How did my precious Chinook get involved in the looks discussion? How do you make a vehicle with 50,000 pounds gross, vertical lifting capability pretty? Now I’ll have to divulge that I drove Cobra’s for a spell as well since we all know that helo is cool. Boy that was good duty out of Fort Ord, Calif. Laguna Seca was just over the hill; I could hear the cars on the track from my quarters, had a 911 in the carport and enjoyed the Vintage Races. But I digress, sorry. While looking on Edmund’s I noticed that when you select compare vehicles the Ridgeline goes up against the Silverado 1500, Titan, F-150 and the Tundra. No mention of those we have pictured here. By the way, while I was deployed overseas my ’97 Quest died and my wife had to get a new car on her own. She did a lot of research and picked a black ’03 Pilot. When she wrote me about it I was freaked because I thought Element and knew nothing of the Pilot... I’m better now. That is how we came to love Hondas and why I am ready to pull the trigger on a silver RTL with Nav. I just have to get back from another short little trip overseas.