So, me and bro would be welcome to bring our RT to the next meet?
----- Original Message -----
From: Terry Herrin <therrin@isaac.net>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 2:07 AM
Subject: Re: DML: R/T snobs, was All R/T'ers
> "Mark Kuzia" <flyboy01@mediaone.net> wrote:
> >I felt a little snubbed when the R/T guys had a meet in Michigan and
didn't
> >even invite any other Dakotas. This is very insulting that R/T owners
belong
> >to both the R/T list and the Dakota list, show up to Dakota meets, but we
> >are not are not invited at all to any of their meets or to sign up on
their
> >list.
>
> I'm sorry you feel insulted. Yes, some of us R/T owners show up at
> Dakota meets, because we own a Dakota. You're not invited to R/T
> meets because you don't own an R/T. It's a result of the Dakota being
> a more general category of vehicle than the Dakota R/T. There is no
> intent of insulting anyone, it's just the way it is. If some other
> specific Dakota group wanted to have a meet that I wasn't invited to
> because I didn't own that type of Dakota, I wouldn't be insulted, I
> would understand it's because I don't own that vehicle.
>
> >Your response is very typical. Even at the track tonight there were a few
> >R/T's and both mine and Sam's 95 Dakotas. The R/T owners acted like they
had
> >better Dakotas than we had! But guess which two Dakotas were running over
a
> >second faster than any of the R/T's.
>
> Every group will have those kind of people. If they were really
> acting like that, then they were a--holes, most R/T owners are not
> like that.
>
> >still am a little angry that I was not invited to the R/T meet in
Michigan
> >this year. Just think about how good the meet could have been with twice
as
> >many Dakotas!
>
> But then it wouldn't have been an R/T meet. Think of it this way.
> How much better would a Dakota meet be if it were a Dodge meet instead
> so it could have a lot more vehicles? There's more to a meet than
> just sheer numbers. BTW, you could have come to the track and
> watched. You could have also come to the truck show at the Chrysler
> Museum and looked at the trucks and mingled with us R/T owners and
> discussed Dakota stuff, it was open to the public.
>
> Terry Herrin
> 99 FR CC R/T
> 14.769 @ 91.43
> Wilmington, NC
> http://users.isaac.net/therrin/dakota.html
>
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