I hope you are enjoying your new vehicle. I retired from the plant that builds these in Lincoln, AL and I'd like to personally thank you for buying the Pilot. One of my last major tasks was doing the plant side accounting for the launch of this body style. The groundwork for this started years ago and Honda spent a boatload of money to expand the plant and put in new equipment to handle the new heavier chassis. I don't know how many $1mil+ budget applications I reviewed for plant and equipment. I wish they would re-start the plant tours so you could see things in motion.

Just bought a 2025 modern steele metallic black edition..it was my dream car ive always wanted. Drove an accord for 15 yrs so it was time for an upgrade!!!

@AdventureIsOutThere

18 күн бұрын

Glad you are enjoying your new vehicle as much as we are!

Honestly you can't go wrong with either Honda or Toyota. Both will outlast most people. Really the biggest difference between the Pilot and the Highlander is the V6 compared to the Highlanders 4cyl, yeah they dropped the V6 a couple years ago. Congrats.

@ericliu5319

13 күн бұрын

I am in market right now. the Highlander was my first choice until I found out that Toyota want cheap and downgraded the engine to 4ccyl turbo. I am getting a Pilot too.

I didn’t get a notification..but , congratulations 🎉! As much as you all drive a new car is awesome 😊. I’m so glad my suv day’s are gone lol 😂

Before I retired I worked at JCI/ADIENT and they made seat tracks for Honda Pilot. The seat tracks are very heavy when you lift them all day.

How much difference did you have to pay for 2 years

one thing is very disappointed in 6-ciilider Hondas and acuras they still can NOT get rid of the silly timing belt and put timing chain instead.

While working at Honda as a technician, I buy the Pilot Black Edition 2022 AWD. I like to keep it clean so every week I hand washed twice a week. Yeah that could be too much for it but that just me. Especially bcuz the color is black and is a color that I have to keep it clean. Now it has 30,000 miles and the transmission started to lack. Everytime I make a stop and hit the gas pedal, it start thinking on the first gear for about 5 seconds. If I make a right turn it also start thinking on the speed. As a technician I try looking for any updates or bulletin to see if there any recall or campaign for the Transmission but there is nothing. I do my oil changes exactly at every 5,000 miles and the tire rotation, transmission fluid exchange, differential, transfer case and throttle service with injectors cleaning every 10,000. I remember that the Pilots 2016 through 2019 have the same issue when they got to the 20,000 miles and we change the transmission solenoids. Now talking about the difference with the 2022 and 2023 I don't think the first sun roof opens up. That part I don't like it. The other think I don't like is the TV. The 2023 It doesn't come with TV no more. Everything else is the same. All it change is the exterior how it looks on the front more like a square and the 2022 the front goes a little bit down shape. Is a good Honda Pilot tho. But I will wait and see if the 2026 comes in a better shape and upgraded.

Nice, the difference is the $$$$! We love our 2014 bought used and is paid for. Then again, we don't have a youtube channel with Xtra cash

@AdventureIsOutThere

Ай бұрын

We owned our 2023 that we traded in & just paid the difference. They had inventory they needed to move & looking to expand used inventory. The numbers made since once we negotiated & hit the reset button on warranty & free maintenance. I’m still rocking my 2008 paid for in cash Toyota Tundra.

@johnfontanini8490

Ай бұрын

'14 is a great year, still on a Truck frame. '16 and new "unibody" not safe at all.

Beautiful ride, congratulations

Nice car but i'll keep my Outback as it's the best travel car ive ever owned

Not sure I get it. You have a 2023 car, but you need a new one already? My car is 10 years old; I have no desire to buy a new car.

@letsrage3363

Ай бұрын

Maybe they lease. May be a personal preference. Lower payments, warranty doesn’t expire, low to zero maintenance.

@AdventureIsOutThere

Ай бұрын

I have a 2008 Toyota Tundra truck that runs great. We have run the numbers of holding a car for a long time & repairing it vs having one under warranty & trading it in while it has greater value (2-3years old). The numbers make sense for us always under warranty, free maintenance & peace of mind of having my wife travel in the safest/most reliable vehicle possible. I used to listen to Dave Ramsey a lot & used to agree with him about ONLY owning a used vehicle. I have since changed my opinion that there is value in having a reliable vehicle under warranty. I would agree with him that you should pay cash & not buy a vehicle outside your budget.

