[Norm K]

Give it a couple of weeks and the looks of a Ridgeline will grow on you. Failing that, you can take solace in knowing you own the mid-sized truck that has a higher payload than its competitors, can tow a 6,000 lb trailer of alfalfa (although it's rated at 5K) up a mountain (a real, Colorado mountain), gets similar mediocre fuel mileage as the others and that rides far, far more comfortably compliments of its unibody design. Although officially an AWD vs 4WD truck, it does have a hub-locking feature and is actually quite capable off-road. Then there's the clever large, lockable, water-tight trunk under the nearly indestructible composite bed. In short: unless you demand form before function the Ridgeline is the way to go.