hahah.. yeah yeah, well, it was my first *real* (using the term loosely)
car.. bought it 7 yrs old, 59k miles and paid $3700 (blue book was $5500).
I drove it for 50k+ miles, 2 accidents, and no engine problems, so that
Probe did pretty good.. hey, hard to knock a car that gets 40mpg and does
60 in 10 secs.. 5 spd too, loved that. Loved the flip up headlights too :)
DAK CONTENT: uhhh bought my dakota, gave the probe to my parents as
quickly as I could.. but I miss that 5 spd.. but hey, the 5.2 is fun enough
without the clutch to hassel with, especially all this bumper to bumper
traffic. Only ditched the Probe cause I had wanted a Dakota for about the
last 5 years and finally had a chance to get one.. Have not and will not
regret this buy :) WHAT A GREAT TRUCK!!!
Ken Allgood
97 cc slt 5.2L
>Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 22:27:26 CDT
>From: "Matt ." <guynamedsly@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: DML: Re: My brand new Dak got crunched.
>
>A PROBE??????? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>
>
>- ----Original Message Follows----
>From: "Ken Allgood" <kenallgood@home.com>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
>To: <dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET>
>Subject: DML: Re: My brand new Dak got crunched.
>Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 15:58:57 -0400
>
>Alex,
>
> Ryan is 100% right here. Just over a year ago, I had the
mis-fortune
>of broadsiding a lady in a Berreta with my Ford Probe. Thankfully, it was
>her fault. She didn't give yield on her left turn (she had green light,
not
>green arrow, I was coming straight from the other way, went right into her.
>side). I saw her cutting across, so I started to brake a little, but she
>still had time to make it across. She sees me, panics, slams on her brakes
>and stops right in my path! Now, I'm doing 45mph (speed limit!! wooho),
and
>slam on my brakes. She realizes I can't stop in time, and just as I nudge
>into her side, she tries to move to get out of the way. So instead of just
>having a small dent in her side, she drug my bumper on the underside of her
>passenger door back to her rear tire wheel. So she had a streak of dents
>and tore up paint down the right underside of her car? me? well, I had a
>few paint strips come off, very little. But my front bumper got pushed
into
>my right quarter-panel, making the tire well buckle. Police come, she gets
>a ticket for failure to yield. 2 days later, my car is in the shop for 3
>days, her insurance covering it completely, plus they covered a rental for
>that time. My insurance rate didn't change, actually went down the next 6
>months. All I had to do for the accident was call my insurance company,
>gave them her insurance info, and the rest was history. Was quite easy.
>The total cost on my Probe was about $1000 (replaced front bumper and fixed
>right-front quarter-panel), not that I cared a whole lot seeing NOTHING was
>coming out of my pocket. The deductable is there in case YOU cause an
>accident. If your deductable is $500, then you'll have to pay $500 of the
>damage you caused, then you're insurance covers the rest (although your
>rates would go up).. But that is not the case, you didn't cause the
>accident, THEIR insurance should cover 100% of the damage. If they are
>uninsured, then your insurance company will pay for the damages (not sure
if
>you have to pay deductable), and THEY will sue the driver. All you will
>have to do is testify as a witness I think, insurance company will take
care
>of all of the court preceedings. About the only time I can think of when
it
>is actually good to have insurance :)
>
>Ken Allgood
>97 cc slt 5.2L
>
>>Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 12:17:42 -0400
>From: "Ryan Stewart" <firebird@kymtnnet.org>
>Subject: DML: Re: My brand new Dak got crunched
>----- Original Message -----
>From: DML Digest <owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET>
>To: <dakota-truck-digest@buffnet4.buffnet.net>
>Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 11:58 PM
>Subject: DML Digest V4 #2361
>
>
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