Our Four Seasons Honda Ridgeline locked me out - Automobile Magazine
Sunday was the last full day Automobile Magazine's 4seasons Honda Ridgeline would be Automobile Magazine's 4seasons Honda Ridgeline. Monday morning I was to drop it off at the airport, from whence it would be picked up by Honda's press fleet agency and then the chunky, steel gray pickup would soon become Someone Else's Honda Ridgeline, probably after a brief turn on the... I don't often think that cars have feelings, but how else to explain the Ridgeline's obstinate behavior. I unlocked the truck and started it up. I gave the windshield a nice long squirt of washer fluid and ran the front windows down and up. The lazy man attempts to get the ice off the windows were, predictably, fruitless, so I grabbed the scraper and... Minutes later, I again was glad that my street was empty, as I backed my wife's car out of the garage, onto the lawn, and around the idling Ridgeline. Fortified with an everything bagel, I searched the internet in vain for Honda's Roadside Assistance phone number. Although roadside assistance is no longer a novel concept, some auto makers still don't provided it. Honda, for instance. And after about five minutes working with a slender wooden wedge and a sort-of J-shaped metal rod, he was able to unlock the Ridgeline, for the bargain price of $39. 99 (credit cards accepted). Source: www.automobilemag.com
