hey everyone
i saw something at home depot today that isn't supposed to exist. it was a
blue dakota club cab 4x4 RT 4x4 edition. at least that is what the decals on
the side said(they were silver/grey) and they looked authentic. the dakota
looked right as did the RT and the 4x4 edition was under the dakota RT but it
was in the correct font. so i looked in side and it was a 4x4 with a 5speed.
the windshield wiper area looked the same as my 2000 which was different
than my 98 so i assumed it was a 2000. now knowing that this particular
truck isn't supposed to exist i started taking a good look at it. the
exhaust was factory but definately larger than what came with with both my
5.2 and my 4.7. i couldn't get a look into the engine bay(owner wasn't
around) but i tried looking under the fender well into the engine
bay(couldn't see anything that would tell my untrained eye what the power
plant was). so i took down the vin #. then i whipped into home depot to
check out what i was there to see and ran back out so i could be there when
they came out to there truck(i really wanted to take a look under the hood).
when i was walking out i saw a blue dak pulling out of the parking lot so i
ran back to my truck(which i moved to beside their truck) and sure enough
they were gone so i gave chase cut accross the parking lot to try to get
behind them. thankfully the driver pulled into the mcdonalds drive thru so i
parked my truck and walked over to ask them some questions. i of course
started with "that's not really an RT is it?(figuring the obvious decal
change)" the woman driving says " of course it is." so i say "a 5.9 with a
5speed and a 4x4?" she says" my husband custom ordered it from the factory"
me "seriously?" she gooses it once. "that's a 5.9 all right. christ my
salesman told me that wasn't possible." she says "he lied." so i thanked
her very much and walked away thinking F@#$ F@#$ F@#$ i've got 32 more
payments to go in my lease and there is the truck i always wanted right from
the start in 97 that i was told can't be built by five different salesman.
F@#$. i had every intention of making this truck(2000 club cab sport+4x4
4.7l 5speed black) my last truck for a long time and now i just want to get
out of it and custom order the truck i've been dreaming of for the last 4
years.
the vin # on the truck is 1b7gg22y2xs225883 the two 8's were flat on the top.
anyone know where i can run this vin to find out when it was made and what
its options were. i ran it through the one at the dml homepage but it came
back with a pretty general description.
thanks for letting me vent
derek
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