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Luxury Truck With Incredible Resale Value
Paul, 06/22/2020
updated 11/02/2020
2020 Honda Ridgeline RTL-E 4dr Crew Cab AWD SB (3.5L 6cyl 9A)
110 of 113 people found this review helpful
Owned a Dodge Dakota that treated me well but it's time had come. Wasn't looking for a brand new truck, so I test drove a few used ones that had ~30k miles on them. After driving a Tacoma, F-150, and a 2019 Ridgeline with 30k miles, the Ridgeline was truly in a class of its own. Drives like a luxury car, but can do everything I need a truck to do - tow my boat, haul mulch and other stuff around the yard, and house projects. After searching the few available used Ridgelines, I went and test drove the best deal I found. During the test drive, I found out a brand new top of the line RTL-E was only $4k more. Why would I buy used if I could get new with a full warranty for $4k more? And it's incredible to me that it keeps its value that well. Love my new Ridgeline. Leather seats, sunroof, heated steering wheel/seats, lane assist, adaptive cruise control, truly flat bed (no wheel wells) - which is really nice by the way, trunk in the bed, active noise cancelling while driving - and music adjusts volume with speed, and a ton of other features. Wife bought a new VW and almost immediately after she started driving my Ridgeline, she said "I thought my car was nice. This is way nicer." Feels like a luxury car that can do everything a midsize truck should do. Love it. Can see why there's so few used ones available. Definitely recommend. Update: Still love the truck and I've been getting 29 or 30 mpg pretty consistently! Yes, this is mostly freeway driving and I try to stay at constant speeds on the freeway, but my old VW Golf Turbo couldn't break 28 mpg in those same conditions. I'm impressed. Another Update: Gas mileage dropped pretty significantly recently to about 24 mpg driving the same route on the freeway. It's been cooler here in MN (was about 55 degrees the other day when I paid close attention to mpg). I looked up when winter blends start and sure enough, I'm thinking that's the cause. Will see if mpg goes back up in the summer. I'm not complaining - I'm pretty happy with 24mpg from a truck!
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Best Outdoorsman truck for Upper Michigan!
Keweenaw Born, 12/14/2020
updated 12/17/2024
2020 Honda Ridgeline Sport 4dr Crew Cab AWD SB (3.5L 6cyl 9A)
28 of 28 people found this review helpful
Dec ‘24 update: Still runs like a Swill watch! Zero issues with it. Not burning oil and average fuel economy is >23 MPG (after almost 78,000 miles. Put on Cooper Discoverer Road & Trail AT tires in Nov ‘23. They are wonderful and the truck is even better off road and snow with these tires. HIGHLY recommend them - I couldn’t be happier with my truck and tires! Dec ‘22 update: No issues to report. I don’t like the Firestone tires and can’t wait to put new ones on. I highly recommend Cooper Discover AT3s. I’ve had those on other vehicles and they’re very grippy in winter, quiet and wear very well. I’ll wait another year before investing $1000 on new tires though Dec ’21 update (almost 2 yrs owned): Everything I’ve said below still holds true. I have almost 30,000 mi on it and have had no issues. The trunk and the wide bed are the best parts of the truck. I have a 2015 Honda Rubicon and it easily fits in the bed with room to spare. In the summer I average ~25mpg, in the winter (cold & winter blend fuel) ~21mpg. The AWD system is amazing and keeps me planted no matter the road conditions - and in Upper Michigan I’ve had it out on BAD roads. The ride is so nice my wife prefers us taking the Ridgeline on longer trips than her Accord. The engine/transmission is the smoothest I’ve ever driven - you can’t tell when it shifts. I travel a lot for work and have had many car/truck rentals and I’ve yet to drive a vehicle I prefer over my Ridgeline. It’s not too big, not too small, has plenty of storage, great mpg, great power, awesome handling, awesome AWD, awesome ride quality. Perfect. If you know about Michigan's Upper peninsula, then you know they get snow. LOTS of snow. They also have lots of dirt roads, ATV trails, great hunting and fishing, and everything an outdoorsman wants. In my experience, the Honda Ridgeline is the PERFECT truck for the outdoorsman - no contest! It's iVTM-4 AWD system keeps the truck "stuck to the road" no matter how much snow or slippery the road is; all without the driver needing to do anything other than put it in "snow mode" if they want. No more questioning whether you should put your truck in 4WD or not, or whether you should lock in the diffs. No worrying about if you're going to fast to put it in 4WD or not - just drive and let the Ridgeline do all the