I cannot believe how 90% or more of reviews of the 2024 Honda Pilot Trailsport do NOT take the vehicle off road! I mean, duh, the whole point of the design is to be a good compromise between serious off-road DUVs, such as the full time 4Wheel drive Range Rover and the part-time 4Wheel drive Toyota 4Tunner. I’be owned both to reach trailheads in the wilderness of the Sierra Nevada Mountains at high elevation, but now with grandchildren and my being tired of driving “trucks”, we wanted a 3-row SUV capable of going at least on rough roughs to get to hiking trails. After finally finding some reviews on RUclips that focused more on the Trailsport’s competitive advantages for off-road over its competitors, is instead of harping on the size of the 9 inch video screen, purchased last month (February, 2024), a brand new Trailsport with that great blue color, and it is an excellent compromise. It’s a pleasure to drive and does very well off road, even on a few I would have given 2nd thought to in my 4Runner. The Honda AWD system is tuned to the Trailsport’s trail modes (Telluride’s is not). The Trailsport has steel skid plates. Telluride has none. I recommend you get the optional running boards (the less expensive traditional ones, not the tubular ones).. They are very functional yet don’t stick out of the SUV as far as the ones on a 4-runner because the lower doors are designed to hide half their width. I agree with another comment here: it would be ideal if the Trailsport had what my Land Rover classic Range Rover had: the ability on the fly at real low speed to raise the entire body up for an extra couple of inches of ground clearance. Of all features, probably the most critical in terms of defining limitations of off-road use is the amount of ground clearance you have. The only other thing Honda should improve upon, is to offer the option of a bench seat for the Trailsport. Oh, and also at least the front two seats should not only be heated, but should have air-conditioning going through the seat and the lower back. It’s odd not to offer that on the one trim that might spend time off-road in a desert in extreme heat. but even on easy freeway trips of long duration, cool seats are very nice to have. One comment: the third row is really very good and adults can sit back there, primarily, because if you look at the roofline of the car it’s not sloping down so much the way most of the competition does. there’s plenty of headroom in the third row. And if there is only one person there, he or she has unlimited legroom, because of the absence of a center seat on the second row, so you can stretch your legs out as if you’re flying business class.
@@CarQuestion I am debating hard between Honda Pilot Trailsport, and Subaru Ascent. Apart from daily commute in winter through slushy Minnesota highways, will also be making winter road trips across North American snow belts, often over unplowed country roads. Having played with both vehicles, which one would you guys recommend, with focus on snow handling, and reliability?
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Now that it's how you test an off road cross over! Nice work, get it!!
I cannot believe how 90% or more of reviews of the 2024 Honda Pilot Trailsport do NOT take the vehicle off road! I mean, duh, the whole point of the design is to be a good compromise between serious off-road DUVs, such as the full time 4Wheel drive Range Rover and the part-time 4Wheel drive Toyota 4Tunner. I’be owned both to reach trailheads in the wilderness of the Sierra Nevada Mountains at high elevation, but now with grandchildren and my being tired of driving “trucks”, we wanted a 3-row SUV capable of going at least on rough roughs to get to hiking trails. After finally finding some reviews on RUclips that focused more on the Trailsport’s competitive advantages for off-road over its competitors, is instead of harping on the size of the 9 inch video screen, purchased last month (February, 2024), a brand new Trailsport with that great blue color, and it is an excellent compromise. It’s a pleasure to drive and does very well off road, even on a few I would have given 2nd thought to in my 4Runner. The Honda AWD system is tuned to the Trailsport’s trail modes (Telluride’s is not). The Trailsport has steel skid plates. Telluride has none. I recommend you get the optional running boards (the less expensive traditional ones, not the tubular ones).. They are very functional yet don’t stick out of the SUV as far as the ones on a 4-runner because the lower doors are designed to hide half their width. I agree with another comment here: it would be ideal if the Trailsport had what my Land Rover classic Range Rover had: the ability on the fly at real low speed to raise the entire body up for an extra couple of inches of ground clearance. Of all features, probably the most critical in terms of defining limitations of off-road use is the amount of ground clearance you have. The only other thing Honda should improve upon, is to offer the option of a bench seat for the Trailsport. Oh, and also at least the front two seats should not only be heated, but should have air-conditioning going through the seat and the lower back. It’s odd not to offer that on the one trim that might spend time off-road in a desert in extreme heat. but even on easy freeway trips of long duration, cool seats are very nice to have. One comment: the third row is really very good and adults can sit back there, primarily, because if you look at the roofline of the car it’s not sloping down so much the way most of the competition does. there’s plenty of headroom in the third row. And if there is only one person there, he or she has unlimited legroom, because of the absence of a center seat on the second row, so you can stretch your legs out as if you’re flying business class.
All the Pilot needs is a 2.5 inch lift and it's main weakness would be easily solved. Hopefully some company decides to take this platform on.
To protect the transmission the computer stops it from overheating on thick terrain so it’s not a real offroader in my opinion
Way more capable than I thought it would be.
and it can take way much more!
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I am debating hard between Honda Pilot Trailsport, and Subaru Ascent. Apart from daily commute in winter through slushy Minnesota highways, will also be making winter road trips across North American snow belts, often over unplowed country roads. Having played with both vehicles, which one would you guys recommend, with focus on snow handling, and reliability?
And looked like tires weren't aired down.
Awesome
Any rattles or other mechanical noises in the Pilot after all the torture testing?
Do you drive it in the number 1 or 2 ?
wow. thats sand was scary
why
looked so deep in some spots the Pilor might have gotten stuck
Sa torche dans l pite 😂
gavno!