Time to move on - Life Changes

[CKN]

Nice ridgeline!!

We sold our TT (for not a whole lot) 3 years ago. I do miss it, but I don’t miss the extra care. With the money saved in gas, we can afford a hotel and have learned to do 1-2 night overnights to a neat hotel and dinner somewhere. Cant do long stays, but that’s ok.

I’m prepared to camp again, but the wife is kinda done with it so it’s shorter guy trips.

I priced our travel trailer $3,000.00 under book to sell it. I looked on FB Marketplace-and so many wanted top dollar and they were languishing on FB for literally months.
It sold in about 6 hours. Got about 50% what we paid for it after 6 years-and it was used extensively and towed many thousands of miles.
Not unhappy.......

 

[clinebarger]

It still seems to work fine on our 2015 Honda Pilot with 147k.

My wife's 2011 Odyssey was good to 160,000....Then it started fouling #2 plug with oil. I've soaked the rear pistons several times & muzzled it....Been good to 190,000, But it will eventually need the rear pistons pulled to fix it correctly.

Not any different than GM AFM failures at 150,000-200,000.....A failure is a failure. People just view Toyota & Honda failures through a different lens.

 

[clinebarger]

Only due to piss poor maintenance.

My Odyssey gets a oil change every 5,000 miles & was absolutely spotless when I did a valve adjustment 30,000 miler ago.

Maintenance has nothing to do with the engine mounts.

 

[MrBubba]

My Odyssey gets a oil change every 5,000 miles & was absolutely spotless when I did a valve adjustment 30,000 miler ago.

Maintenance has nothing to do with the engine mounts.

I am specifically referring to VCM, common sense would tell you that I am not referring to motor mounts.

5,000 mile intervals which is smart, clean engine, you stated nowhere that you had a failure, valve adjustments are normal maintenance.

 

[clinebarger]

I am specifically referring to VCM, common sense would tell you that I am not referring to motor mounts.

5,000 mile intervals which is smart, clean engine, you stated nowhere that you had a failure, valve adjustments are normal maintenance.

My Odyssey has VCM problems, Read the post above the one you quoted.

 

[HemiBenny]

2026 Honda Ridgeline Black Edition-hopefully the last vehicle I purchase. View attachment 349464View attachment 349465View attachment 349466

There's no way in hell that this will be the last vehicle you purchase! You like shiny new things!

Kumbayah to the shiny new things crowd!

Seriously, that's a nice ride. I look forward to your long-term review.

Cheers!

 

[dishdude]

There's no way in hell that this will be the last vehicle you purchase! You like shiny new things!

Kumbayah to the shiny new things crowd!

Seriously, that's a nice ride. I look forward to your long-term review.

Cheers!

OP swaps cars as often as I do, and there's nothing wrong with that!

I concur, kumbayah to the shiny new things crowd!

 

[Legs4Arms]

OP swaps cars as often as I do, and there's nothing wrong with that!

I concur, kumbayah to the shiny new things crowd!

Dontcha just love progression though?
How a modern engine can't prevent itself from peeing in it's poo-filled diaper @ 3000 miles?
Shiny plastic clamshells

 

[CKN]

There's no way in hell that this will be the last vehicle you purchase! You like shiny new things!

Kumbayah to the shiny new things crowd!

Seriously, that's a nice ride. I look forward to your long-term review.

Cheers!

I don't know. Now I got my wife saying this is my last vehicle......

 

[HemiBenny]

I don't know. Now I got my wife saying this is my last vehicle......

Happy wife, happy life!

 

[OVERKILL]

I am specifically referring to VCM, common sense would tell you that I am not referring to motor mounts.

5,000 mile intervals which is smart, clean engine, you stated nowhere that you had a failure, valve adjustments are normal maintenance.

Bro, you are arguing with one of the best mechanics to ever grace this forum, please read his posts with that in mind. Odds are, if he's opining on something, he's got a massive amount of experience to back this up. @Trav has opined on this same issue countless times, for another example of somebody who spent decades turning wrenches professionally and has dealt with this specific issue.

 

[The Critic]

My Odyssey has VCM problems, Read the post above the one you quoted.

The 3rd gen VCM hasn’t been problematic. It has been on the road for almost 10 years now.

 

[OVERKILL]

The 3rd gen VCM hasn’t been problematic. It has been on the road for almost 10 years now.

Yes, my understanding is that the more recent iterations have greatly improved, though I think oil quality being higher now has likely helped as well.

 

[KrisZ]

Congrats on the trade. These are just things and if they don’t fulfill their intended role, it’s best to get rid of them, especially if they still hold some value.

And I agree on pricing, especially post Covid, people seem to think their stuff is worth top dollar.

 

[ripcord]

We had VCM problems with my sister in law's CRV but cleaning the screens and switching to 0w-40 seems to have resolved all those issues quite nicely.

 

[JunkdrawerDog]

We had VCM problems with my sister in law's CRV but cleaning the screens and switching to 0w-40 seems to have resolved all those issues quite nicely.

VCM on a CRV? I thought that was on the V6 only. Perhaps a Pilot?

 

[MrBubba]

Bro, you are arguing with one of the best mechanics to ever grace this forum, please read his posts with that in mind. Odds are, if he's opining on something, he's got a massive amount of experience to back this up. @Trav has opined on this same issue countless times, for another example of somebody who spent decades turning wrenches professionally and has dealt with this specific issue.

Where am I arguing? on top of that you don't know my credentials so lets not play this game.

VCM failures are mostly due to piss poor maintenance plain and simple. Don't agree move on.

 

[ripcord]

VCM on a CRV? I thought that was on the V6 only. Perhaps a Pilot?

You're right. It was the vtech solinoids and stuff.

 

[JunkdrawerDog]

You're right. It was the vtech solinoids and stuff.

Lol! CRV has enough problems of it's own with fuel dilution. Let's not add VCM to the list.

 

[OVERKILL]

Where am I arguing? on top of that you don't know my credentials so lets not play this game.

Then share them. His are widely known on here.

VCM failures are mostly due to piss poor maintenance plain and simple. Don't agree move on.

We don't move on here bud, lol.

Highlighted is your argument with @clinebarger, for the sake of clarity. He has provided the maintenance history of his wife's vehicle as an example, and indicated the problems he has had with VCM on it, which occurred despite it being well maintained. If you search @Trav's posts, you will see similar histories with this engine.