Transmission drain plug washer – 90471-PX4-000 (18mm)
Transmission fill plug washer – 90441-PK4-000 (28mm)

Transfer Unit drain plug washer – 94109-20000 (20mm)
Transfer Unit fill plug washer – 94109-20000 (20mm)

Rear Diff drain plug washer – 90471-PX4-000 (18mm)
Rear Diff fill plug washer – 94109-20000 (20mm)

Date: 05/07/10 MPG: 15.94
Odometer: 37555
Miles: 279.7
Oil Life: 90%
Gallons: 17.542
Price: $2.799
Total: $49.10
Location: California, MD
Comments:  Hello Spring!

Date: 04/30/10 MPG: 28.56
Odometer: 37276
Miles: 228.6
Oil Life: 90%
Gallons: 8.003
Price: $2.749
Total: $22.00
Location: Ocean City, MD
Comments:  The nozzle prevented me from packing the tank like I normally do. I normally get another 1-2 gallons after the pump shuts off. The trip to Ocean City is all highway miles so it should get good MPG but probably not this good!

Well today I had 18 bags of 2 cu ft mulch loaded in the back. Probably could have added a few more bags with more careful loading.  All of this is WITH the tonneau cover attached.

We were able to get 9 bags up front under the tonneau cover which was folded back. You can see from the pic that the bags can be stacked 4 high. You can get 3 across even though we didn’t do it in the pictured example. Although we safely moved 18 bags, I think you could probably get 21 bags total with careful loading.

]]> http://ridgelineblog.com/how-much-mulch-will-a-ridgeline-carry/feed/ 0 http://ridgelineblog.com/honda-ridgeline-tire-rotation/ http://ridgelineblog.com/honda-ridgeline-tire-rotation/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:11:12 +0000 Admin http://ridgelineblog.com/?p=76 As you have noticed, I do nearly all of my routine, preventative maintenance on my Honda Ridgeline, as well as the other family vehicles.

Tire rotations are so important. The indicator on the dashboard generally have you rotate tires every 7,500 miles.

Read more on Honda Ridgeline Tire Rotation…

Today Honda issued a voluntary recall for 344,000 Honda Odyssey minivans, and 68,000 Honda Element vehicles from the 2007 and 2008 model year. The recall is due to a soft brake pedal requiring extra effort to stop the vehicles. While this recall seems precautionary, any brake performance issue is a safety concern.

Once parts are available in late-April, Honda dealers will cap and seal the part in the braking system that allows air to slowly build and cause the soft pedal.

Hopefully Honda has learned from the huge public relations debacle that Toyota made over their major recalls.

Honda set up a website at http://www.recalls.honda.com which directs you to the Honda Owners Link. You can put in your VIN number to see if it is the subject of this recall. This is what you see when you click on the Honda Recall Website:

Congratulations to the New Orleans Saints, and Drew Brees. The team and the mad deserve it!

I didn’t see a Honda Commercial. But before the game I did see a Sport Automotive (DC Area Honda Dealer) advertising the fact that they were closed due to the blizzard that his Washington DC on Friday Afternoon.

The most interesting car commercial was for the Audi Clean Diesel.
Second best was for the new, restyled Hyundai Sonata — which looks great!

Honda didn’t spend the $3 million for a Super Bowl ad this year.

There were a few good commercials. Betty White in the Snickers commercial playing football. The house built from Bud Light.

The fantastic game made up for the terrible halftime show by The Who. If the NFL wants geezers at halftime, they need to hire Aerosmith. The commercials were OK but there aren’t any I will really remember in the morning.

Congrats again to the New Orleans Saints!

Every company faces challenges. But the true measure of a company is how they respond to adversity. First Toyota vehicles suffered from “Floor Mat Entrapment” and now that has been expanded to a full “Pedal” recall. The Pedal recall is very serious because the pedal is stuck in a partially depressed position.

Toyota Recall Models:

Vehicles affected by the “Pedal” recall:

• Certain 2009-2010 RAV4
• Certain 2009-2010 Corolla
• 2009-2010 Matrix
• 2005-2010 Avalon
• Certain 2007-2010 Camry
• Certain 2010 Highlander
• 2007-2010 Tundra
• 2008-2010 Sequoia

Vehicles affected by the 2009 floor mat recall include:

• 2005-2010 Avalon
• 2007-2010 Camry
• 2009-2010 Corolla
• 2008-2010 Highlander
• 2009-2010 Matrix
• 2004-2009 Prius
• 2005-2010 Tacoma
• 2007-2010 Tundra
• 2009-2010 VENZA

Toyota has created a website to deal with the recalls. This website provides complete information on the Toyota Recall.

http://www.toyota.com/recall/

It is still too early to tell what the fallout will be from their perceived denial and slow response on such a huge safety concern. My personal opinion is that they will (finally) confront this issue, repair their customer’s vehicles, and continue to be the #1 car maker in the world.

What do you think?

Drive safely!

Today, returning from Annapolis, driving 70 in a 55 through Calvert County, and ZAP! I actually have an Escort Passport 8500 X50 with Blue LED’s that I never use because I rarely exceed 60MPH. Well today was the exception I guess. Not paying attention to my speed going downhill. But the Trooper was very nice, and professional and I asked if he could cut me a warning. He did. So, Thank you MSP! I still will leave my radar detector in the glovebox most of the time and go back to my geezer style of driving!

Cheers to law enforcement for keeping us safe!