I wonder if your local police department would put themselves on a
higher state of alert if someone happened to tip them off anonymously
about a '98 Dakota 4x4 doing stupid things like this.
Nospiratus@aol.com wrote:
>
> I loaned my 98 4x4 318 V8 CC sport to my father this past weekend for a
> 1,000 mile round trip from chicago to north central wisconsin to put our 3
> ton boat into storage. Whatever he did while he had the truck made it run a
> whole hell of alot smoother and faster. It used to prematurely downshift
> before and be sluggish out of the hole. Well not anymore. I was meeting a few
> friends at a bar in Lincoln Park which is about 30 miles from my house. The
> time was 11:00 when I left my house, a trip that normally takes me 30 minutes
> turned into 15 at 105 mph. That truck was acting like a top fuel dragster.
> It wound up so high before shifting i thought something was wrong. I raced
> and beat a off road edition Turd F-150 with no problem. In fact I beat him by
> so much I thought he accidentally put his truck in reverse. Heres the ticker.
> We ended up 45 miles from my house at loyola university. My friend who was
> also there has a 99 CC V6 4x4 dakota and we decided to road race on the way
> home. He made the first light which happened to be at a 6 way intersection
> before. The light for me took 5 minutes. So, he was five minutes ahead of me.
> To make a long story short this trip from loyola to my house normally takes
> 45 minutes driving around 65 mph on lakeshore drive and through downtown
> chicago. Halfway home, he jumped on the expressway and I missed the turn. So
> i decided since its 3am Id try my damndest to beat him home. I ran like 3 red
> lights and 4 stop signs by taking the long way home and still i pulled up to
> his house 2 doors away from mine right behind him. The highest recorded speed
> my passenger recorder was 108 mph in a 35 mph zone and an official time of
> about 20 minutes. I LOVE ROAD RACES. Some may think this was dangerous and
> immature but the whole way home all I hear was the rumble of the single
> chamber dual outlet flowmaster growling with satisfaction. At this time you
> may be asking why I chose to write this and ill tell you why, because
> yesterday my dakota ran like the day i took it off the showroom floor. That
> mean ass 318, I wouldnt trade it for the world. 36,000 miles and all !!!!!
> I still have an adrenalin rush.
>
> Mike Gresk
> 98 CC Sport 318 V8 4x4
> (It aint for sale, dont ask, Im never selling it, im gonna die in it, if you
> cant ram it at least dodge it, flowmaster all the way) Touch my truck and ill
> jam a toothpick in your eyesocket !!!!!
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