worrying. Off-roading - it does that perfectly as well. Now while we don't have a Rubicon trail here, it has easily handled all roads and trails I've thrown at it. Have logging trucks rutted up the road to camp in the spring? No worries, the Ridgeline will get you there! Want to drive out to Keystone Bay past the end of Highway 41? No problem! There's nothing in MI or WI that has gotten the Ridgeline stuck. Want to haul your ATV to camp? I can easily fit my 2013 Honda Rubicon in the back with room to spare. Want to haul 4 kids, food, water, generator, chain saw, gas AND the ATV to the cabin? Throw everything but the kids in the trunk, drive the ATV up in the back, load the kids up with their electronics in the spacious cab and go! No more spending hours trying to figure out how to pack all the food, gear, luggage AND kids in the cab while still bringing the ATV. The trunk is awesome and you'll find a million uses for it. Is camp or the cabin a 100+ miles away? Not to worry - you'll get 22+ MPG hauling the family, all the gear AND the ATV in the back. With just you commuting to work you'll get 23+ MPG. Have to drive downstate on the interstate for hours? 26+ MPG. The Ridgeline is awesome! The ride, handling, size of the cabin, versatility - it's all excellent. And how much does all this cost? Mine was mid-$30's - CONSIDERABLY less than other trucks that you'll have to compromise ride, traction, handling, storage, MPG, etc. with. I'm a truck guy (and a Yooper) so I didn't want leather, sunroof, or fancy bells and whistles. Just give me an old-school cloth interior with manual adjusting seats and I'll keep my $3000 thank you. Anyway, don't let people tell you it's not a truck. Or get sucked into the "frail male ego" syndrome which compels you to buy a body-on-frame truck because otherwise you're not a real man. Show them you're smarter than the average bear and buy the Swiss army knife of trucks - the Honda Ridgeline. I promise you won't be disappointed!
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Modern day Elcamino
Vince Coppeto, 09/03/2020
2020 Honda Ridgeline RTL-E 4dr Crew Cab AWD SB (3.5L 6cyl 9A)
37 of 38 people found this review helpful
I had a Ford f-150 4x4 which I traded for my Ridgeline. I don't tow, hunt, fish, go off roading. I belong to a HOT ROD group of guys that like to help each other out with our projects. Each one of us has his specialty, upholstery, paint, wiring and suspension. Mine is engine. I need a truck in name only to haul engines and parts to the machine shop and back, or to someone's house. The swing out tailgate is a wonderful option for getting the engine into the bed without the tailgate getting in the way. Engines can weight up to 700 lbs, so the Ridgeline has no issues with this task. All the while, my passengers and I ride in comfort. There is a lot to be said for independent rear suspension. Rides like a car, works like a truck. Be ready to get a little ribbing from your friends.. It all stops when they go for a ride. Couldn't be happier.
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2020 Honda Ridgeline
Chris, 05/11/2020
updated 05/16/2023
2020 Honda Ridgeline RTL-E 4dr Crew Cab AWD SB (3.5L 6cyl 9A)
59 of 62 people found this review helpful
The Ridgeline is the perfect vehicle for me. I need a pickup truck to haul motorcycles and parts. The towing capacity is only 5000 pounds which is more than enough for my needs. If you need to haul heavy loads you might as well buy a full size pickup. The Ridgeline rides like a dream. The storage is tremendous. I am more than happy with this vehicle.
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It's a real truck for today's living
JMart, 01/20/2020
2020 Honda Ridgeline RTL-E 4dr Crew Cab AWD SB (3.5L 6cyl 9A)
114 of 122 people found this review helpful
I upgraded from a 2012 Honda Ridgeling and what a difference. I loved my 2012 and it's utalitarian features. That truck had personality. This one has everything. I bought the RTL-E and I love it. The interior is top notch... to me, it is the Cadillac of the midsize segment from that perspective. Exterior looks more like a traditional truck than it's predecessor, too. Admitedly, I did love the look of the old one. All that being said, I know the knocks on the truck from the "purist" who don't use their trucks for their offroda capabilties often, if at all. My truck can tow my boat (3500 lbs) effortlessly. It can handle all types of weather. It can go off road beyond the ability I need it to. Has the best gas mileage in the segment. And did I mention it's a great daily driver. It's a great versitile, good looking, capable truck that holds it's value. I'm not sure whate else to say... oh yea, it also has a truck-bed audio system that sounds great!
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