
We wonāt get to drive the new 2017 Honda Ridgeline for a while, but what we can do is give you, our beloved readers, a review of the in-bed trunk. Itās marvelous.
I decided to hop into the new Ridgelineās in-bed trunk and see what it might be like to live in there. Hereās what greeted me:

Now, that may not look like a lot of space, but we can tell you definitively that a 5'8", 150 pound manchild will indeed fit in there with ample space. And itās actually pretty nice in there. Sure, the plastics are a bit on the hard side, and the o-rings sealing the trunk might make the whole ābreathingā thing difficult, but the trunk has some stellar features.
For one, thereās a spare tire in there, which one could use as an oxygen source once all that precious trunk air has been turned to carbon dioxide. Just pop the tire and Boom, youāve got another five minutes of life! Genius, Honda! Now thatās forward thinking.
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The trunk also features a jack, which one could use to, well, Iām not sure. I havenāt figured out any uses for a jack in a bed-trunk. You might want to get rid of that, Honda. Itās useless.
Then thereās the drain plug, which is utter genius because sometimes humans produce bodily fluids, and who wants to swim in their own excrement as they slowly suffocate to death? Not a good idea.
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Thereās also the in-bed speakers, perfect for jamming out to a horribly depressing Sarah McLachlan song as your lungs start to eat themselves. Itās great, really.
But then thereās Hondaās showstopper feature: a glow-in-the-dark release handle. Once youāve depleted your spare tire, listened to heartbreaking music, urinated out of the drain hole and suffocated to death, your dead body can click the āreleaseā button, and your ghost can escape and do whatever it is that ghosts do. Drive Volkswagen Type III Squarebacks, I guess.

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