UPDATE: After hearing your guys' comments, I’m 100% sure that the auto adjust mirrors in this Ridgeline are defective. It's a rental with 45k miles after all. It’s seen some abuse. 😂 It stays in the same position after pulling away even if the switch has remained in the center position. Sorry for any confusion. 😂
This is why Chevy owners shouldn’t drive Hondas!!!!! This is a mid size truck. You can’t compare a Chevy 1500 to this. This Honda will run circles and out last any Chevy. It might not out tow or haul but that is not what this truck was made for. Stay in your lane Chevy guy.
I do understand that the Ridgeline is a class below the Silverado, hence why I stated it around 4:21. However you can’t get away from the fact that Chevy, Ford, heck even RAM have better infotainment than this Honda does. The infotainment needs a serious update. Even Nissan has better infotainment in the Frontier! Also the Nissan Frontier (same class by the way) has a better shifter and a place to rest both arms while driving. I agree with you 100%, this Honda will definitely outlast any Chevy. I never said the Honda couldn’t tow or haul and never compared the statistics to a 1500. I get where you’re coming from Logan, the Honda is a solid truck, it really is, and I’m not 100% hating on it. There were some thing I enjoyed. I’m just stating what I noticed as a non-Ridgeline owner after a week, and I appreciate you watching my video.
@@CEALLIFORNIA yeah the infotainment is a nightmare to use. The only way I have ever been able to switch which phone was connected was by turning it on and off again
@@christianrobloxserver7282 We experience the same issue in our 2018 HR-V we have. It is enough to drive you absolutely crazy. It is a miracle that this radio system ever made it all the way through R&D and the engineers finally just said "eh, throw it in, we're out of time." 😂
Best midsize truck on the market, I have put 6 bikes on the tailgate and had no problem, the arm rest for my high and weight is perfect, the space for driver and passenger is great I haven’t been on the back of my Ridgeline and the power and comfort compared with the Tacoma is way better the Ridgeline
I disagree with this guy. I have a full sized Titan for towing our RV. My wife has the Ridgeline Black edition and it is the best traveling daily driver I have ever owned.
It is a great daily driver overall, but we all hate something about our vehicles. I even hate a few things about my own Silverado. I did enjoy a few things about the Ridgeline too, like the cool trunk option and the incredibly good stock sound system. Thank you for watching!
My 2003 Acura TL did the same thing. Personally, I liked that it moved the passenger side mirror down when backing up. It made seeing the parking stripes much easier. As soon as I put it in park or dive, the mirror adjusted back to where I set it. There isn't any further tinkering needed. I'm not sure how he's struggling so much with that feature in the Ridgeline.
@@tenhundredkills I am almost 100% it is defective in this Ridgeline after hearing your guys' comments. It's a rental with 45k miles after all. It stays in the same position after pulling away even if the switch has remained in the center.
Sorry, but my Gang Leader (Ginger Billy) has told me, personally...in a video...about this vehicle. It does not meet criteria to be a member of Truck Gang. I'm sorry but we must reject the notion of the Unibody "truck". BUT-Good video I enjoyed it immensely. I have a 2023 Frontier Pro-4X and my son bought the exact same UTE as the one you are reviewing. He loves it and no lie, it is kind of fun to play with!
Thank you for the kind words. I do like the Nissan Frontier much more than I like the Ridgeline here. Your son made a good choice, the Frontier is a lot of fun in its own right! Thank you for watching!
The Nissan Frontier seemed to fit my body type a little better. The front seat had more room to stretch out and had good places to rest your arms, these things are subjective though so for each person I think it’s gonna be a little different. Thank you for watching!
Weak transmissions... early transmission failure in the 6AT is common, I doubt the 9AT will fare better. Expensive, routine transmission maintenance... and the V6 probably still uses a timing belt. It has some great features to be certain, but in a pickup, reliability is tantamount.
I didn't know that these had weak transmissions before. There were some cool things about this truck and it definitely has it's own cool vibe, but I think I would still buy the Nissan Frontier over this, even if it wouldn't be far more reliable than the Ridgeline. Thank you for watching!
I did and it still seems to be doing the same thing. But it’s a rental. It’s seen some abuse over the years. I’m sure if it was working correctly though that it would be useful. Thank you and thank you for watching!
Had 2020 Ridgeline for 3 year got it traded couple weeks ago for a Frontier. While I do enjoy the Ridgeline for the past few years as a chore vehicle it was never a real pickup truck to me. Besides some of the small things that was mentioned in the video I gotta say for me my major gripe would be the GEAR SELECTOR I never got use to it. Maybe it’s just me but I think a pickup truck should be paired with the old school shifter.
Thank you for watching Alex! I agree I could not get a handle on this shifter, I much prefer the traditional shifter in the Frontier and the Frontier has more of that traditional truck feel since it’s not unibody construction. Thanks again for watching!
PLEASE TELL ME! Do you like the Frontier more? Did you get the 5' or 6' bed? I'm in decision stage right now. I'm kind of worried about resale value of SV long bed. Having driven both, which drives better? Thanks!
