New Tow Vehicle!

LauraRey

Traded in my 2010 Subaru Forester for a 2014 Honda Ridgeline today.  I pick it up tomorrow!  I'm really excited because now I'll be able to carry things like my dutch oven and bicycles.  I was literally within 200 lbs of the limit on my Subaru, without gear.  This will be safer and I'll feel much more confident towing with it. Plus, it matches the T@B. That's important, right?  It will also enable me to move the spare tire out from underneath the T@B and mount it on the tongue.  That way I can actually get to it if I need it. 

dmerzbac

That's a great looking truck!

LauraRey

dmerzbac said:

That's a great looking truck!

Thanks!

Ratkity

Very nice!! I saw one of the new Ridgelines up close when they first came out. Classy TV!

ericnliz

LauraRey, Great choice, nice lookin' rig!

LauraRey

ericnliz said:

LauraRey, Great choice, nice lookin' rig!

Thanks Eric!

LauraRey

Ratkity said:

Very nice!! I saw one of the new Ridgelines up close when they first came out. Classy TV!

The new ones (2016 and later) are awesome and very expensive, unfortunately.

marknjudy

I always liked the look of those. If I recall correctly, it comes with a built in tonneau style cover for the bed?

manny

LauraRey, nice tv  I had a 2008 ridgeline ,loved that trk.   traded in on a 2016 Honda pilot...  better gas milage..    you will forget the t@b is back there..  nice choice..  I miss the basement  ... that is what I called the under the bed storage...Happy Campin...

ericnliz

LauraRey, Now you need to change your tow vehicle on your signature line, and say hello mountains!

jkjenn

Congrats!

LauraRey

manny said:

LauraRey, nice tv  I had a 2008 ridgeline ,loved that trk.   traded in on a 2016 Honda pilot...  better gas milage..    you will forget the t@b is back there..  nice choice..  I miss the basement  ... that is what I called the under the bed storage...Happy Campin...

My husband called it our beer cooler!

ericnliz

Nice! Works for me too!

LauraRey

marknjudy said:

I always liked the look of those. If I recall correctly, it comes with a built in tonneau style cover for the bed?

I think you can get a cover, but they don't seem to be standard.  It does have the hidden trunk-like space underneath the floor of the truck bed.

marknjudy

That's what I was thinking. 

Deltaboy59

Good choice...
Enjoy 

Ramrod

I had a 2006 and a 2011 Ridgeline. You are going to love your truck. Enjoy.

Nomad

Have two friends with Ridgelines (each their second) - Both with retracktable covers.
The only thing I don't like about them is that slopped sidewall - Being short, I can't reach over and grab anything, have to climb in.

IrishCamper74

Nice! Husband bought a new one last summer; we love it!

LauraRey

It is a very smooth ride and I'm SO READY to go camping. Stupid work. :(

ontheroad

great choice, enjoy

hymie

Very nice! Great TV.

LauraRey

boo said:

Curious, engine?, horsepower?, torque?.

3.5 V6, 250HP @5700, torque is 247 @ 4300. 

ericnliz

LauraRey, That will work! Not work getting in our way, just 4' of the white stuff in front of the trailer! Poor T@B 

LauraRey

ericnliz said:

LauraRey, That will work! Not work getting in our way, just 4' of the white stuff in front of the trailer! Poor T@B 

Yeah, we had an ice storm last night.  :(

TABaker

I did the same!  Towed for the first six seasons with a Jeep Liberty.  No longer commute for work, and Jeep had over 150k miles, so I bought a 2016 RAM in December.  I'm anxious to get stuff out of the T@B and into the truck bed.  Hauling wet stuff was always a problem.  

TerryV6

Great choice!  We have a 6 cylinder RAV 4.  I keep talking truck ( I had 3 small ones back in the day) and my wishlist has narrowed to the Ridgeline and Tacoma.  I'm just waiting for a windfall.  I suffer from sticker shock when I go looking.  

LauraRey

TerryV6 said:

 Ridgeline and Tacoma.  

I looked at both, but liked the Honda more.  The price was better and I've got a friend who has 600,000 km on his.  Plus, it is really roomy in the cab and the back seats are comfy.

Ratkity

TerryV6 said:

Great choice!  We have a 6 cylinder RAV 4.  I keep talking truck ( I had 3 small ones back in the day) and my wishlist has narrowed to the Ridgeline and Tacoma.  I'm just waiting for a windfall.  I suffer from sticker shock when I go looking.  

Not sure of the Ridgeline, but the reason I didn't go with the Tacoma was the bed was made of composite material. Dunno what the Ridgeline is made of.

LauraRey

Ratkity said:

Not sure of the Ridgeline, but the reason I didn't go with the Tacoma was the bed was made of composite material. Dunno what the Ridgeline is made of.

The Ridgeline has the "trunk" space underneath the truck bed.  It does seem to be made of a composite material.

Ratkity

*perk* trunk space? Hrm... that may be a very cool thing!