There's a really good offer near me for a 1st Gen Ridgeline.
Are they good?
Understand that it's a unibody but I'm not towing anything just using the bed

>>28548904 (OP)
Bump

>>28548904 (OP)
the first two years 06-08 are generally regarded as not great, you're better off with any model after 08 or 09 at least

https://youtu.be/s0_K75QyMX

Ginger Billy
https://youtu.be/s0_K75QyMX0

>>28549339
What’s wrong with 06-08?

>>28548904 (OP)
>just using the bed
For what?
There's a storage box in the floor, and you don't want it to accumulate dirt or water, so the number of scenarios for bed usage is rather limited. Can't get anything out of this storage if you're "using the bed" either, including the spare wheel.

>>28549395
Mate, just because it has a trunk doesn’t mean you don’t use the bed lol.
I would have tie downs in the trunk and would take them out when I’m hauling my dirt bikes like in the OP picture
It’s the right truck for me at the price point with the creature comforts I like (leather seats, automatic rear window opener, automatic seats, etc…).
And like I mentioned I don’t mind that it only tows 5000 lbs, I will barely tow (maybe once in a while a small trailer or jet ski).
I just want to know if they’re reliable “trucks” / cars.

>>28549498
>I would have tie downs in the trunk and would take them out when I’m hauling my dirt bikes like in the OP picture
OP picture is a promo. Where does the dirt from these bikes end up, I wonder? They are called like that for a reason.

Shitposting aside, I actually did a quick search. It appears you have to keep the seal around the hatch cleand and in good condition, otherwise it will leak.
Find out if there are replacement seals for reasonable money and keep in mind you won't be able to get the spare (not fullside iirc) or the jack or anything from there while your bikes are in the bed. For me personally it's a major downturn, I had a couple of nasty slashes innawoods with stuff in the bed.

>automatic rear window opener
What's the purpose of it?

>>28549382
Transmission problems

>>28548904 (OP)
>Are they good?
This is what people don't understand. A product is good if you want it. If you don't want it you'll get buyers remorse and hate it no matter how much utility it offers. Vehicles aren't bought on utility. It's an emotional purchase. Decide if you want the truck and if you can handle it not being a "man's" truck.

>>28549688
>Vehicles aren't bought on utility. It's an emotional purchase.
What a waste of digits.

>>28549708
Post your Toyota Prius.

>>28549659
Why lie

>>28550481
they're the oldest and most beat on, the truck really isnt designed to tow. if you are just dailying it, it will be fine. if you plan on buying a busted one planning to put an engine/transmisison in it, know that there are many varieties of the engine and transmission and the ones in the ridgeline are specific to that vehicle alone. the bed is goofy, very high to load bikes, and has hide away spaces that in practice are unusable. the engine sits DEEP in the engine bay making it difficult to work on, there are no gaskets only O-rings, they get hard with time not mileage, anything and everything will start leaking at random. Intake valves are manually adjusted which is insane for a vehicle made only 20 years ago. interior feels dainty but not fragile, typical good jdm quality. large flat spaces on exterior will look like complete shit with any imperfections. for a light truck you can do better, but for a daily larp mobile its a good F150

>>28550481
Do some research on these. Just because it's a Honda doesn't mean it doesn't come with issues. The first gen pilots that these share a platform with have the same known issues.

>>28550497
American trucks are shit lmao
Would agree that you shouldn't tow with a Ridgeline but most truck owners don't anyways so it's a moot point

>>28550519
utterly delulu europoor

>>28550538
Go be a zoomer fag somewhere else

>>28551993
Only zoomer fags hate body on frame american trucks, retard

>>28548904 (OP)
Autotragic only. Dogshit undersized FWD sideways autotragic too. Avoid. At least with GMT800slop you can drag the slushbox out from under the truck. With this contraption you have to drop the frame.

>>28549615
On a four door pickup, having the rear window sliding glass be powered instead of having to reach all the way back there would be a plus.

>>28549395
>>28549615
I own a ridgeline and have no idea what you're getting at. The truckbed works like any truckbed and the trunk is not in the way of using your truckbed at all.
>automatic rear window opener
>What's the purpose of it?
Are you handicapped or something? Who wants to get out of their truck go into the back seats to open and close the rear window?

its just a fucking honda pilot with a bed
just get a pilot and you get a MUCH NEWER NICER VEHICLE (2022+)

>>28552024
Saying delulu immediately invalidates anything you say, kys zoomer

>>28548904 (OP)
Google "Ridgeline transmission smells".

>>28552101
>>28552122
I mean how often do you need that?

>>28552122
>The truckbed works like any truckbed and the trunk is not in the way of using your truckbed at all.
Oh, and it's the other way around: using the bed is getting in the way of trunk access. If you do use it, of course.

>>28552418
Every time you want to open your windows and or sunroof you want the rear window open. I use mine all the time its very nice to flick a button and have it open. Where I live it goes from great weather to rain in no time you really need to be able to shut it on the move which you cannot do with a manual one.
>>28552424
If you are going to load your bed with something you simply get anything you'd need out of the trunk first. The trunk is really nice to have and works well. I've never had a situation where it was a problem and I've used the trunk and bed plenty. If you look at trucks driving around your town most truck beds are empty most of the time.

>>28552561
>Every time you want to open your windows and or sunroof you want the rear window open.
Why? I had a double cab but never had that urge. To get rid of wind buffeting? There's usually a deflector in the sunroof for that or you can open rear passenger windows slightly.
>If you are going to load your bed with something you simply get anything you'd need out of the trunk first.
So you have to get the spare and the jack out every time? Doesn't seem convenient.

>>28552657
It's simply not a problem anon.
Agreed that if something were to happen to your tire you'd have to unload the bed but how often does that really happen?

>>28552670
>It's simply not a problem anon.
If you don't use your bed? Probably.
>Agreed that if something were to happen to your tire you'd have to unload the bed but how often does that really happen?
Can't you read?

>>28548904 (OP)
Just get a crossover and tow an open trailer when you need a bed.

>>28548904 (OP)
>le ebic ridgeline
I keep seeing people on the internet trying to make this truck a thing.
Just stop, it will never be a thing. You bought a lemon. Now shove it up your ass.

>>28553093
That's not convenient

>>28552657
>Why? I had a double cab but never had that urge.
actual cope
>So you have to get the spare and the jack out every time? Doesn't seem convenient.
buy better tires

>>28553982
Please don't act retarded and answer the question. I'm genuinely interested.

>>28552657
I am not educated enough in airflow/aerodynamics but an open back window immensely improves the driving experience in a truck. In anything but a single cab, a powered back window is preferable to a manual one for ease of use.

>>28554485
And what's wrong with the experience with back window closed? Don't want fancy words since I'm not an expert either, just tell me what do you do (like opening specific windows) and what you don't like about it.

>>28554460
If you think of the air coming in your windows and being pushed through to the back of you cab its going to hit the back and circulate out. Having the rear window open creates a vacuum that sucks the air out in a steady uniform manner. Its a noticeable difference.

>>28554497
It's something to do with wind noise and cabin pressure.