Honda Ridgeline Sport Review: A Fine Truck In Need Of New Tech – SlashGear

Two things were planned with the 2021 Honda Ridgeline Sport: first, move out of my old place into my mom’s house, and second, take a couple of NASCAR Twitter pals of mine down to Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia, just 90 minutes or so away from home. What wasn’t planned was, on my first day with the keys, the engine simply refusing to turn-over. Faced with a bunch of Christmas lights across the gauge cluster, the tow truck driver had to jump the battery to turn load it onto the flatbed.

A day later, the local Honda dealer’s service techs found the cause, and just as the tow truck operator had predicted it was the battery to blame. Nothing like losing a day of moving to something that could’ve been replaced in my (now former) landlord’s driveway in minutes. 

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Sunday morning, my NASCAR Twitter friends arrived at my mom’s house. They then hopped into the Ridgeline Sport with me for the southbound journey to Martinsville. The route south featured lots of twists and turns along the way, giving the truck the chance to show off all it learned from Honda’s own motorsports programs. In short, it rode and drove like a dream. My friends also enjoyed the cloth seating, noting how comfortable it was, even in the back. The ride back home on the highways felt just as good, the 280 horses moving all three of us along with little issue.