Re: Re: 97-01 Dakota Crash test poor (Remember When!)

From: Andy Levy (andylevy@bigfoot.com)
Date: Thu Nov 02 2000 - 20:01:41 EST


Those are the pics I linked to.

GSWillhite wrote:
>
> A DML'er in a Gen III was hit head on on the freeway a few
> years back by a couple of bank robbers...running from the
> law on the wrong side of the freeway. They were doing 90+??
> mph when they hit his dakota. Both of the bank robbers were
> killed and our lucky DML'er walked away with a bad knee and
> a banged up elbow. I believe they were driving a car for the
> gettaway. Anyone remember this one? Moral of the story.....
>
> If your gonna rob a bank, don't drive a POS gettaway car. ;)
>
> GS -
>
> P.S. Wonder if the DML'er is still around? The pics were unreal!
>
> > I dont know how well the 97+s fair in a crash but from personal experience
> > I'd like to see a gen IIs results on their testing. I was involved in a 50
> > mph head on crash in my dak with a silverado and was completly unharmed not
> > a scrach on me and the cab of my truck was fine. From what I've heard the
> > newer daks bumpers arent as strudy as the old ones but it cant be that much
> > of a difference can it?
> >
> > Chris

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-andy

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