Originally Posted By: Hokiefyd
Originally Posted By: andrewg
Saying the bed is "useless" has no value. Then saying that I didn't buy a "real" truck (go down to the county roads department...those are "real" trucks by the way) and that I made a poor financial decision...that's just trolling.
Funny aside -- I know someone who makes his living driving real trucks. He jokes that real trucks have more than two axles...
Joking aside, it points out that everything is relative, and that there's a tool for every job. A Ford Econoline or Transit would laugh at an Odyssey or Sienna -- "maybe you'll be a real van when you grow up!"
Would I ever tell a minivan owner to go buy a "real van"? Probably not. They bought what was best for their situation. True, a minivan doesn't carry 12 or 15 passengers. Then again, most people don't need that kind of capability, so they buy a smaller FWD-based van that better fits their needs.
Remarkable how closely this parallels the "real truck"-or-Ridgeline discussion...
You are right in what you say hokie.
It's just annoying that the Ridgeline draws trolls and those that equate being masculine with what vehicle you drive. Immature actually.
And as far as the full size trucks? I like them as well. As I've stated over and over...I have no use for one. I've owned one, and I was a person very much into using a pickup for landscaping entire yards. The truth be told, I probably hauled more stuff and done more serious work in a small early '90's 4 cylinder pickup than most people have done in a massively capable full size truck.
The Ridgeline is an in-between truck for me. Not too small and not too big. Just right. I don't operate a ranch or a construction company...so I have no need for a bigger vehicle.
The minivan comments are fine...but persistently annoying. Back a few years the Ridgeline won the coveted Baja 1000 race. I don't recall seeing any minivans in that race....do you??
Anyway....people are people and they say things without thinking. Oh well.
I enjoy my Ridgeline.
Originally Posted By: andrewg
Saying the bed is "useless" has no value. Then saying that I didn't buy a "real" truck (go down to the county roads department...those are "real" trucks by the way) and that I made a poor financial decision...that's just trolling.
Funny aside -- I know someone who makes his living driving real trucks. He jokes that real trucks have more than two axles...
Joking aside, it points out that everything is relative, and that there's a tool for every job. A Ford Econoline or Transit would laugh at an Odyssey or Sienna -- "maybe you'll be a real van when you grow up!"
Would I ever tell a minivan owner to go buy a "real van"? Probably not. They bought what was best for their situation. True, a minivan doesn't carry 12 or 15 passengers. Then again, most people don't need that kind of capability, so they buy a smaller FWD-based van that better fits their needs.
Remarkable how closely this parallels the "real truck"-or-Ridgeline discussion...
You are right in what you say hokie.
It's just annoying that the Ridgeline draws trolls and those that equate being masculine with what vehicle you drive. Immature actually.
And as far as the full size trucks? I like them as well. As I've stated over and over...I have no use for one. I've owned one, and I was a person very much into using a pickup for landscaping entire yards. The truth be told, I probably hauled more stuff and done more serious work in a small early '90's 4 cylinder pickup than most people have done in a massively capable full size truck.
The Ridgeline is an in-between truck for me. Not too small and not too big. Just right. I don't operate a ranch or a construction company...so I have no need for a bigger vehicle.
The minivan comments are fine...but persistently annoying. Back a few years the Ridgeline won the coveted Baja 1000 race. I don't recall seeing any minivans in that race....do you??
Anyway....people are people and they say things without thinking. Oh well.
I enjoy my Ridgeline.
