I feel your pain Bill. A guy in a Ferd F250 backed into my 2K Dak a month
ago. The guy was in his 60's but that didn't stop me from ripping into him
(my Dak was only 2 weeks old). Thank god the rental place I went to had a
Dak that looked just like mine!
Russ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thumper" <thumper72@lvcm.com>
To: "DML" <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 1:20 AM
Subject: DML: Wrecked my baby tonight
> I went to a Dodge party for new owners tonight at the palace station to
> mingle with the service mgr, dealership mgr, etc. Pretty cool, they gave
me
> a free dash cover. On the way home I was driving down the street at about
> 40mph in the far right hand lane when a 79 Toyota POS 2WD truck in the far
> left lane makes a hard right in front of me to get into the gas staion.
> Apparently he was not aware I was also using the street.
>
> Turns out the guy was coasting along because he ran out of gas and had
> "thought all the traffic had passed". I pulled into the gas station
behind
> him and was so mad I was shaking. A couple teenagers witnessed the
accident
> and saw the front of my truck before I did and said "hey man, tough
Dodge!".
> The only damage as far as i can tell is to the lower air dam...the
> fiberglass is cracked in about 4 places. Also a little damage I think to
> the bumper...cant tell if the marks can just be rubbed out or if the
bumper
> needs replacing too. If the buper needs replacing I am going to try and
> talk the service manager into replacing it with an RT body colored
> bumper....we will see.
>
> The driver of the Toyota admitted guilt so his insurance should pay for
it.
> But it REALLY SUX that my month old baby has a boo boo!!!!!!! The reason
I
> bought the DAK is because my Ramcharger was sideswiped by another idiot on
> the road a little over a month ago. REALLY GETTING TIRED OF VEGAS DRIVERS
> NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE ROAD!!!!!
>
> Thanks for letting me vent!
>
> Bill Boggs
> thumper72@lvcm.com
> http://www.lvcm.com/thumper/white_lightning.html
> "White Lightning"
> 2001 CC 2WD Sport+ 4.7 Auto
>
>
>
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