You must be hungry... 😟

Tonight's dinner. =d>

Spent all day test driving trucks and trucklike things.

Buying a 21 Ridgeline sport (base model)

Your real name is “Warren”?

Didn’t find a truck you liked?

Good luck danm. Enjoy.

Rant mode **ON**

I hate insurance companies. Trying to get the status of my son's insurance claim for his accident 3 weeks ago. They deemed it a total loss but for some reason they had it towed to two different places for assessments. WTF is up with that? Insurance company dragging their feet to close out the claim. Just got off the phone with them and they told me to call back on Monday. The insurance adjuster who is handling the claim will be in the office from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM M-F but on lunch from 1-2 PM, if she doesn't answer leave her a voice mail.

I have no problems with someone working their regular hours and taking lunch and stuff but why is there only one single person at the insurance company that is qualified to deal with the the claim? Do they work on commission and someone else can't handle it while Nichole Nance is out of her office (phone number 855-627-**** extension 15205)?

**** is redacted so she doesn't get a bunch of phone calls from you guys while I try to get in touch with her on Monday.

MAPFE Insurance, a regional insurance company, SUCKS donkey richards! Prolly look into something like Liberty Mutual, Geico, or Progressive for a new insurance plan for him this next time around. Something that has customer service 24/7 that can address issues.

Rant mode **OFF**

Frank, you got this one..?? 😕

Three eighty NEIN.

Insurance basturds. 😣

Are the old ones even a truck? Thought they were based on car architecture ?

Honda so I guess we won't be getting any funny stories from danm.

noticing a chit ton of Honda Civics on the roads

Have a friend who has one. Had it for four or five years. Know he hauls boats and trailers. Unsure of the weight of the thing he tows.

If you want to flick their ears, call the office of the insurance commissioner for Massachusetts. Calls to the commish are like paper cuts. They get to x number of calls for a given time period, they end up auditing the company and the start with Claims. You could be the straw that fractures the camel’s vertebrae.

Rant agreed:

I too absolutely hate insurance companies in all their forms. Though I feel like the health variety are the worst about trying to squeeze money and/or approval out of. They can all eat a whole bag of d1cks

hah...that is a comical, albeit painful image...

Fajita Nachos.. couple margaritas.. 😁

Had it narrowed down to two. A 2019 Ford F150 2.7 crew cab short bed and the 21 Ridgeline. I did like the Ford better. I felt like it was quieter and more comfortable.

Ford short bed is the same size as the Ridgeline, and the Honda has a trunk in the bed that's about the same volume as the crossbed toolbox I had on my Ram. And surprisingly enough the Ridgeline has a higher payload capacity than the Ford 1700lbs vs 1550. Granted the half ton trucks need to rate payload low to keep the GVWR under 7k and would be fine putting more in but still the Honda has more rated payload. Towing honda's at 5k and the Ford was 7600.

Sales manager was a prick at the Ford dealer. I told every sales guy I've dealt with that I don't buy same day, need to sleep on it. Then they try to get a sale same day I stick to no. This place was no different but sales guy asked "what will it take to get you to buy today" I said match the price on the Ridgeline I'm shopping it against. He said we can probably get a few hundred off but not going to get down to Ridgeline price. Fair enough, I'll take the final price and sleep on it. Then sales mgr comes and asks me "What is the price online?" I told him. Then he says "that's my price. You can buy it today or someone else will" My retort was the truck has been on your lot and website for 58 days. He said no sale and walked away.

Ford had 88k miles and certified used warranty to 100k. Honda had 33k miles and certified used warranty to 100k AND 12mo 12kmi bumper to bumper. So it was cheaper, less miles, more warranty, less tow cap, more payload, and better mileage.

We'll see if I made the right choice, but I've been shopping for quite a while and even before I bought the 3/4 ton Ram, the Ridgeline was a consideration. It's not a body on frame truck, it drives/rides like a minivan but it also has the everyday conveniences of a minivan. Only thing I'm concerned about is the tranny of course. I wanted a 2020+ Ridgeline with the ZF 9 speed because the 6 speeds had issues. Didn't realize until after I got home that it's a 6...

It's a unibody truck, no body on frame. Same as a car/suv/minivan.

It's not going to do truck things as well as a truck, but it will do car things a lot better than a truck while doing 90% of the things I used my real truck for. I can still borrow my dad's 1 ton if I need a big truck.

Why does the Mexican take xanax..?? 😕

Better have at least one tyranny issue. It's tradition, dammit!