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Originally posted by CharlieM Originally posted by surfsup yea, I figured to have the "tow" selector on most of the time - which would keep it in 4th gear a lot. but 4th gear is plenty tall enough for 60 mph, so no concerns there.  have you run the team through the smokey mountains yet? One small point: Unless the Ridgeline has a different 5-speed transmission than the Pilot, both 4th and 5th gears are overdrive. The "towing" gear, D3, is about 1:1. You cannot lock the transmission in 4th, but you can lock out the overdrives by using D3.

I had to go look, you're correct. So it looks like I have a D3 passing trigger on the hand grip and a D3 gear "recommend tow" shift position (which I assumed was a D4 selector) on the console... book says only use D on level roads.

Originally posted by surfsup yea, I figured to have the "tow" selector on most of the time - which would keep it in 4th gear a lot. but 4th gear is plenty tall enough for 60 mph, so no concerns there.  have you run the team through the smokey mountains yet?

One small point: Unless the Ridgeline has a different 5-speed transmission than the Pilot, both 4th and 5th gears are overdrive. The "towing" gear, D3, is about 1:1. You cannot lock the transmission in 4th, but you can lock out the overdrives by using D3.

Not yet.

Originally posted by surfsup Originally posted by GA_RPOD_178 Welcome!  Lot's of knowledgeable people here. (I'm not one of them). oh contraire Georgia, your tow vehicle has the same Honda innards as mine... so I'm positive your knowledge of how the pair is working for you will be very valuable information! ... so from your experience, how's the Ridgeline and the 178 together?

Welcome!  Lot's of knowledgeable people here. (I'm not one of them).