Help: looking for a new daily driver
07-17-2013, 04:12 PM
#1
Drifting
Thread Starter
Help: looking for a new daily driver
We want to trade in our 2012 Nissan Altima (because they suck) and purchase a 4x4 SUV or truck, preferably with less than 30,000 miles.
I haven't had any luck finding a Nissan Titan or Toyota Tundra within our price range ($20k-25k) and am pretty clueless when it comes to SUVs.
I haven't had any luck finding a Nissan Titan or Toyota Tundra within our price range ($20k-25k) and am pretty clueless when it comes to SUVs.
07-18-2013, 03:19 PM
#2
Melting Slicks
We want to trade in our 2012 Nissan Altima (because they suck) and purchase a 4x4 SUV or truck, preferably with less than 30,000 miles.
I haven't had any luck finding a Nissan Titan or Toyota Tundra within our price range ($20k-25k) and am pretty clueless when it comes to SUVs.
I haven't had any luck finding a Nissan Titan or Toyota Tundra within our price range ($20k-25k) and am pretty clueless when it comes to SUVs.
07-18-2013, 06:58 PM
#4
Drifting
Honda Ridgeline, just a few things it has that most other pickups don't......
4 wheel locking diffs
Huge water tight trunk under bed.
Dual action tail gate. (every pickup should have this)
Heated wipers (a must when driving in a heavy snow storm)
Not to big, yet 4' X 8' sheet rock, plywood lie flat in bed and 3/4 ton rated.
Drives like a nice car.
4 wheel locking diffs
Huge water tight trunk under bed.
Dual action tail gate. (every pickup should have this)
Heated wipers (a must when driving in a heavy snow storm)
Not to big, yet 4' X 8' sheet rock, plywood lie flat in bed and 3/4 ton rated.
Drives like a nice car.
07-23-2013, 02:43 PM
#6
Safety Car
Honda Ridgeline, just a few things it has that most other pickups don't......
4 wheel locking diffs
Huge water tight trunk under bed.
Dual action tail gate. (every pickup should have this)
Heated wipers (a must when driving in a heavy snow storm)
Not to big, yet 4' X 8' sheet rock, plywood lie flat in bed and 3/4 ton rated.
Drives like a nice car.
4 wheel locking diffs
Huge water tight trunk under bed.
Dual action tail gate. (every pickup should have this)
Heated wipers (a must when driving in a heavy snow storm)
Not to big, yet 4' X 8' sheet rock, plywood lie flat in bed and 3/4 ton rated.
Drives like a nice car.
The transmission, drive axles, suspension etc..... are not even close to what anyone would call "heavy duty". Severe duty would have the Ridgeline on the sidelines pretty quickly. The Ridgeline is not a truck...... its a crossover with a truck bed.
To the OP...... if your looking at Titans and Tundras then you are looking at full size trucks. Both the newer Silverados and F-150's are pretty nice offering good power, hauling and towing capability while still getting decent economy..... these are probably going to be priced a bit better than the foreign counterparts.
07-24-2013, 04:58 PM
#7
Drifting
The OP wrote nothing about needing a HD truck and you don't have to sell me on the attributes of a full size pickup truck, full size pickups were all I owned before I purchased the Ridgeline. The Ridgeline was like a breath of fresh air. Like you, some of my buddies were scratching their heads, but two of them had since traded in their trucks for Ridgelines. The Ridgeline is truly is a great truck or whatever you are comfortable calling it.
As far as the load rating, of course the Honda is not rated as high as a Chevy 2500 or Ford 250, however, Honda is famous for over engineering their vehicles. I personally have loaded over #2000 of pavers, bricks and even a pallet of sheet rock in the bed without even a hiccup from my Ridgeline. I also easily towed a not so small boat (see picture) thousands of miles each summer.
And the best part of all was, when it came time to sell my Ridgeline I found the resale values on these things were very high.
Great truck, wish they would hurry up and come out with a new one.
As far as the load rating, of course the Honda is not rated as high as a Chevy 2500 or Ford 250, however, Honda is famous for over engineering their vehicles. I personally have loaded over #2000 of pavers, bricks and even a pallet of sheet rock in the bed without even a hiccup from my Ridgeline. I also easily towed a not so small boat (see picture) thousands of miles each summer.
And the best part of all was, when it came time to sell my Ridgeline I found the resale values on these things were very high.
Great truck, wish they would hurry up and come out with a new one.
07-24-2013, 05:45 PM
#8
Safety Car
My fat roommate has a ridgeline and it was a complete pos... it drove like crap, had little power, brakes were mushy, noisy.. just godawful. Its not a truck by any means, its just an suv with a bed on it... and a tiny one at that. I would suggest something like a used lexus bmw audi suv.. if you wanna do domestic explorer or tahoe would work. I had a tahoe, dont get a 2007 it had driveline balance issues and liked to vibrate at speed lol
07-24-2013, 06:02 PM
#9
Drifting
My fat roommate has a ridgeline and it was a complete pos... it drove like crap, had little power, brakes were mushy, noisy.. just godawful. Its not a truck by any means, its just an suv with a bed on it... and a tiny one at that. I would suggest something like a used lexus bmw audi suv.. if you wanna do domestic explorer or tahoe would work. I had a tahoe, dont get a 2007 it had driveline balance issues and liked to vibrate at speed lol
"My fat roommate has a Ridgeline" and the rest of your description is in past tense???
It's OK to not like something, no need to make up stories to put it down.
07-25-2013, 08:26 AM
#10
Safety Car
The OP wrote nothing about needing a HD truck and you don't have to sell me on the attributes of a full size pickup truck, full size pickups were all I owned before I purchased the Ridgeline. The Ridgeline was like a breath of fresh air. Like you, some of my buddies were scratching their heads, but two of them had since traded in their trucks for Ridgelines. The Ridgeline is truly is a great truck or whatever you are comfortable calling it.
As far as the load rating, of course the Honda is not rated as high as a Chevy 2500 or Ford 250, however, Honda is famous for over engineering their vehicles. I personally have loaded over #2000 of pavers, bricks and even a pallet of sheet rock in the bed without even a hiccup from my Ridgeline. I also easily towed a not so small boat (see picture) thousands of miles each summer.
And the best part of all was, when it came time to sell my Ridgeline I found the resale values on these things were very high.
Great truck, wish they would hurry up and come out with a new one.
As far as the load rating, of course the Honda is not rated as high as a Chevy 2500 or Ford 250, however, Honda is famous for over engineering their vehicles. I personally have loaded over #2000 of pavers, bricks and even a pallet of sheet rock in the bed without even a hiccup from my Ridgeline. I also easily towed a not so small boat (see picture) thousands of miles each summer.
And the best part of all was, when it came time to sell my Ridgeline I found the resale values on these things were very high.
Great truck, wish they would hurry up and come out with a new one.