@ajlsrv5490

Ай бұрын

@@AdventureIsOutThereyeah, but Hondas last forever. Our 2016 Pilot has 180,000 miles and has pretty much been flawless. You just wanted the shiny new toy. It’s okay to admit it.

@Huntersadventures12

Ай бұрын

Wow nice car

@Natebluecollarman

Ай бұрын

When you trade in your vehicle that often you can save money on the extend warranties. Probably save around 6 to 8 thousand on them. No need to buy them if you don't have the car very long. And if you get the complimentary 2 year maintenance you save on that as well. Vehicle also doesn't depreciate that much in 2 years. As long as you can afford to buy it out right or a large down payment, by the time you buy the next one you won't owe much at all on the new one. Also wanted to know what microphones you use?

New car is beautiful. I have a Honda Accord that I love. You can't go wrong with a Honda!

My Husband and I Had one and Loved it. The only thing about them Unless they have changed Transmissions. They go out !! Our went out within 7 months then again 2 1/2 years later. But we Loved ours.

As a 2023 Toyota Camry Owner. I absolutely Love❤️ the Honda Pilot. This exterior color Gray is one of my favorite color on the Honda Pilot. The interior color Black I Love It. Of course I'm going to eat in my car. I can always clean it up. Congratulations👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 On your new 2025 Honda Pilot.

Just traded my 22 CRV for a 25 Pilot Elite. Kids getting bigger, needed more room. Absolutely love it.

I love the Honda Pilot. I have a 2013 Pilot and its a great car. It has 165K miles on it and still running great!

Love the new Pilot and the way you all surprised your kids. That new car smell would give it away. Thank you for highlighting the Rusty Wallace Dealership. He was my favorite driver when he was racing. I have the 2023 Honda CRV it is the redesign. I had ordered mine before they were arriving to lots back in October of 2022.

Love it! The sliding second seat gave me flashbacks to my old mini, same action how folks got in the back. And nobody liked sitting back there. 😂. God bless your new vehicle!

What model is yours?

Just hit an ELK, ALL CRASH MITIGATION SYSTEMS FAILED - Even my old Kia Niro would had at least applied the Brakes - This 2025 Pilot is my most disappointing Honda - Never Again !! UNSAFE .

congrats that looks so awesome.

Congrats on the new Honda Pilot! We have a 2018 Pilot that we love, so this was nice to see some of the upgrades and improvements. Enjoy it! 😃

Happy for y’all

I'd love to see your math on how this financially makes sense. Just lease if you always want a new car every 2-3 years

@steveprinty5674

19 күн бұрын

With leasing I think you only pay sales tax on (basically) whatever the depreciation would be. Here in California buying a new car every 3 years and paying the sales tax on full price would………suck. ☺️

Sorry to burst your bubble lady. What you did, makes absolutely zero financial sense. That dealership must love you though. But hey, it’s your money to burn. Nice car, enjoy it.

Nice new ride! Congrats!

@AdventureIsOutThere

Ай бұрын

Thanks!

Beautiful vehicle! Congrats on your upgrade! Thanks for sharing your experience about this particular model!

@AdventureIsOutThere

Ай бұрын

Thanks!

Pilot hybrid when?

Love the Vlog❤

@AdventureIsOutThere

Ай бұрын

😁👍

Couldn't really fool Hannah, haha! She sensed it right away. Fun to keep them guessing, tho!

Great video. I loved Micah's face when he sat in the car.

You'll still lose money upgrading every 3 years, but it will always be under warranty! 😂 sure better have more hp, info system, style, comfort n mpg. 😅 Dont fall for this green new deal plug in bs. Batteries are the most environmentally unsafe thing you could imagine! I challenge anyone to say they are not!

@PaulyWally30

Ай бұрын

What do you mean he will lose money?

@Anhedonis

Ай бұрын

Challenge accepted. Neutronium or Chernobyl’s Elephant Foot.

