arduously back on topic, the globe's got a writeup of the Ridgeline.
http://www.boston.com/cars/articles/2005/02/26/hondas_on_a_roll_with_unibody_truck
http://www.boston.com/cars/articles/2005/02/26/hondas_on_a_roll_with_unibody_truck
Honda Ridgeline?
- Thread starter Incubus
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I think the Ridgeline is sexy.........same with the Element everyone thinks they are ugly but i think they're hot
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Curb Hucker said:
MMMMMMMM Mogs...
Ridgelins are built on the Pilot platform, which is built on the Odyssey platform...it's built on a car chassis. It might work for hauling bikes, but I wouldn't take it offroad or beat it like a truck.
I'm hoping I can find a first gen 4Runner (topless, bitches!) for bikes and winter driving, and then get a Ninja 12xr as the play..."vehicle"...
The 1988 2 door Honda Accord just isn't cutting it at this point
I'm hoping I can find a first gen 4Runner (topless, bitches!) for bikes and winter driving, and then get a Ninja 12xr as the play..."vehicle"...
The 1988 2 door Honda Accord just isn't cutting it at this point
I'm sorry.... but that Ridgeline is an absolute YUPPY VEHICLE.
Stear clear.... stear VERY clear of it.
EWWWWW.
Stear clear.... stear VERY clear of it.
EWWWWW.
it isnt any uglier then my element 
Methinks he doth protest too much...............dexter said:
-S.S.-
Get the TOYOTA!!!!
narlus said:
Hmm, if that article's right, something I didn't realize is that they're putting the unibody on a ladder truck frame, not a car platform. That seems to suggest that you guys who have been having the truck/yuppy pissing contest are all right, and maybe the truck has the advantages of both a ladder frame truck design and the stiffness of unibody construction...
so far as styling, i agree that it looks a lot like the assalanche, which i hate, but i've realized that what i hate about the assalanche are the cheapo colored plastic panels they use all over it ala aztek. i think the ridgeline looks pretty good comparatively...
my 2c
You must use 25% of the gas you used to.koffee said:
While this is a fair assumption, it isn't true.blue said:
The article slightly misrepresents the construction. Here's an explanation:Barbaton said:
http://trucks.about.com/od/2006truckintrosspecs/ss/honda_ridgeline_4.htm
The boxed frame is integrated INTO the unibody. So rigidity is built in. I can't knock the design for street prowess or gettin' down on rough roads.
However, a rough-n-ready offroad platform it is not. I imagine that same integrated-frame rigidity will be rather unforgiving if you bottom out hard, kiss a big rock w/one of the rocker panels, or worse, get high-centered on something. One nice thing about a box-on-frame design is the ability to keep the bodywork away from the rough stuff when needed. Another is the ability to repair damaged frame and/or body pieces separately.
I think the Ridgeline will do well in its intended arena, and I think that arena is the street, and sometimes the mild trail.
blue said:Ridgelins are built on the Pilot platform, which is built on the Odyssey platform...it's built on a car chassis. It might work for hauling bikes, but I wouldn't take it offroad or beat it like a truck.
I'm hoping I can find a first gen 4Runner (topless, bitches!) for bikes and winter driving, and then get a Ninja 12xr as the play..."vehicle"...
The 1988 2 door Honda Accord just isn't cutting it at this point
I'm going to have to correct you here. This is a direct quote from Honda:
It's not based on a car platform; and it's not just a Pilot with a bed. The Ridgeline is built on a new type of truck platform with a 93-percent exclusive frame.
So it seems...perhaps there is hope for Honda after all...BSEVEER said:
