Problem is for $62k this thing isn’t competing with F-150s. It’s competing with F-250's which aren’t any bigger yet mop the floor with this thing when it comes time to measure tools.

Didn't say they weren't available, just that they aren't being adopted yet.

Difference being Chevy has already amortized those vans and the euro vans aren't currently being used for cutaways.

Will it though? Who says Chevy won’t just use a different alloy or bump the thickness up or support it better? Or who says they even use AL at all for the bed. Maybe they try the SMC experiment again like they did back in ‘01 with the Pro-Tec beds. They were 50lbs lighter than the standard bed and had great toughness.…

Yeah but not through near the terrain that the trophy trucks are.

Still in the gray because I talked shit on the Jalosers firing Sean. Lame.

What are you rambling about? All automakers are still required by Federal law to notify you by mail of a vehicle recall. The problem is that they don’t magically know where every single car is and who owns each vehicle, especially 10 years into their lifecycle. They are providing the websites and emails as an…

RLX Sport Hybrid runs basically the same system but mated to a N/A V6 and flipped 180 degrees.

Did you motherfuckers grey me for shit talking the people who were shit talking the Ridgeline? Or was it for calling you out for firing Sean?

So many fucks not given that it's had a meticulous patina applied.

Those are some super cherry picked numbers as far as pricing goes. An automatic transmission was a $735 option and the Front/Rear A/C system was $1227! https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/docs/gm-herita…

Also of note: more than one system has been labeled SH-AWD. This system isn’t the same as the high spec version, it’s more similar to the system in the ‘09 TL.

After checking a little neither of us were right on the commonality. The rear drive assembly isn’t the same as the Pilot. First gen VTM had no speed differential between front and rear axles and no capability for torque vectoring, both of which are features of SH-AWD and both of which the Ridgeline has. Notice that…

Except that it isn’t. No need to be a dick about it, I wasn’t trying to be.

Just checked an ‘16 pilot reccomends the first at 7500 miles then every 15000 for severe usage.

Why not just check the ‘16 Pilot maintenance schedule? The new system is closer to SH-AWD that it is VTM I think.

The truck part comes from truck bed form factor, not the nuances of the under body construction.

Off highway diesels still have to meet Tier 4 Final emissions regulations. So there’s that.

Well no I don’t actually go to body school or have neck tattoos, that’s the joke part. The not joke part was my co workers ‘13 Ram getting bought back for rust over the wheel wells at 14 months old. So that’s where I formed my opinion on that subject. Is that fair to Ram? Maybe not. Is it fun to tease people about on…

That’s it? Really? I don’t even have homework at auto body school. Unless you count getting neck tats and huffing paint reducer. See that’s a way better joke than the one you made.