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Hello again, thanks everyone for your help as I steer toward my first Ridgeline.
Yesterday, drove two 2013 RTLs, one with Nav, and am positively floored how different these two specs drove from one another. Makes me really wonder about them. They only discernable difference- albeit a big one- was the tires, one with newer stock Michelins (Truck Mich, 35k miles, NAV), the other still shod with snows (Snow, 46k miles). I have Carfax and service history, neither has anything interesting of note.
What I experienced was that Truck Snow felt slow, from a stop and during any acceleration, although very smooth and quiet in transmission. The steering was nice and heavy the way new electric racks just can't match.
Truck Mich was much more peppy, but the transmission seemed "loose" if you will, almost on the border of slipping (10-30mph) in the way a CVT can be when you barely give it enough gas to think. Also, this drivetrain was noisy, with some tapping and a wheezy sound that is actually quite familiar as an i4 sound to me as a Honda owner. I might not have found it strange if Truck Snow had not been much smoother and quieter. Also Truck Mich had much lighter steering and seemed to pitch side to side in the rear a bit more; I could only assume that was the tires. Overall, Truck Mich appeared to be better cared for than Truck Snow, but both seemed reasonable.
What could account for these transmission differences? Could a simple change of AT fluid fix up Truck Mich ? Any perspectives appreciated; thank you in advance !
Yesterday, drove two 2013 RTLs, one with Nav, and am positively floored how different these two specs drove from one another. Makes me really wonder about them. They only discernable difference- albeit a big one- was the tires, one with newer stock Michelins (Truck Mich, 35k miles, NAV), the other still shod with snows (Snow, 46k miles). I have Carfax and service history, neither has anything interesting of note.
What I experienced was that Truck Snow felt slow, from a stop and during any acceleration, although very smooth and quiet in transmission. The steering was nice and heavy the way new electric racks just can't match.
Truck Mich was much more peppy, but the transmission seemed "loose" if you will, almost on the border of slipping (10-30mph) in the way a CVT can be when you barely give it enough gas to think. Also, this drivetrain was noisy, with some tapping and a wheezy sound that is actually quite familiar as an i4 sound to me as a Honda owner. I might not have found it strange if Truck Snow had not been much smoother and quieter. Also Truck Mich had much lighter steering and seemed to pitch side to side in the rear a bit more; I could only assume that was the tires. Overall, Truck Mich appeared to be better cared for than Truck Snow, but both seemed reasonable.
What could account for these transmission differences? Could a simple change of AT fluid fix up Truck Mich ? Any perspectives appreciated; thank you in advance !