@sharkskin3448 I did review the Frontier a few weeks back and between both of these trucks, even though the Frontier was not as zippy or as light on its feet as the Ridgeline was, it handled more like a truck and more of what I was expecting from a truck and I like the more traditional shifter knob in the frontier and all the places that it had to set things when getting inside. And depending on what configuration you get the towing capacity is about 1500lbs more than the Ridgeline at around 6500lbs or so. Also the radio in the Nissan and all the controls in the Nissan are MUCH easier to understand and use. The model I drove had a 6 foot bed. Although to preserve as much resale as possible in the Frontier I would opt for a crew cab instead of the King Cab. All in all, as cool and different the Ridgeline is, I had more fun in the driver seat of the Frontier. You won’t regret either way you go, but me personally, I’m going frontier. Has the traditional truck feel!
I know we all have our own personal preferences, I really just wasn’t a fan of the Ridgeline. I really enjoyed my time in the GMC Canyon and Ford Maverick (even though that’s a class below the Ridgeline) more than I did the Ridgeline. There were definitely some creature comforts in the Ridgeline that can’t be replicated though. Thank you for watching, enjoy your new ride!
Great video👍🏼 totally agree with your likes and dislikes (side issue is definitely a defect). 23’ has about 10K and so far so good. Ive done a lot of truck things with this and hasn’t skipped a beat…yet. VTEC YO!
Thank you so much for the kind words! I'm glad someone else noticed the C-Pillar being pretty intrusive. I'm glad it's been good for you and that you're putting it to use as a proper truck! People underestimate how fun this truck is when VTEC JUST KICKED IN, YO! ...lol.Thank you again for watching!
I will not buy one because of the gear selector alone. I test drove one and it handled like a log wagon as described, it had a roof rack which made lots of wind noise.
I have a '21 and for me there are two really annoying things that are just dumb design choices. First, the bed lights go off when the tailgate is down in the standard position. You know, when you would be using it the most. Instead you have to hit the button in the cab to turn them on and of course they are auto off. Second, the fact it slams into park if you open the door while moving slowly. As an ex mechanic I cannot tell you how many times we rolled around at slow speed listening for noises or lining up on a lift. It annoys the crap out of me. The only other thing I think is an issue is the front radar has issues with cresting hills that fall away off camber. the brake warning flashes and I'm always expecting it to slam on the brakes. Other than that, its a great truck for 90% of people who need to occasionally move things or pickup larger items.
I didn't know that about the bed lights, that is annoying. And that whole park thing is annoying. I can't tell you the amount of times we've been at that boat launch and had to inch forward or backward to get the boat on just right and if I had to deal with that, it would drive me insane. The radar drives me crazy too. I think I was passing a car in the opposite lane and it was telling me BRAKE like we were about to collide but were nowhere near one another. This is a perfect truck overall, would probably suit most of my needs to be honest.
By the end of my rental period, I had this truck for about a month. Everything I said in the review was still true at the end of the month and there were more things I found that started to annoy me as well. Everyone has their cup of tea, this truck just wasn’t mine. Thank you for watching!
I’m only jealous of the trunk, I have a Tacoma and don’t use the bed as often so I have a cargo net to hold things but a secure storage would be super nice!
Yeah I think the Tacoma still edges out the Ridgeline for me, trunk aside. Hoping to review the new body style when I can get my hands on one! Thank you for watching!
Thanks brother! This truck had some cool features I didn’t expect, the truck bed audio sound system and trunk in the bed were a couple of my favorites. It’s a close call for me but I think this thing does have a small edge over the Colorado, aside from it’s archaic radio system of course. 😂
In Honda's defense - this Ridgeline is coming up on 8yrs old in base design and hasnt really seen a major interior redux of infotainment stuff beyond a mild update like 2 yrs ago
Thank you very much and thank you for watching! I really hope we can see an update on this system soon, if we do, I think it would solve a lot of what I don't like about this truck. Thanks again for watching!
I'd even be happy with a center console shifter. The buttons are just plain annoying. I like the physical clicks of either a column or console shifter.
@@tenhundredkills That is one thing I liked in the Nissan Frontier. It's in the same class as the Ridgeline and comes equipped with a regular style center console shifter.
I’m seeing this video a bit late but wanted to make a few comments after test driving a 2024 RL Trailsport: 1. The infotainment system is quite snappy although I wish it were a bit more upright. Seems like it was much improved for 2024. I liked the semi-digital cluster as well. 2. I’m 6.5 and found the RL very comfy and roomy for me. I had been in a 2024 tacoma the day before and it felt like a coffin in comparison (although I liked the layout and build quality). So I don’t understand the review's description at all. Yer a shorty compared to me. Could just be torso length to leg length ratio or something. 3. I don’t understand the hate on the shifter buttons - they just work and they are out of the way. Personal preference I suppose. 4. The handling isn’t sports car like but seemed more than adequate. The description of the handling in the video seemed at odds to what I experienced. I guess that’s why one needs to test drive anything they are considering buying rather than depending solely on a RU-vid review. Actually, the RL did feel sport car like compared to a Silverado I recently test drove. 5. The shallow bed bugs me a little but wouldn’t be a deal breaker especially given the extra space in the bed trunk and the cool fold up seats. The bed is longer than most mid-size beds. For example I like the Nissan Frontier quite a lot, but it’s bed seems tiny even if deep. 6. It’s pricey, what isn’t these days, but a lot of features are included at its price point compared to other mid-sizes, especially the 2024 tacoma-yikes. The Nissan pro-4x strikes a nice balance of feathers as well. Yeah, I'm struggling to relate to this review after my test drive experience. Maybe if I lived with it for a week I’d learn to hate it but I don’t think so.
