RE: R/T & maybe others roll free?

From: Sam Parthemer (srp@home.com)
Date: Wed Dec 06 2000 - 00:43:19 EST


Check your parking brake, it might be hanging up a bit.

Sam '00 RT

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET]On Behalf Of WPG
> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 6:41 PM
> To: dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
> Subject: DML: R/T & maybe others roll free?
>
>
> Okay I have a question. I have noticed since the day I got my R/T that it
> doesn't seem to roll as freely as my old 93 V6 did. I have noticed this in
> parking lots where it doesn't seem to carry as much speed off of the brake
> and throttle as my old truck. And I have noticed this leaving my garage. I
> start up in the mornings and back out rather soon but put the truck in
> neutral as soon as I clear the garage door and coast down my drive. I do
> this to keep from waking our son since his bedroom is right next to the
> garage. Anyhow, my drive is about 30 feet of 10 to 15 degree
> slope pavement
> then about 70 feet of rock. My truck makes it about half way down the rock
> before it stops. A even more drastic comparison was made the other morning
> when I left in this manner in my wife's Maxima it cleared the entire drive
> and was in the street before I hit the brakes to stop. SO.. Is this
> something weird about my truck or is this just some of the drivetrain
> inefficiency that robs us of so much of crankshaft torque and HP?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul Gottes
>
>



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