VTEC with a bed

[Sijray21]

honda makes a mean V6 too, i bet with a little tweaking it would really scoot...don't tell me you haven't thought about it

i haven't actually thought about modding the ridgeline engine with anything, but i'll save that for the z3 or another fun vehicle in the future. If it were an accord v6 or something maybe.

The fact that this thing only has 2 pedals already means to me that it's a commuting/utility tool i and i already drive it like that. i have zero urge to floor it or hit the twisties in this thing, haha.

the only mods i'm considering are for adding more utility and comfort:

• rear checkers (already ordered)
  
• tonneau cover (shopping around, jesus there are a lot of options)
  
• bike rack system for the bed (seeing if one can work with a tonneau cover)
  
• all weather mats
  
• step rails (thanks Lee, i didn't think about it before, but this'll happen sometime soon)
  
• tinting for the front windows to match the rears
  
• yellow fog light bulbs because the halogens don't match the LEDs anyway
  

The LED headlights are nice at night, however I've never had auto-high-beam lights on a car before, so that's interesting. nice, but also not? i'm not convinced i like it yet. The ACC i find to be a bit aggressive when slowing down with considerably slow traffic in front, but i generally don't trust it. The Lane Keeping assist is actually kind of nice to have in this thing since it's pretty wide. Android auto is sweet; nice to have every day now. Eco drive deactivates some cylinders and i do find it smoother in slower traffic, but it definitely hampers the performance. Has plenty of get-up and go in normal mode for what it is, imo.