Mine is (was?) a 99 but I know... sorry to hear about your truck! Glad you
and the wife (& clillins) are ok... sheesh...what a bad couple of weeks!
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----- Original Message -----
From: David Schultz <ds18840@hotmail.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 8:12 AM
Subject: DML: 00 Quad's must have "Hit Me" written all over them!!!
> From reading all the posts about smashed 00 Dakota's, I am beginning to
> think there must be some subliminal sign on the truck that reads "Hit
Me"...
> My 00 Dakota Quad has just turned 3 wks old with 1000 miles when I was
> rearended by a 17 year old in a Ford Escort. His car was a mess, hood
> buckled, fenders pushed to the wheel wells, etc... I saw the damage to his
> car and expected to see the back of my baby crumpled. To my surprise,
there
> was minimal damage... He hit the left rear portion of the bumper where the
> frame mounts are, it did hit hard enough to push the bumper into the rear
> 1/4 panel causing a small dent, and the bed twisted enough to hit the cab
> causing another crease and damaged paint, but other than some scratches on
> the plastic bumper molding, all was ok... His car had to be towed and
likely
> is totalled (He told the police he was doing 45 or so and did not see us
> slowing down to turn, he gave us a pretty good wack...). My wife and I
> suffered only minor whiplash, and our four children escaped uninjured. We
> have an appointment this Wednesday with the body man to see the extend of
> the truck damage...
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