Thank you for watching! Yeah I’m more leg than I am torso, so leg space is always an issue. A rare find for me to find vehicles with good leg space, the RAV4 I test drove recently had great leg space, better than the Ridgeline. The 2024 I have heard, has a much better radio system than the 2022 model here that I test drove. For me there is WAY too much body roll in the corners, disconcerting really, compared to the Nissan Frontier that felt much flatter in the corners. Thank you again for watching!
I am simply stating what I have noticed in the Ridgeline after 1 week. This video is not meant to directly compare the Ridgeline to my Silverado. The Silverado is just the first vehicle to come to mind as it's been my vehicle for the last 3 years. But I am not directly comparing the Ridgeline to the Silverado because they are in two different classes. Thank you for watching I'm sorry for any confusion!
This is not a comparison to my Silverado or it would have been labeled as such. I compared a few features of the Ridgeline (not statistics) to my Silverado, as my Silverado is my daily driver and came to mind first (not to mention full-size owners looking to downsize may find these points helpful). Some of these issues are not present in the Nissan Frontier, also a mid-size truck like the Ridgeline. I just wanted to clarify, thank you for watching!
Hey Cal great review and video! I love the size of that trunk! I agree it does make the bed less practical but I do really like the increased storage. I'm personally not a fan of the make the front end of the truck as huge as we can trend. If I was needing a truck I would for sure consider this one. I hope that you had some great time off and so sorry to hear that someone side swiped your ride. Have a great day!
James! Thanks brother! The trunk on this thing was absolutely mint, I loved it. I also loved the in bed audio. I don’t think I’ve ever tailgated but it would be fun to play a single song on it just to show friends 😂 The Silverado should be back in order shortly! I would consider this one if I was looking for a smaller truck, but I would choose the Ford Maverick over this one, even though the maverick is a class below this Ridgeline. I just drove the maverick today, review will be out next week! Thank you for watching again James!
Hey Cal! Oh yeah that tailgate audio would be so cool! I am really looking forward to your review of the Maverick. I've seen a couple around and the look great. Love your videos brother. Have a good one!@@CEALLIFORNIA
@@jameswalsh6131 Have a good night James! I can’t wait to get it up, it was so fun to drive. The power on the 2.0 EcoBoost is insane. Will be excited to post it and see what you think.
Oh I for sure look forward to hearing about it. I have a 2 liter turbo in my ride and it is amazingly quick to me. Thanks and have a great night Cal!@@CEALLIFORNIA
This kind of comparison is not all that helpful. Many of the deficiencies being noted are personal preferences or shortcomings that every mid size truck would have in comparison to a full size pick-up costing $15,000-$30,000 more. I do appreciate his recognition of the pragmatic value provided by the smooth ride, folding rear seat and trunk space. It fills a role that larger trucks don’t.
This is not a comparison video. It is a video of what I’ve noticed about the truck after being in it for a week or two coming from a different vehicle. This is not a comparison video to a 1500 truck. I prefer the Nissan Frontier over the Honda Ridgeline and that is also a mid-size truck that is less expensive than this Ridgeline was. I appreciate you watching and for your agreement with the pros. But I just wanted to reiterate that this is not a comparison video. The Silverado was just the first vehicle that came to mind when comparing certain things to this as it’s currently my daily driver and they’re obviously in two separate classes. I just thought that maybe some buyers who are currently in a full size truck and are looking to downsize or are have a had a truck in general before would appreciate the points that I made and could relate to them. Thank you for watching! I’m not calling you out I just wanted to clarify some things. Thank you again for watching!
@@CEALLIFORNIA Thanks. Actually, I generally don’t post comments that are not positive in nature. Your observations are genuine. People have different preferences.
@@TheChensoccer I was happy Geico sent me there and I was happy they were paying for me to rent a pretty cool truck for the time being. 😂 Thank you for watching!
Did this guy really just say, "I don't think using your side mirrors is something you should have to do research on?" Reading is hard huh? However, it's not really hard to figure out on your own.
As mentioned in my comment above, the mirrors on this Ridgeline were defective as it’s a rental with 45k miles. Sorry for any misunderstanding Troy, thank you for watching.
I'm 6'4", and my Ridgeline is the most comfortable vehicle I've ever been in. GM makes crap trucks wait for that Mexico made POS rear-end differential breaks at 100k.
