Re: Re: Peterson's 4X4 of the year

From: J McKinney (bigmopar4x4@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Jan 04 2000 - 13:56:43 EST


You don't have to convince me, I totally agree with you
guys and Four Wheeler magazine. I just thought it was
funny that they made such a big point about the seats and I
think you 4.7L guys would take offense to this quote- "The
4.7L is a kick with all that high-revving power, but we
question this engine as a valid truck powerplant with it's
deficiencies in low-end torque."

I'd buy the Dakota just on looks alone, the Tundra is
hideous and I'd like to see how that little 8" Toyota rear
axle is doing years from now after seeing some towing duty.

--- Jason&Sarah <Jpm699@email.msn.com> wrote:
> But the Quad Cab beat the Tundra in Four Wheeler
> Magazine. It had a better
> turning Diameter, better RTI, better price, better
> braking, and better
> acceleration. They loaded up the Dakota and Tundra with
> half thier payload
> and ran the quarter mile and 0-60, the Dakota won on both
> accounts. They
> also said that the Dakota is the best factory "crawler"
> around, best
> interior room. Overall point total:
> Dodge Dakota Quad Cab:6204.2
> Dodge Ram Quad Cab: 5904.6
> Nissan Frontier Crew Cab: 5809.3
> Toyota Tundra: 6094.9
> I can give you more info if anyone is intrested!
>
> Jason
>
>
>
>
> >Did anybody see the Feb 2000 Four Wheel and Off Road??
> >They gave the 4X4 of the year award to the Tundra. The
> >Dakota Quad cab came in a very close 2nd (1111 pts to
> 1082
> >pts) with the Ram coming in 3rd. It was the first time
> in
> >8 years it was given to a non-Chryler product.
> >
> >The funny part of the article is that it sounds like it
> >came down to how comfortable the seats were??--Oh
> brother!!
> > They said the Dakota's seats were uncomfortable (I
> really
> >like mine personally) and that the Tundra had great
> seats.
> >Even though they show a male adult crammed in the rear
> seat
> >of the Tundra with his knees fully planted into the seat
> in
> >front of him. They loved all the room the Quad cab had.
> >
> >The best part of the article was that even with Toyota's
> >stupid commercials saying that it's faster than any
> other
> >truck, the 4.7L equipped Dakota beat their 4.7L equipped
> >Tundra in the 1/4 mi--16.86 to 17.24. Too bad they
> didn't
> >use a 5.9L Dakota Quad Cab.
> >
> >
> >=====
> >John McKinney
> >Los Banos, CA
> >1998 Dakota 4x4 5in lift/locked 33" Swampers
> >1974 Ramcharger 4in lift/locked 33" BFG MT's
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>
>

=====
John McKinney
Los Banos, CA
1998 Dakota 4x4 5in lift/locked 33" Swampers
1974 Ramcharger 4in lift/locked 33" BFG MT's
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