'bout a truck > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 11/23/2016 at 14:37

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Your right. I will update with the conclusion to my rant!

S65 > Somethin' 'bout a truck 11/23/2016 at 14:38

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Is that the color of your Ridgeline

Somethin' 'bout a truck > S65 11/23/2016 at 14:41

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never.

Somethin' 'bout a truck > Party-vi 11/23/2016 at 14:42

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I hope you get one! Just don’t buy it only for “better” ride quality..

BigBlock440 > Somethin' 'bout a truck 11/23/2016 at 14:44

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I’ve never been under the impression that minivan seats were more comfortable than pickup seats.

Party-vi > Somethin' 'bout a truck 11/23/2016 at 14:44

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I would like a Ridgeline because my parents have a Silverado and it’s 100 years old technology-wise, and my FIL has a ‘14 F150 FX4 and it has leather-covered park benches for seats and Fisher Price stamps on the plastic interior bits. I like my Pilot, but would like it more if it had a 5' bed. Hence, Ridgeline.

Somethin' 'bout a truck > BigBlock440 11/23/2016 at 14:45

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Me either. But just read some non truck guy comments about how truly “aweful” trucks seats or ride is.

Somethin' 'bout a truck > Party-vi 11/23/2016 at 14:47

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Park benches and fisher price stamps?

I think you have found your latte mobile! Enjoy the refined truck life!

Sweet Trav > Somethin' 'bout a truck 11/23/2016 at 14:50

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The “honest truck” died with GMT400 and the S-10.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Somethin' 'bout a truck 11/23/2016 at 14:51

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Well... I daily a midsize (compact. It’s a compact. Compare to the old S10's. COMPACT) pickup, the ride is comparitively horrendous because there’s not as much weight to dampen the motion as there is on a fullsize. Spilled drinks thus far: 1, due to a dozy passenger putting one down on the dash rather than a cupholder.

So, yeah, um... I know the Ridgeline will ride better, but law of diminishing returns etc etc. How long before we play “Princess and the pea” with ride quality I wonder...

Somethin' 'bout a truck > Sweet Trav 11/23/2016 at 14:52

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For sure. But even the new 1/2 tons are more honest than this truck.

Somethin' 'bout a truck > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 11/23/2016 at 14:54

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No question. But it seems like the big promtion is that this has the best ride quality of any truck. For most truck buyers this will never compare to the things you loose. It just seems like they are just selling to the latte drinkers of the truck world.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Somethin' 'bout a truck 11/23/2016 at 14:57

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I just finished my latte, riding around in the Taco. Did not spill. Also 2 seats, 6 cupholders. Or as I call them, cliff-bar-wrappers-compartments.

DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time > Somethin' 'bout a truck 11/23/2016 at 15:01

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If it was lowered wouldn’t it be a Ute?

SO STOP YOUR BITCHING JALOPNIK!

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Somethin' 'bout a truck 11/23/2016 at 15:01

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Seems to me that most modern trucks I’ve driven have a “car like” ride quality. Compared to my 1990 isuzu, or a 90's toyota, or the the 3/4 ton 1965 Ford I learned to drive in. Once you get a modern truck out on the open road, having a 6.6L v8 turbo diesel at your disposal is pretty much the best thing ever.

Future next gen S2000 owner > Somethin' 'bout a truck 11/23/2016 at 15:05

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Did you comparo it against a new Taco? I thought about waiting to get a Ridgeline but opted for the Taco instead.

yamahog > Sweet Trav 11/23/2016 at 15:08

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Not that we’re biased in any way

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Sweet Trav 11/23/2016 at 15:12

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Bias aside, I think I can make a case for this little guy.

Less equipment than a cave. Doesn’t ride very well. It’s just a tool for moving stuff from place to place.

Steve in Manhattan > Somethin' 'bout a truck 11/23/2016 at 15:40

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Never understood why these were not more popular.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Somethin' 'bout a truck 11/23/2016 at 15:47

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Thank you for the clarification.

AbsintheMinded: NeonHeatDreams > Somethin' 'bout a truck 11/23/2016 at 15:54

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You know, I like that truck. I used to have an ‘08 Ram 1500 with the HEMMEHH in it, and although that had more cargo room, I will agree with the ride quality. For actually using the truck as a truck (landscaping, heavy hauling) I would rather have the Ram, but this is a solid Caruck.

What I did there, did you see it?

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Somethin' 'bout a truck 11/23/2016 at 16:16

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Is it really just 3/4 a Honda Pilot?

Autofixation > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 11/23/2016 at 17:34

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How long until we have trucks, and then oversized cars with beds? I think we are most of the way there.

Autofixation > Somethin' 'bout a truck 11/23/2016 at 17:36

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Solution: don’t daily a truck.

Autofixation > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 11/23/2016 at 17:37

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Isn’t this the definition of a truck?

nermal > Somethin' 'bout a truck 11/23/2016 at 17:46

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The thing about the Ridgelines is that they are great for what they are, which is a Pilot with a bed instead of a hatch. They have everything that makes a Pilot great, with the addition of the usefulness of a truck bed, and without the usefulness of an enclosed hatch.

They will sell to previous Ridgeline owners, and current owners of Honda cars / SUVs that want a truck that is also a Honda. There will be very few people trading fullsize trucks in on one. Slightly more than very few people will trade in a midsize truck on one.

I’m sure they work great towing a small (1k - 2k lbs) trailer. Same goes for driving in light snow, or on a well maintained gravel road, or carrying a box or two of Ikea furniture. A fullsize truck will do better at truck things, the Ridgeline will do better when driving around empty.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Autofixation 11/23/2016 at 17:46

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Happened. They only won over the Aussies.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Autofixation 11/23/2016 at 17:48

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Sure. But there’s two reasons I came out that way:

It’s a MUCH MALIGNED truck.

I happen to have one, albeit a top trim version (which still has cave equipment levels).

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Somethin' 'bout a truck 11/23/2016 at 23:24

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I daily a unibody truck. It doesn’t drive or ride like a minivan. Two solid axles means it rides like a truck. I’m grateful for that. I had to drive a Venture the other day and it was more terrible than I remember. [audible shudder].

awmaster10 > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 11/23/2016 at 23:37

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so...a comanche?

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > awmaster10 11/23/2016 at 23:50

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Oui oui.

awmaster10 > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 11/23/2016 at 23:52

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Took a little thinking but then it was obvious as i doubt there another unibody truck WITH solid axles. Love me an xj/comanche

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > awmaster10 11/23/2016 at 23:55

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XJ you say?

Got one of them too.

Tapas > Somethin' 'bout a truck 11/24/2016 at 01:16

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I think Honda has to make the truck look muscular and not like a CRV on steroids to sell trucks. And not macho like the old truck either. That just looked off to me.

Somethin' 'bout a truck > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 11/24/2016 at 13:10

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SOLID AXLES!!!!!!

Somethin' 'bout a truck > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 11/24/2016 at 13:11

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I want one of these so bad!

Somethin' 'bout a truck > Tapas 11/24/2016 at 15:19

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The last truck was a try hard I thought. But much more fitting of a design compared to the new CR-V/Pilot.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Somethin' 'bout a truck 11/29/2016 at 10:40

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Speaking for myself only, I detest how the last gen of Ridgeline rides. It drives like a lifted minivan with all the weight in the wrong places, with stiffened suspension to keep the horrible sway in check... which is more or less what it actually is. I’d rather be in a littler bouncy truck, because then I can develop an intuitive feel of what it’s doing rather than trying to find the sweet spot where all the managed feedbacks cancel out.