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feet more torque. Sans trailer, it gets to 60 mph a few tenths of a second quicker than the Honda. And the Chevy holds the same acceleration advantage while towing. The Chevy merely feels slow pulling the trailer; the Honda feels burdened. Further, we carried a total of 47 two- Above: A picture of a truck passing a, wait, what’s that? Top right: The Honda’s rear seats are roomy and comfy. Above right: Earth Dreams of what? cubic-foot bags of premium brown hardwood mulch (each weighing about 43 pounds) because, well, because we suspect reviews editor Josh Jacquot needed about 47 bags of premium brown hardwood mulch for his yard. The Ridgeline pulled out a narrow victory here, accommodating 24 bags. Its bed walls are shorter than the Colorado’s, but the Ridgeline’s in-bed trunk swallows four bags, giving it a one-bag win. The half-ton payload eliminated the Chevy’s truckish bounciness, thus annulling the Honda’s dramatically better ride quality. Unladen, the Honda gets easy laurels. Truth is, both vehicles do just fine for reasonable towing and hauling needs. Sure, we’d be more comfortable regularly pulling a trailer with the Chevy. But for our purposes, owning a Ridgeline and an aluminum trailer might be just as good an option. You can trace most of the Ridgeline’s advantages to its minivan/ family-SUV roots. As configured (four-door cab and short bed), Below left: The Honda towing our burly muscle car. Below right: Hide your finest mulch in the locking trunk. Bottom left: Jacquot with his “test gear.” the Colorado is longer and rides on a longer wheelbase than the Ridgeline. But because the unibody Ridgeline is more space effcient (and also 4.3 inches wider), it feels much roomier. You feel as if you’re in a fullsize SUV more than a mid-size pickup. That’s true both in front and back. Even those who scoff at the Ridgeline’s minivanwith-a-bed styling must acknowledge the superiority of its roomy and comfortable rear quarters. Would they notice that the interior of the Ridgeline is made of vastly nicer things? Maybe. It certainly is. They would notice the Ridgeline’s more comfortable front seats. The Honda’s only real interior foible is the blasted infotainment system that’s infuriatingly button-free, requiring use of the silly, unresponsive capacitive-touch controls. Some on staff appreciate the Colorado’s honest truckishness, and it’s true that it beats the hell out of the Nissan Frontier and even the Toyota Tacoma (which lost to the Colorado in a November 2015 comparo). But those of us in the offce who do not harbor rodeo fantasies prefer a capable vehicle that drives like a big car instead of like a smallish truck. The Colorado is a fine mid-size pickup truck, and Chevy is being rewarded handsomely with sales for its efforts. But if conventional truck capability and style is your desire, why not step up to the not-much-more-expensive Silverado? The Ridgeline is something different. It’s a mid-size pickup, without the truck part. And we reckon—if we judge the needs of buyers in this class properly—the Ridgeline is capable enough. Its greater comfort, handling, and fuel economy don’t diminish its trucklike abilities; they are additive. But you’re not going to be fooling anyone. This mid-sizer doesn’t pass the truck sniff test. Anyway, there’s no such thing as a mid-size pickup truck. 2. Chevrolet Colorado Truck demeanor, towing capacity, multiple body configurations and engine options. Truck demeanor, tight interior. An excellent truck if a truck is what you want your mid-size pickup to be. 1. Honda Ridgeline Ride comfort and handling distinctly un-trucklike. Remember when people used to convert full-size vans into pickups? Yeah, it looks kind of like that. Capable enough that you needn’t feel guilty about the comfort. INSET IMAGES BY AUSTIN IRWIN 106 . CAR AND DRIVER . JUL/2017
How To: Fix Your Fatigue and Get More Energy According to patients at the Center for Restorative Medicine, a discovery has completely transformed their lives. Founder and Director Dr. Steven Gundry is a world-renowned heart surgeon, a best-selling author, and the personal physician to many celebrities. But his breakthrough could be the most important accomplishment of his career. Advertisment Dr. Gundry has unveiled a simple — yet highly effective — solution to issues that plague millions of Americans over 40: low energy, low metabolism and constant fatigue. “When you’re feeling low energy, that’s your body screaming HELP!” Dr. Gundry’s radical solution was inspired by a breakthrough with a “hopeless” patient who had been massively overweight, chronically fatigued and suffering from severely clogged arteries. The secret to his breakthrough? “There are key ‘micronutrients’ missing from your diet,” Dr. Gundry said, “If you can replenish them in very high dosages, the results can be astonishing.” This unorthodox philosophy is what led Dr. Gundry to create an at-home method for fatigue — which has since become remarkably successful with his patients. “They’re reporting natural, long-lasting energy without a ‘crash’ and they’re feeling slim, fit and active,” he revealed. Dr. Gundry’s team released a comprehensive video presentation , so that the public can be educated as to exactly how it works. Watch the presentation here at www. GetEnergy49.com Within just a few hours, this video had gotten thousands of hits, and is now considered to have gone viral. One viewer commented: “If this works, it’s exactly what I’ve been praying for my whole life. I’ve never seen anything like this solution before…the truth about my diet was shocking and eye-opening.” It makes a lot of sense, and it sounds great in theory, but we’ll have to wait and see what the results are. Knowing Dr. Gundry, however, there is a great deal of potential. See his presentation here at www.GetEnergy49.com
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