@AcornDomainsCancelled

28 күн бұрын

@@PaulyWally30 blue book n depreciation simple

Although I have absolutely nothing whatsoever against... well....any Japanese (or other foreign) made car.... I'm partial to Nissan. I've owned several over the years with my first being a 1981 Datsun 310 GX and my current, a 2014 Murano. You honestly can't go wrong with a Honda, Toyota, Nissan etc. Very nice car and congrats on your new purchase! God bless! ~ Scott 💙🙏🏼

You can’t go wrong with a Honda

Love your new car , my father bought my stepmom one about 5 years ago still looks new and lots of room, how is your garden doing , hope you do more videos on the garden thanks guys stay cool and God Bless

@AdventureIsOutThere

Ай бұрын

Garden is doing great, we went for a walk through it and picked some goodies for dinner tonight. I’ll try to do an update video in the future!

Your Pigeon Forge and Gatlin content is the best. Car reviews, well, meh. I'm too poor to afford luxury cars like that anyhow tbh.

@taylormarcelino1020

Ай бұрын

Us car people love this type of stuff.

@llowery1276

27 күн бұрын

I think most people aren't realistically living like this. My best friends husband is a doctor, and they aren't trading in a 2 year old car for a brand spanking new one. They are out of debt, etc. But not living it up like this.

Nice vehicle! I have an older Pilot. Can’t beat a Honda. Congratulations! 😁

I have a really hard time understanding why you would trade in a vehicle, lose thousands of dollars, to get the exact same vehicle...

@AdventureIsOutThere

8 күн бұрын

High demand for used vehicles getting top value for our trade in and abundance of 2024/2025 new vehciles on hand. Depreciation happens on every vehicle with use, the numbers made since to us to swap & get a brand new warranty simply paying the difference.

@MatthewSiwula-e5m

8 күн бұрын

@@AdventureIsOutThere You do you, but you still lost thousands of dollars to buy the exact same vehicle. Honda's rarely have large issues, so losing thousands of dollars doesn't justify extending a warranty. A new engine is $3500.

@AdventureIsOutThere

8 күн бұрын

@@MatthewSiwula-e5m Again, we ran the numbers and it made the most since for us to upgrade at this time...thanks!

Great choice on cars. 😊 I own 2 Honda Pilots. A 2005 and a 2023. Love the Pilot!

@GarlandTexasSpotter2024

27 күн бұрын

You own the first generation Pilot and the current 4th generation Pilot? Awesome!

Great review. I'd go with the Durango SRT Hellcat SUV to make sure the family gets to Dollywood first. 😮😅

Forget Map Quest, I pulled out Rand McNally.

@AdventureIsOutThere

Ай бұрын

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Did you lease or buy every 2 years?

@AdventureIsOutThere

Ай бұрын

Buy. It’s more economical than leasing when we have run the numbers.

@AmandeepSingh-ck9xd

Ай бұрын

As long as you're not in debt and financial secure it shouldn't matter if you trade in your car every 2 to 3 years. But the new car smell is very toxic to your health. There's formaldehyde and benzene and other carcinogens in new car smell used in the plastics.

Love Honda.... we both drive Honda's, and I work at Honda Dealership here in Maine!!

@AdventureIsOutThere

Ай бұрын

Our Honda Pilots have always been reliable!

waiting for the Hybrid version

You have the link for the tablet holders for the kids?

Oh my goodness too funny watching the kids, this is definitely something we would have done🤭.

@AdventureIsOutThere

Ай бұрын

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Why would you need a 2025, when you had a 2023? We are still driving a 2006 Toyota Sienna, almost 250k miles. We are going to replace it with a brand new one this year. But it's great not having a payment.

Congratulations 🎉 very nice new car 🚙 ❤

Ryan, the 2025 should have CarPlay if the 23 had it. My wife bought a 2020 Honda Pilot and it was on the infotainment system m. Play with settings you should find

@AdventureIsOutThere

Ай бұрын

Yeah, I mentioned it connects to Apple (CarPlay).

