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At least you can get your satisfaction from one experience with one vehicle. Nothing in this article compares to the thousands of experiences and thousands of Ridgelines of actual owners. I have to question how these "part-time" drivers are driving...swirving to miss on-coming traffic, side-swiping cars on the freeway (try using the mirrors!), breaking struts going 10-15 mph, yeah right! So let me give you one more experience by one more vehicle owner. I've also had this truck for 7 months now (BTW, they only sold a couple hundred in Feb. to advance buyers. Sales really began in March. They didn't come to market until 3/1.) I have 7500 miles. I'm averaging 18 mpg in daily driving, (always 17.5 - 18.5) short 10m stop n go commute. I averaged 21 mpg on a 3000 mile trip. (These are the typical averages for most Ridgeline owners.) Worst was 16 off the dealership lot (first fillup), best was 22 somewhere in Utah. My friend has a new Toyota Tacoma with the TRD. Sure it's only an access cab, but still, just riding in it for 100 mile roundtrip, I was really glad I got the Ridgeline instead. The Ridgeline's size is somewhere between the Tacoma and Tundra, but the feel of the interior and feel of the ride are much better. Regarding sales, Honda's original goal was 50K units. They actually increased production in the spring and adjusted their goal upward to 80K units. Now they're reportedly trimming production a little. I would think this ability to adjust and adapt would be admirable in the automotive industry. I doubt very much that Honda hires and lays off a bunch of people every time they adjust production of one vehicle line. And these goals are for a first year model of a different type of vehicle altogether for Honda. So to compare Honda truck sales to any other company's truck sales is really stretching it at this point. There are many more misconceptions and misinformation in this thread, so for those of you who only know what you read here and don't bother checking any of the misinformation out for yourselves...well, garbage in, garbage out!

I am so glad you guys brought up a comparison between the Colorado and the Ridgeline. I recently made this comparison myself by actually test driving the Colorado (among others). The rear wheels wouldn't stop spinning on the pavement and the thing is small inside. Those are just the most glaring deficiencies to me. There is absolutely NO real comparison to the Colorado. Here's some objectivity...I traded my Chevy Silverado 4x4 for the Ridgeline. Ooooh, bad word? I'm seeing more and more people like me out there in the real world. I've already been off-road and on a long road trip in my new truck and it is AWESOME! My old Chevy got 13 mpg, now I get 50% more!! I'm happy with that. BTW, 30,000 Ridgelines have been sold. Ridgeline sales have been relatively steady as opposed to domestic truck & suv sales, which have been all over the map and barring another giveaway, are sure to continue to disappoint in the near future. You can only wish this for Honda. And, no, Ridgeline owners won't be mad at what you say here. We're so happy with our trucks that we don't need to whine and complain about someone elses!!!!