Thinking of buying the CROSSTOUR

[Anita]

Time for my husband to purchase a new vehicle. We took advantage of a beautiful southern cali day to head over to a nearby Honda dealership to take a look at Ridgelines. Took a test drive and then walked into the showroom with the salesman. As the hubby and salesman are talking, I spy a car that made me stop are stare. I walk to check out the side profile and peek inside. My husband said I had that goofy look on my face like I had with the VX. Hmmmm, the name of this mysterious car, "Accord Crosstour".

"Hhhhhoney, come over here", I called to him. Now both of us had the goofy face. After a test drive we were pretty hooked. I shall be doing some online research in the next few days and think if this is the car for us.

Any opinions pro or con?

[VX crazy]

I like these Anita, let me know what you thought of the test drive!

[Anita]

First of all, pictures do not do the car justice at all. If I saw the pics first, I would never give the thing a second look. You must see it in person. I have always hated the design of hondas, inside and out; the Crosstour's design is cool enough that dire-hard Honda owners hate it.

The interior is luxurious with all the expected bells and whistles. Mike could actually sit in the thing (with a sunroof) and have plenty of headroom (which is a very rare thing). Lots of power to spare; put down your foot hard enough and you'll be planted in your seat.

[Sprey]

To be honest they both look rather mean ! Weirdly enough on the way to town the otherweek i spotted one of those Ridgelines, thought my way through traffic to get close enough to see what it is! as it was the 1st one id ever seen and i was quite impressed.

Is it the 1st honda ute?

[Triathlete]

Okay, who is using Anita's sign in? Or is someone holding a gun to your head Anita and forcing you to type this...if so let us know so we can send a VX rescue team!


Seriosly...I am not a big fan of the looks but it has a lot of really cool features.
Just so long as you are keeping the VX!

[Anita]

Okay, who is using Anita's sign in? Or is someone holding a gun to your head Anita and forcing you to type this...if so let us know so we can send a VX rescue team!


Seriosly...I am not a big fan of the looks but it has a lot of really cool features.
Just so long as you are keeping the VX!

For the husband, Billy. The VX is sticking around.

[Mile High VX]

It's got some good reviews. I've got two hondas and I love the reliabilty and the aftermarket mods that are available...

Only negative I've heard is that because of the way the rear struts protrude into the cargo area its space is limited to about 50 Cu. Ft.

Good luck with the purchase if you decide to go that route.

[Marlin]

To be honest they both look rather mean ! Weirdly enough on the way to town the otherweek i spotted one of those Ridgelines, thought my way through traffic to get close enough to see what it is! as it was the 1st one id ever seen and i was quite impressed.

Is it the 1st honda ute?

Too bad the Ridgeline can't even tow another Ridgeline, not sure sure how it got classified as a truck...next thing you know the Subaru Baja will be a truck too.

[VXD959]

Have you seen also the Acura ZDX? Probably on the expensive side, but worth a look...

http://www.acura.com/VideoGallery.as...videos#/video1

[JHarris1385]

Very bland.

[Riff Raff]

There's two(2) things I don't like about it-- the left-rear door, and the right-rear door. No 4-door vehicles for me.

[Cobrajet]

There's two(2) things I don't like about it-- the left-rear door, and the right-rear door. No 4-door vehicles for me.

I was going to take a peak until you mentioned this. Definitely puts it on the "sorry...but" list!

At least the Acura ZDX tries to hide the rear doors. But, I don't need a new ride, so $46K isn't enticing me.

[vt_maverick]

ZDX is much hotter than the Crosstour IMHO. But I agree with Cobrajet, 46K is super pricey (though on par or even cheaper than similar Jap-lux offerings). Maybe get something less expensive (i.e. used) and wait a couple years and pick up a used ZDX?

[BritVX]

How come you get all the smart looking cars over there???

Don't know about the Crosstour (I've not seen one) but to me the ZDX looks really cool, kinda what the BMW 6X should look like!

Col

[handeeman]

This looks kinda similar: