Zenithpeak:
Urgent!...

My friend is about to pay for 2009 Honda Ridgeline for site work and comfort...

Do you have any experience or any useful information about reliability and maintenance of this pick-up truck.

Kindly help a brother.

TPound:


In my own opinion...
I prefer frontier to the Ridgeline

MASTAkiLLAh:
Rugged ride, he won't regret. Better if he's buying direct toks.

PS, ask him to run a vin check if it's imported and most importantly conduct a pre purchase inspection with a reputable mechanic to avoid stories that touch. If in Lagos, contact gazzuzz

Zenithpeak:
Urgent!...

My friend is about to pay for 2009 Honda Ridgeline for site work and comfort...

Do you have any experience or any useful information about reliability and maintenance of this pick-up truck.

Kindly help a brother.

Zenithpeak:
Urgent!...

My friend is about to pay for 2009 Honda Ridgeline for site work and comfort...

Do you have any experience or any useful information about reliability and maintenance of this pick-up truck.

Kindly help a brother.

cruzhill:


Okay I have a question about this ridgeline too, any one with an idea of this ride's fuel economy? I do need this to make a decision to buy this ride or not.

Thanks in advance.

MASTAkiLLAh:
Rugged ride, he won't regret. Better if he's buying direct toks.

PS, ask him to run a vin check if it's imported and most importantly conduct a pre purchase inspection with a reputable mechanic to avoid stories that touch. If in Lagos, contact gazzuzz

Zenithpeak:


Update!!!

I want to say a big thank you to everyone who had contributed to this thread one way or the other. Your contributions really played a key role at the point of purchase.

We finally made the purchase exactly two weeks today... I feel like sharing my experience and observations about brand.

It is a Canada used containerized tokunbo... 2007 and not 2009 as earlier stated.
We bought new battery, tyres and alloy reams and left it with a vulcanizer to do his job
and latter took it for wheel balancing and allignment.

I went down into the ram to really check the undercarriage only to discover that the undercarriage has gone bad... Our mechanic that ran check for us was also there to see things himself... Long story short, it was a redeemable rust and not completely gone.

Problem 2.
After dodging the undercarriage bullet few days after the purchase, we headed towards gas station and fill up the tank. (It costs us #15,500 to fill the tank from 0 to full thank @#162/ litre) then, we started hearing noise from under the truck... We later discovered that, the tank guide had also gone bad and the weight of the tank has pushed the tank guide towards the propeller.... The problem was also fixed. Everything under first week of purchase.

After all the teething problems solved, the truck has been performing excellently well on the road. No single electronic problem. A/c working perfectly. Fuel economy is great. Comfortably and style. Break system (4WD) excellent, headlamp is great at night with power mirrors. Millage at purchase is 110,000.

Overall assessment....
I conclude Honda Ridgeline is a good buy and worth all the money spent but try and be smarter than myself and my colleagues by checking the undercarriage system very well before payment.

Thanks.

GAZZUZZ:
First thing to check when you see Canada is rust.

Sorry to say, you just started.

Zenithpeak:


Update!!!

I want to say a big thank you to everyone who had contributed to this thread one way or the other. Your contributions really played a key role at the point of purchase.

We finally made the purchase exactly two weeks today... I feel like sharing my experience and observations about brand.

It is a Canada used containerized tokunbo... 2007 and not 2009 as earlier stated.
We bought new battery, tyres and alloy reams and left it with a vulcanizer to do his job
and latter took it for wheel balancing and allignment.

I went down into the ram to really check the undercarriage only to discover that the undercarriage has gone bad... Our mechanic that ran check for us was also there to see things himself... Long story short, it was a redeemable rust and not completely gone.


Thanks.

DelTel:


Beginning of the end.

Nothing like redeemible rust.

Regards.

nymphomaniac:
u guys should have mercy on the guy na. He has learnt the hard way. Reminding him will only just make him unnecessarily hypertensive. Who knows, the car may still have hundreds of thousands of mileage in it before it packs up due to engine problem and not rust

Angrygoat:
The moment u heard canada, you should have ran away. Now it will be mechanic after mechanic. Trust me

Zenithpeak:


Update!!!

I want to say a big thank you to everyone who had contributed to this thread one way or the other. Your contributions really played a key role at the point of purchase.

We finally made the purchase exactly two weeks today... I feel like sharing my experience and observations about brand.

It is a Canada used containerized tokunbo... 2007 and not 2009 as earlier stated.
We bought new battery, tyres and alloy reams and left it with a vulcanizer to do his job
and latter took it for wheel balancing and allignment.

I went down into the ram to really check the undercarriage only to discover that the undercarriage has gone bad... Our mechanic that ran check for us was also there to see things himself... Long story short, it was a redeemable rust and not completely gone.

Problem 2.
After dodging the undercarriage bullet few days after the purchase, we headed towards gas station and fill up the tank. (It costs us #15,500 to fill the tank from 0 to full thank @#162/ litre) then, we started hearing noise from under the truck... We later discovered that, the tank guide had also gone bad and the weight of the tank has pushed the tank guide towards the propeller.... The problem was also fixed. Everything under first week of purchase.

After all the teething problems solved, the truck has been performing excellently well on the road. No single electronic problem. A/c working perfectly. Fuel economy is great. Comfortably and style. Break system (4WD) excellent, headlamp is great at night with power mirrors. Millage at purchase is 110,000.

Overall assessment....
I conclude Honda Ridgeline is a good buy and worth all the money spent but try and be smarter than myself and my colleagues by checking the undercarriage system very well before payment.

Thanks.

PAQ:
I owned a 2006 Frontier for 6 months. It was one of my hardest 6 months with a car!

Honda Ridgeline is a better looking car, both inside and outside, but the Frontier is a more practical pick up truck. All the people i know with Ridgelines have no serious complaints, but the people i know with Frontiers sold them off due to one issue or the other. The DSS discontinued the purchase of new Frontiers even the Nigeria Police Force & Customs no gree buy them again after their first batch!

cruzhill:


We all learn every day bro. Thanks for the Tip. But may I ask how much did it cost to get this. Got an info it's between 3.5 to 4.5millie.


You just cleared my doubt on the fuel consumption. This was my greatest fear from inception even my bro was advising me to get Frontier but from feedbacks Frontier is a no go.

I actually intend using the ridgeline for farming.

Zenithpeak:


#3m for 2007 make..... Ibadan