[schwejo]

exactly what meanmachine19... said Ive done the same

I just don’t think there is a lot of incentive to improve the durability. Might be lots of affected folks, but statistically not a huge number. Of course if it affects you than who cars about the odds of it actually happening. A Ford site I occasionally visit is discussing the same thing. The condenser on most recent cars is susceptible to the same puncture from road debris. The 1999-2007 Odyssey certainly suffers from this, possibly not more than any other vehicle, but it’s was seen as an issue when we had the 99 Ody, so its been a source of discussion for a somewhat longer than the Ridge has been around. I haven’t looked for myself, but I did read on an Ody forum that the lower grill on the 08 Ody was changed to help limit stone damage. Of course, that’s more than hearsay, but I can see that on our 07 Ody that the condenser is lower to the ground than on the Ridge and there is nothing in front of it that would deflect anything. It “appears” to be more susceptible to stone damage than the Ridge. It wouldn’t be rocket science to substantially improve the situation.