We Have A Desirable Mid-Size Pick-up According to J.D. Power

[Shawn Bialas]

I don't know if you guys have seen this yet...



But check it out:



http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/autos/0806/gallery.2008_jdpower_apeal/17.html



ST is much better than the Ridgeline, but it's pretty cool to see us up there!



Take care,



-Shawn

 

[TrainTrac]

The first time we saw a Ridgeline, my wife's initial reaction was, "That looks like a girly truck!":lol:



Apparently, she wasn't the only one who thought so. It appears that Honda is attempting to "man up" the Ridgeline's image in their latest ad campaign by featuring Chuck Norris in its commercials!:lol:



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[Richard L]

TrainTrac,

The Sport Trac initially had a very "Girly Image" as well. When I bought my first Sport Trac in September of 2000, nearly all the other Sport Trac's I had seen were being driven by women. I guess the "Soccer Mom" image carried over from the earlier SUV's.



What's odd is every year people keep predicting the demise of the Sport Trac. I can't imagine why Ford would every consider stopping production of one of top rated mid-sized pickups. Even if they move it over to the new F100 line, it will probably just be called the F100 Sport Trac instead of the Explorer Sport Trac.



...Rich

 

[ZoNiE]

Hmmm... Other than my shitty transmission, my '01 trac has been the most usable vehicle I ever owned. room for five in the cab, a bed out back to carry dirty stuff and enough grunt to pull my boat to the lake. I do miss my 90 chevy silverado with a 350 and buckets tho...



The Ridgeline would look a helluva lot better if they leveled out the bedrails. It would also make it more practical to put things that are too big for the bed. The front end needs a bit of work too.