[fcatwo]

You've got it right. Engineers built the truck, marketing people wrote the advertising and attorneys wrote the disclaimers in the owners manual-- and none of them work in the same office or have ever met. All manufacturers are much the same. If you have time and haven't already done so, you may want to spend time on the Ridgeline, Pilot and Odyssey owner's web sites to find out what others are doing and how it's working out.

Don't get too discouraged, we've all been through the same learning process and lived to complain about it. I still think you'll be OK at GCWR- you can use your tent when you go to 12,500ft.