Nicely duh, all these baggage are clearly going to slot in the mattress of a 2021 Honda Ridgeline. However they might get moist within the course of. Or stolen. Usually, to stop this from taking place in a pickup, you possibly can put the baggage within the cab. However what if these baggage come connected to passengers? Positive, you possibly can get a bed-covering tonneau cowl, however that prices cash and maybe it would not be well worth the expense (or room within the storage to retailer the factor) should you’re not routinely confronted with this situation. As such, possibly a tarp and a few bungies are one of the best guess?
Maybe, however within the Ridgeline a minimum of, there’s another. It is a truck with a trunk. A 7.9-cubic-foot trunk, in line with the specs, which is someplace north of sports activities automobile vary when it comes to quantity.
Entry to the trunk is made potential by the Ridgeline’s different innovation, the Twin-Motion Tailgate that drops down and swings out. You want to swing out to get to the trunk.
Right here it’s. In addition to maintaining baggage dry and safe, the trunk has a drain plug within the backside, permitting you to fill it with ice to maintain drinks cool, or fish recent or no matter. It takes plenty of ice to fill it, although. I imply, A LOT.
Now, let’s get to the baggage. As in each baggage take a look at I do, I exploit two midsize curler suitcases that may have to be checked in on the airport (26 inches lengthy, 16 large, 11 deep), two roll-aboard suitcases that simply barely match within the overhead (24L x 15W x 10D), and one smaller roll-aboard that matches simply (23L x 15W x 10D). I additionally embody my spouse’s fancy in a single day bag simply to spruce issues up a bit (21L x 12W x 12D).
That will be the three medium-sized curler baggage. You can too match one of many greater baggage on its facet and the flowery bag.
After all, I have never examined the trunks of different vans since they do not exist, so let’s simply say this quantity is nice!
The remaining three baggage, together with the largest and smallest ones, match behind the driving force seat set for an average-height individual. In the event that they had been taller, as I’m, the baggage must go on the passenger facet.
Now, because the above pair of smaller photographs exhibits, the Ridgeline has a 60/40-split again seat like these provided by different vans not named Ranger. This implies you’ll be able to nonetheless keep some folks house whereas making room for baggage. These similar baggage would’ve clearly match by elevating the 40 portion, however I simply did not really feel like taking out the 1,000-pound convertible little one seat that was parked over there to take the image. Sorry.
The design of the flip-up again seat is very much like what you may discover within the Honda HR-V and dearly departed Honda Match the place it is dubbed the “Magic Seat.”
In addition to baggage, I used to be additionally in a position to match my folded Thule Spring stroller within the trunk. This makes the Ridgeline make much more sense for households relative different midsize vans (and even full-size ones). You needn’t put the stroller within the cab, which is sweet for all kinds of causes. Soiled wheels on inside surfaces, big heavy factor flopping round inside, all 5 seats nonetheless get for use, and since I reside in Oregon, no moist stroller in dry inside. or danger getting it moist/stolen within the mattress. And once more, the trunk is best than the stroller getting moist or stolen within the mattress.
These bed-related options are key explanation why the Ridgeline may make extra sense to patrons than a standard truck (the brand new Hyundai Santa Cruz has a trunk too, although not the same dual-function tailgate). Nonetheless, there’s a draw back to the Ridgeline’s trunk and the crossover building that makes it potential.
See up there? That is a space-saver spare tire, which is more likely to be thought-about weak sauce for a pickup. Particularly one like this take a look at truck with the HPD bundle that is supposedly extra off-road prepared. And no, I did not test to see if the house saver can be gold. Simply assume “no.”