@Michaelm270

Ай бұрын

@@AdventureIsOutThere my bad I thought you said it had Android Auto only! I may have heard wrong

Nice SUV guys, what's weird is the MDX doesn't have 3rd row vents but the Pilot does LOL. I find that odd!

@AdventureIsOutThere

Ай бұрын

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You said that you were leaving in the description, where to buy on Amazon, the head rest clamps for the kids to use with their phones or ipads, but I don't see it here.

@AdventureIsOutThere

18 күн бұрын

It should be at the end of the first paragraph, but I'll leave it here for you as well. Thanks for watching! amzn.to/3Yle4ca

@britishsweetness100

17 күн бұрын

@AdventureIsOutThere Thank you very much, sir. I enjoyed your video. I made an appointment to go purchase a Honda Pilot. Thanks for the advice. 😊👍

Just curious, how many miles were on the 2023 Pilot before trading it in to the Rusty Wallace lot?

@AdventureIsOutThere

Ай бұрын

29K

@starlinx5509

Ай бұрын

@AdventureIsOutThere Oh wow! I don't know why I was thinking it was a lot higher than 29K...not too shabby for having the 2023 a few years or less

I can't believe you traded like for like. Seems like a lot of work to go through just for lower miles, when the trade it was still well within warranty.

@AdventureIsOutThere

18 күн бұрын

Not too much work, and we find it worth trading in so we can get the highest value for our trade in before it depreciates more. But to each their own.

Love my 2022 Honda Pilot Elite! Is your 2025 a Touring or Elite?

@AdventureIsOutThere

Ай бұрын

Elite

Enjoy the ride

@AdventureIsOutThere

Ай бұрын

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One thing they did upgrade!! The USB charging ports are now USBC ports

@Partypilotkaraoketaxi

Ай бұрын

My company has a 23 and a 25 and that's the only difference that I noticed 😊

@AdventureIsOutThere

Ай бұрын

We didn’t notice that at first, but the kids did eventually mention that to us after we stopped recording.

Hondas last 20 years and he’s this guy getting a new one every two years

@AdventureIsOutThere

Ай бұрын

And what do you have to do once those 15-20years are up & one is doing lots of repairs constantly? Eventually fork out a big chunk of change to get a new car. Or you can just pay a little bit every 3 years & always be under warranty. Much like the iphone, people would say they are still rocking their iPhone 11 and see no reason to upgrade. Whereas the phone we use is a great tool & will upgrade our 15's the new iPhone 16's when it comes out this fall. If someeone is happy with their older car or phone and it does the job for them, great! If someone has the means & desire to pay the difference to upgrade something, great!

What a cute family!

@AdventureIsOutThere

Ай бұрын

😁

Link for tablet holders please

The Pilot is built just down the road from us in Lincoln, Alabama.

@GBraidi78

Ай бұрын

The Odyssey and the MDX also right?

@AdventureIsOutThere

Ай бұрын

Nice!

@photobob1961

Ай бұрын

@@GBraidi78 They used to make the MDX. They currently produce the Odyssey, Pilot, Passport and Ridgeline.

Nice ride.

@AdventureIsOutThere

Ай бұрын

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Which trim level is the new one?

@AdventureIsOutThere

Ай бұрын

This is the 2025 Honda Pilot Elite

@fredmoss4540

Ай бұрын

​@@AdventureIsOutThereCheck the IIHS Crash Test Rating unless I misunderstood the 2025 Crash Rating may be better in 2nd Row than 2023-2024.

Proud and boastful people will be shamed, but wisdom stays with those who are modest and humble. Proverbs 11:2

@AdventureIsOutThere

Ай бұрын

What does this have to do with a car review?

@joelovehenry5035

Ай бұрын

100%

@joelovehenry5035

Ай бұрын

@@AdventureIsOutThere​​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠you’re boasting your new vehicle purchase to your viewers, basically bragging. Sure some viewers can upgrade their car, many cannot. It shows you bragging about upgrading to a 2025 from a 2023 and to some followers bragging is shaming them. You aren’t staying humble, you’re boasting to people that you can afford to upgrade. I never brag about what I have to people, not everyone can afford what others can and bragging like this isn’t exactly the right thing to do in the eye of “god.” Stay humble, don’t brag, I never brag about my life and possessions to others since we all are in different circumstances. You do great with the local stuff to do in the smokies, but bragging isn’t helping your image.

