Freshly washed outside, still salty on the all-season mats, also just bought a Britax Marathon convertible seat. Before anyone gets on me about installing it in a side seat, all Hondas and Acuras, including the Pilot, have LATCH lower seat bars only in the two outboard seats, not in the middle seat. Bummer as I don't want to depend just on the seatbelt (which can slip) to put the car seat in the center.








Our new Pilot, now with 250 miles on it:




We immediately upgraded the tires to GY Fortera TripleTreds, MUCH better than the OEM GY Integrities






Another Britax Marathon for our 8-month-old...








The taillight looks extravagant from a distance, but it uses one BULB for each element. Nowhere near as elegant as the LED setup on our RLs.

 

A beauty indeed! Looks awfully shiny all clean! I love the Celestial Silver.

 

damn! baller..

 

Nah. You can call me a baller when I have an NSX or S2000, or both in the driveway.

 

If you got s2000 or nsx then I call you pimp not baller.

 

Hey, neuronbob, I'm new to this board, just picked up an 05 RL last weekend, also live in Cleveland. I still have my old car (02 Accord) so I've been driving it every day in this junk, just can't bring myself to take out the new ride in this weather. In any event, I'll be posting here often, once I actually start driving the car that is. And get an owners manual. Its white/ebony BTW.

 

My 06 has several manuals with it.It won't have the Navigation System Manual, the quick start guide or the DVD instructional guide, but here is a pdf link of the Owner's Manual.

https://techinfo.honda.com/rjanisis/....ASP?YEAR=2005

 

Nice!

Quick question - who drives the RL? How can you fit the marathon behind the drivers seat?

We have a boulevard (for sale )and the marathon and it needs to go behind the passenger seat due to the lack of rear space.

 

I expected the interior to look much different then my sister's pilot, but it looks pretty much the same except for the bigger navi screen.

 

what do you have the baby seat on? Is that a mat?

 

"I'm rich, beeotch!" Or, I'd have to be to buy an NSX. Sigh...maybe when the little one finishes college in 22 years.....

Welcome to AZ and it's nice to see yet another NE Ohioan on the board. There are a few others around. You're the second to appear in the last month as a new owner. The RL, with decent tires, works nicely in this weather. Even so, I understand protecting your new purchase. Do keep posting! I do believe this calls for a get-together this spring...

The RL is my daily driver, the Pilot was an early Valentine's gift for my lovely spouse to cart around our scion, neuronbob the 3rd (yes, yours truly is a 2nd), and his stuff. The driver's seat is all the way back and the Marathon still fits fine. Because the headrest is tilted forward, the Marathon doesn't make any contact with the driver's seat. I had no trouble installing it. Installation behind my seat was necessary because I sometimes have to chauffeur my mother-in-law and she can't sit behind me with the seat all the way back. Just sensitive to space, I guess.

What year is your sister's Pilot?

The Marathon is on a Prince Lionheart seat saver. Must protect leather....

 

^ I believe she picked up a leftover '04. I really wanted her to get the '05 because it had a much better navi. The navi she has is virtually the same as my old 'Cl Type S.... great for 2000, but sux compared to today's standards.

 

Nice combo on the Acura and the Pilot. We picked up a 2003 Pilot new from the dealer almost 4 yrs. ago and have thoroughly loved it (Silver, with the DVD-Entertainment System). We are now waiting on child number 3 and have no concerns about outgrowing the Pilot...great vehicle. BTW, I've had a 06 TL/Nav for about 5 months now...hence my complement on the Acura/Pilot combination. Enjoy.

 

nice interior and nice car i want to get tooo

 

so did you get to test out both awd system on snowy roads?

 

Nice pair of rides, Bob!

We found ourselves in the same boat. Right around the time we got the RL, we decided we needed a family hauler for our 2 little ones, and a complicated kid-hauling carpool. I was torn between the Pilot and the Odyssey (which we ended up getting, and is actually very nice to drive).

Rob144