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I just wished Acura offered the features like Kia that 360 view w view at turn signal

How did you get up in that thing ??hehehe awesome truck

I am not sure why CarPlay is so important.

What trim level is this one?

As a petite woman myself, I can appreciate seeing vehicle reviews from another small woman. 😊

The screen is amazing it’s an 8’

2:23，Burp from intestines？

Nice review! Just a small point: Volvo cars with Android Automotive OS don’t support any form of Android Auto (i.e., using your Android phone).

Thank you. You helped me clarify that I will not buy an expensive car with a crappy infotainment system. I e driven a Chevy volt for 6 years and one of the reasons I like the car is Apple CarPlay. GM screwed up by hobbling my use of music, podcasts, and the phone.

All the fluff of other videos without addressing the really issues: Where have the cut corners? Longevity concerns with a high output 4 banger in this size vehicle. Where is the hybrid version?

There a new Ridgeline in 2025. I’d like a review on that one!

I read that is the updated software in the 2024 models.

I am a long time Ford fan and customer. After retiring from another industry, I work part time for a Ford dealer. This is a great podcast.

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That really is a nice truck

I love donuts

Thats a 2024 model, not 2025

Are you sure its not 2024??

Again, you can set volume to your tastes when starting the vehicle in the menu. Will create a default going forward.

You can disable start/stop from the steering wheel.

For the price the tech is fine, it actually remote starts without having to stand two feet away from the vehicle and will adjust interior temp according to outside temp and not require u to preset that prior to remote starting. It’s the largest interior volume by far in the midsized group and the bed doesn’t require reinforcements to add a rack with weight on.

Can you watch youtube while parked? Because that's a feature I use all the time when I'm at a supercharger in my Tesla.

Lol...that interior color gave it away 2 seconds in... Crawling around those concrete Canyon's of Chicago are you?

Yeah, that tech, well, it just sucks. Why have adaptive if it doesn't take you to a full stop then accelerate again? That's no better than standard cruise with a "pause" button. And just watching you use your mirrors way more than the BU camera tells me that the camera is inadequate. Considering what is out there for tech from other brands, this is terrible. I know Honda is conservative but it's not like adaptive cruise and rear cameras are new.

I’m a big fan of the Ridgeline, but the last two times I drove one the interior felt like it was from the mid 2010s or so and reminded me of the 2017 CRV EX-L I bought new in 2017 and got rid of 7months later. The cluster is dumb. The infotainment system is barely different than the 2017 CRV EX-L. The adaptive cruise has some scary ghosting, but will also not recognize a car being stopped up ahead until it is painfully close to not being able to emergency brake. The lane keeping ping-pongs too much as well. All the tech I mentioned in the Ridgeline is roughly the same as was in my 2017 CRV; probably the same hardware too. From a tech perspective Honda has been a laggard in their product development and updates for way too long.

Plenty of tech for my purposes and interests. Really dont see the need for anything more than what this Ridgeline offers.

With the adaptive cruise control on, and say a vehicle cuts in front of you, does the vehicle turn on your rear brake lights as it decelerates? This would give the vehicle in back of you a visual warning that you’re slowing down. I have the adaptive cruise control on my GMC SIERRA 1500, and really like this technology, but I don’t know if it turns on the brake lights upon deceleration. Also the half digital half analog instrument cluster might be due to parts shortages. Nice video. 👍

Seriously considering a Ridgeline, but the lack of tech/outdated tech is a major downfall for me. I'm not surprised by the lack of extras you get with the Ridgeline because I've owned Hondas in the past, but man would it be nice for them to finally give the consumer something cool on the entertainment cluster to help warrant the higher price for once. Mechanically sound vehicles, but is having a 360 degree camera on the Ridgeline asking too much?!?! 😕

They really need to update the tech to catch up to the other mid size trucks

the problem with the MDX is visibility, because once your car is longer than 195 inches and the hood is flat and long, it cuts into your road visibility. i drove the 2023 Advance at the time it was new. Coming from the 2011 MDX, my MDX is a shorter vehicle and I was able to notice the lack of front visibility. While I am aware the MDX is a bif long and wide -heavy car. the new MDX in trims below the Type S, feel slow. My mdx from 2011 has 300HP with the 3.7, so its effortless acceleration and smooth shifting. The advance MDX felt slow when shifting since now the car has 10 speeds. I am not an engineer but if the MDX in 2011 had a 6 speed and it was a gas guzzler, how come now the car has 10 speeds and the car still a gas guzzler? and worst yet it feels slow?

Thank you SO much for this tech review. I had no idea that the 2025 models were already out. Do you know when they were released? Also, the shifter is strange. I saw you toggle it for reverse and park. Looks like you pressed the button from the side. Would love to see that demoed.

Listened to your Podcast review and then jumped to this video: nice job! My Type S was built in February, and still has Sirius/XM as an audio channel FWIW... I prefer not to pay for it in any form. I mostly like the tech in this vehicle, particularly the logically arrayed actual buttons on the dash for HVAC and seat heating/cooling (the "auto" setting for the seats is a nice feature I haven't seen before), on the console for volume and on the steering wheel for audio, adaptive cruise, etc. I have gotten used to the touchpad ... I think it's actually quite good when using the native Acura GUI, but agree it falls apart when using Android Auto. I've also gotten used to the pushbutton shifter. The electronic parking brake is 180 out from the others I have used (Audi's and Volvo's) in that you pull the button to DIS-engage it, but I got used to it after a couple weeks -- that was actually the steepest learning curve for me. No issues with the QI pad here... I wonder if your tester has a defective one. Overall I am loving this car, and its rarity adds to the appeal for me. In my northern Virginia DC suburb, I've seen more Tesla Cybertrucks on the road than TLX Type S's of any year.

Great video, answers a lot of questions I have. I'm an Android user, Android auto - and I consider this a major downgrade and am just as disappointed with GM as any car play user - I'm sure this also means paying GM for a number of features that were previously unnecessary because they already existed with my phone.

Hey, I've put my 96-year-old Mom's walker in the trunk of my '24 Type S several times ... fits great. Mom isn't crazy about the low seating position, but otherwise loves the car -- as do I.

2024 or 2025? I'm pretty sure the 2025 isn't even released yet...

You have more options for the cluster by using the scroll wheel on the left side of the steering wheel. You just needed to do more digging.

Great review. Can you please tell me what the interior color was if you know? Meaning the seat color.

It seems like the reason for the trunk opening is because you coming into the garage directly behind the car facing the trunk and that 3 seconds gives it enough time to recognize the key fob to open the trunk

Thank you for the review.

I saw other videos regarding the MPG and the car appears to calculate more conservatively then actual MPG. The Reviewer indicated the Camry calculated 43 MPG when they were receiving about 51 MPG.

Ugh...Acura removed the 110V AC Outlet. Horrible cost cutting mistake!

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I hate rhe old steering wheel the new ones are way way better

what color is this interior? Is it the same as the grey interior from the 2024 Hyundai Sonata Limited?

I think it would be great to use when parking in a small garage or close to a wall/pillar. But I would be concerned about using it in a parking lot. Yes, you can get out, then park your car. But the car next to you may not have it and will bang your doors up trying to get in their car.

That’s cool

As a tall person the pop-up heads up display is so helpful! I test drove a ‘25 countryman recently and they have done away with the small screen gauge cluster on that model. The pop-up display was so helpful even with the small gauge screen because I don’t have to look as far down and away from the road.

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Volvo, all day!