Yeah, but no one minds being seen with a sportsman in the back of the truck.

 

A "truck" that can't handle less than 1000# of weight in the bed should not be considered a real truck.

For the record, it will fit in the bed of a short bed Ram, but the tailgate will not close, also. There is quite literally less than a inch needed to close the gate. Try and force the issue, you will crack the rear glass. That was a hard lesson for me to learn. A trailer is always the best way to go if you can. Way easier to load.

 

cough*Ridgeline*cough

 

Wow, that would be embarrassing to be caught in one of those.

 

Tell that to the minions who keep buying them. Are they even a full-framed vehicle? You couldn't fit a keg in one of those things. How's a man supposed to use a vehicle that can't carry his beer in it?

 

A transverse mounted V-6, front wheel drive(when in 2wd) , sort of Avalanche looking Ranchero type thing?? Only Honda.

 

I'm sure it will hold some type of European light beer.

 

The Ridgeline specs seem to indicate it is roughly equivalent to a F-150 (in capacity only) with the smallest engine that Ford offers. 1546 lb Total payload and 5000 lb towing capacity, 250 hp engine. Still, it is the ugliest.... Truck (?) I have ever seen.

 

F-150 has a truck frame with leaf springs,the Ridgeliner has a car type Unibody with coil springs,not what you want on a real truck if you plan on working it hard.

Its 250 hp transverse mounted V-6 is probably the same one thats in the Honda Accord. A old 160hp 300 inline six f-150 would tow harder.

 

My F-150 is coming up on 200,000 miles without any major problems so far. I have towed boats, jet skis, a bobcat (over 10,000 lbs), a 16' trailer with 3 atv's on the trailer and another in the bed, a full pallet of Granite tiles (probably weighed close to 3000 lbs) and probably alot more than that, that I cannot remember.

I would never even think of trading my old Ford for a Honda, or anything else for that matter, lol.