@AdventureIsOutThere

Ай бұрын

@@joelovehenry5035 ​ The new car is referred to a blessing to get us to where we will be going in future videos. It's a tool we are grateful for and by no means are bragging or any shaming is intended. It worked out great that they were in need of used inventory & looking to move their new inventory and it was great that we were able to negotiate numbers that worked for us & Honda. My other vehicle is a 2008 Toytoa Tundra and as a libertarian I really don't care what others have. If someone gets a new house, bike, car, phone, etc. I would be happy for them and celebrate for them & do my best to not be quick to judge them. If people are looking for the worst in your motives or actions, they will find it. The main audience this video is for is other families who are researching the 2025 Honda Pilot today and 2 years from now trying to determine if they should by this or something different. Ultimately, God knows the heart of an individual whether they are worshipping the gift rather than the giver.

@joelovehenry5035

Ай бұрын

@@AdventureIsOutThere you can spin it as you wish to justify it to yourself, but as you can see in the other comments others have left, it’s bragging and the opposite of being humble. You can see it as you choose, but many have commented and pointed out this is bragging. I’d honestly never post anything like this since I would never want to brag about what I have when others are not in my same situation and I wouldn’t want to make them feel bad, I guess that would be me considering empathy towards others when I think about it. Your post is a 180 degree opposite of staying humble. Nothing against you, but bragging isn’t the best thing to show your viewers when I’m sure some are struggling in this economy. Take care.

can we not get the Panoramic roof with Elite?

@fredmoss4540

8 күн бұрын

That's the way Honda/Acura has built vehicles. You get that trim and it comes exactly that way. They are different than say GM or Ford.

Hoping this is the year the Passport and Ridgeline get the updates the Pilot got in 2023.

@AdventureIsOutThere

Ай бұрын

The dealer mentioned to us they don't see the Pilot getting another upgrade until 2027. Not sure about the other 2.

@GarlandTexasSpotter2024

27 күн бұрын

@@AdventureIsOutThereWell, Honda did reveal the 2026 Honda Passport, an all new generation of it. But, it’s just a front grill only and not the entire thing. Ridgeline might also use the new pilot chassis.

@AdventureIsOutThere

27 күн бұрын

@@GarlandTexasSpotter2024 👍

Doesent the dealer rip you off everytine you trade in a car or are you ok with ut? I had got a 23crv last year and my gosh i felt ripped off and it was a horrible experience. Besides to be honest i felt that paying 40k otd for a jew was was not worth it. I had an older cev 2012 and it was great too the only major difference in a new car is the safety features and the adaptive cruise control and sone small tid bits other than that its pretty much rhe same. Waste of money that coukd he hetter soent eosewhere

@AdventureIsOutThere

18 күн бұрын

The Honda dealership we go to works with us to come to a fair trade in price.

@Technewlogy

18 күн бұрын

@@AdventureIsOutThere but still it always benefits them more than it does ro you. They make it feel as though you are getting a deal but in fact they are the ones eating the cake.

Love H❤nda!😊

@AdventureIsOutThere

Ай бұрын

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No spare tire? That’s the big deal for me.

@AdventureIsOutThere

9 күн бұрын

It’s under the car.

2023 to 2025, you get usb C ports in the back seats instead of usb A

@AdventureIsOutThere

Ай бұрын

We did eventually catch this the next day.

@fredmoss4540

Ай бұрын

Check the IIHS Crash Test Ratings unless Im misunderstanding the 2025 Pilot rates better than 2023-2024. This might be in the 2nd Row seating.​@@AdventureIsOutThere

It's so ugly but at the same time it's got a reliable V6 and a real transmission. So I can't fault anyone for buying it.

They copied Car Confections with the thumbnail 😂.

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story Whats the most trouble you ever got in

@AdventureIsOutThere

Ай бұрын

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@AdventureIsOutThere

Ай бұрын

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