2021 Passport Elite AWD - Platinum White Pearl w/grey lthr int. Suntek PPF.
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NEW forum member! Happy to join you all and learn more about our Platinum White Pearl 2021 Passport Elite. We purchased 4-3-2021 at 58 miles on odometer and drove it 101 miles home where we stored it until an appointment for paint protection film (PPF). Tuesday 4-20 it received Suntek’s best PPF on all front leading edges, mirror caps, the bright-work surrounding the grille, the front door handle pockets, and the front door lower sill painted surfaces. Going to get something onto the cargo hatch load sill to protect that painted surface and already have some ideas from reading up on it here. We’ve added a complete set of W’Tech floor liners in black (grey interior). Before taking delivery we had our dealer add the Honda towing kit, including trans cooler, harness, and hitch so now good for towing up to 5K pounds (Class III hitch).
We were attracted to the Passport because we didn’t want a third row seat and needed something with a large enough cargo area that one of us could sleep in. We wanted AWD and a capable tow vehicle for an aluminum fishing boat/motor/trailer. Our dealership salesman who we had done deals with before (frankly, he is the ONLY car salesman I have ever trusted and liked), advised us his dealership sold nine Pilots for every Passport largely due to the Pilot’s 3 row seating capability. So O.K. we thought, Passports are “limited editions” – fine by us! Plus, I bought a 2015 Pilot several years ago and found it drove like a bus – it was rapidly passed to our daughter.
We moved quickly after learning of the current microchip shortage – not many Passports in the pipeline from the Alabama Assembly these days. Our dealer had to do a trade for the white we wanted, and the only dealer in a 200 mile radius who had a white Elite (Brown Honda, Toledo, OH) didn’t want to relinquish it…..but finally caved. It was manufactured in Feb. 2021 so no winter salt/mess exposure this past winter.
Prior to this purchase we had not bought a new car since 2005. Personally I am a little old school and I freely admit that all the electronic gizmos and nannies on this Passport are a tad overwhelming. It will be her “daily driver” but I realize I am going to spend significant time reading and learning from the voluminous owner’s manual. And from you all on this forum, so thanks for that!
We are Acura/Honda fans with five Acuras and now four Hondas.
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We were attracted to the Passport because we didn’t want a third row seat and needed something with a large enough cargo area that one of us could sleep in. We wanted AWD and a capable tow vehicle for an aluminum fishing boat/motor/trailer. Our dealership salesman who we had done deals with before (frankly, he is the ONLY car salesman I have ever trusted and liked), advised us his dealership sold nine Pilots for every Passport largely due to the Pilot’s 3 row seating capability. So O.K. we thought, Passports are “limited editions” – fine by us! Plus, I bought a 2015 Pilot several years ago and found it drove like a bus – it was rapidly passed to our daughter.
We moved quickly after learning of the current microchip shortage – not many Passports in the pipeline from the Alabama Assembly these days. Our dealer had to do a trade for the white we wanted, and the only dealer in a 200 mile radius who had a white Elite (Brown Honda, Toledo, OH) didn’t want to relinquish it…..but finally caved. It was manufactured in Feb. 2021 so no winter salt/mess exposure this past winter.
Prior to this purchase we had not bought a new car since 2005. Personally I am a little old school and I freely admit that all the electronic gizmos and nannies on this Passport are a tad overwhelming. It will be her “daily driver” but I realize I am going to spend significant time reading and learning from the voluminous owner’s manual. And from you all on this forum, so thanks for that!
We are Acura/Honda fans with five Acuras and now four Hondas.
