What Do You Think Are The Most Hideous Abominations on The Road? - Page 11

dirt_cheap_fleetwood · #**151** (**permalink**) 07-11-09, 06:43 PM

El-Caminos are the best car-trucks ever made.

**Rolex** · #**152** (**permalink**) 07-11-09, 06:52 PM

I'm actually still a member over on the Ridgeline Owners Club website. I've thought about popping back in and talking enough trash to get myself perma-banned.

hueterm · #**153** (**permalink**) 07-11-09, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by dirt_cheap_fleetwood

El-Caminos are the best car-trucks ever made.

Now that Pontiac is RIP, and the Caprice is taking the G8's place, maybe the El C will be reborn as that G8 Sport Truck (or whatever they were going to call it).

Destroyer · #**154** (**permalink**) 07-11-09, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by "G$"

The unwarranted bias on this board is akin to racism. the point of my post was that ridgelines are not hideous abominations.

You will not convince anyone that thinks a Ridgeline (or any car/truck) is a "hideous abomination" that it isn't just because you say so. It's all about taste. I personally like them but the consensus is that it isn't a "real truck". I say it is a "real truck" just as much as any other truck is just on a different level. If it has a real bed, it's a real truck no matter what platform it is based on. You need a light duty truck with limited cargo room? Get a Ridgeline. You need to haul or tow large loads? Get a Cummins. This whole thing is stupid. The buyer likes and buys what he needs.

V-Eight · #**155** (**permalink**) 07-11-09, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by hueterm

Now that Pontiac is RIP, and the Caprice is taking the G8's place, maybe the El C will be reborn as that G8 Sport Truck (or whatever they were going to call it).

It was scrapped which is dumb because its already being made in Austrailia, it would just need to be another rebadge

gothicaleigh · #**156** (**permalink**) 07-12-09, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by "G$"

The unwarranted bias on this board is akin to racism. the point of my post was that ridgelines are not hideous abominations. I never said that they are a "truckers truck" with massive towing capacity. The are a pretty significantly cool vehicle. However, the GM/american car fans here are so obsessed with their hatred for a Honda/foreign products that they have to pretend like it's a piece of crap vehicle and change the subject to make an argument. I'm sorry GM went bankrupt, it's not honda's fault though for making quality vehicles when GM was serving up less than quality vehicles...it's not your fault, it's not your fault, it's not your fault.

To protect myself from any claims of 'racism' I feel I should preface this by mentioning that I own a well designed asian car (one that most certainly is not a Ridgeline).

The Ridgeline is ugly and not a real truck. You may like yours (hell, my grandfather liked his Aztek) but it belongs on the list. The ridicule directed at that faux-truck is not unwarranted.

**Jesda** · #**157** (**permalink**) 07-12-09, 01:00 AM

I've never seen a man get so butt-hurt and resort to personal attacks so quickly over someone not liking their car. Self-esteem issues?

**Playdrv4me** · #**158** (**permalink**) 07-12-09, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Rolex

**Jesda** · #**159** (**permalink**) 07-12-09, 01:21 AM

Kev · #**160** (**permalink**) 07-12-09, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by LS1Mike

Just for the record...
These are .....
NOT TRUCKS

Ahem, I believe you forgot one .....

LS1Mike · #**161** (**permalink**) 07-12-09, 08:22 AM

Hell Yeah, half a "Marty its the Libyans, I don't know how the found me".
Thanks Kev, forgot all about that one!

submariner409 · #**162** (**permalink**) 07-12-09, 11:05 AM

................

there's always the bumper sticker seen last December during the Florida trip - on a F350 Super Duty - "Real trucks don't have spark plugs".

That definitely excludes the Ricer Ridgeline Runabout from the truck list and drops it into the abominable can.

(.........yeah, I know - also my 4.6 F150. But at least that looks like a truck.) (And I'd take the ElCamino SS any day.)

**I~LUV~Caddys8792** · #**163** (**permalink**) 07-12-09, 11:32 AM

Speaking of Back To The Future, this truck is badass as well. I've liked it since I was a kid.

thebigjimsho · #**164** (**permalink**) 07-12-09, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by "G$"

sorry i missed your post. i get 18 mpg. It is a little underpowered and would def. benefit from a V8. But I would put it up against any car I've ever seen with a V8 or whatever in the snow, and that's important since I life in Northern New England. I didn't buy it for power because I used to have a 5.3 liter V8 in my GMC Sierra that I traded so I downgraded in the power department. I bought it for versatility. The in-bed trunk is shockingly cool. If I got another truck over the next 2 or 3 years, I would probably go back to a V8 though.

You say "Boston North". That's not northern New England where my relatives see nothing but snow and -40 degree temperatures with sometimes plowed dirt roads. In Boston North, my Town Car with T/C and all-season tires gets by just fine...

thebigjimsho · #**165** (**permalink**) 07-12-09, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by "G$"

The unwarranted bias on this board is akin to racism.

However, the GM/american car fans here are so obsessed with their hatred for a Honda/foreign products that they have to pretend like it's a piece of crap vehicle and change the subject to make an argument. I'm sorry GM went bankrupt, it's not honda's fault though for making quality vehicles when GM was serving up less than quality vehicles...it's not your fault, it's not your fault, it's not your fault.

If Honda keeps making vehicles like the Ridgeline, with their more than awful sales numbers, they won't be far behind.

And you sound like Al Sharpton...