Hey Dan!
Welcome aboard! I am a 9+ year owner of a Dak (look at my signature info). I
drive 100 miles per day with 80% being highway. My '92 gets 21.5mpg and my
'01 gets 20.5mpg. The Club Cab with V8 weights 750 lbs heavier and only 1mpg
less that the Reg Cab V6!! Woohoo!! Sorry about that, but I am very
impressed. I have always driven a 5spd as I do not like the "coasting" vs.
decelerating in all the traffic I deal with in the Detroit area. My '92 is
only on her second set of brakes, yup second (due for the third though). I
still drive her 2-3 times per week to keep the miles off of her big brother.
You should enjoy many years of service from a Dak. I had to buy another
after the success of my first one.
That sounds like a nice truck! I'm sure the V6 will handle the extra weight
(comparing my Reg Cab), but I'm curious which engine will get better mileage
(4,6 or 8). City driving with the V8 will use more gas, that's for sure. My
V6 gets 17mpg pure city no matter how I drove her. I strongly suggest a
Tonneau cover if you do any highway driving. I added 1.5mpg from that alone.
For the liners, several of us DMLer's have switched to the spray-in types.
Either Line-X or Rhino brands will take care of you well. They are not
slippery like the plastic drop-in ones. Almost 1/8" thick and guaranteed.
Another well worth the money mod.
Other than Mobil 1 oil, that's all that I have done to my Dak's except
driven them hard and long. I have no complaints about my Dak's. HTH!
Sean
'92 RC Sport 3.9L 5spd - 250,000mi!
'01 CC SLT+ 4.7L 5spd 3.92 LSD Mobil-1!
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Garris [mailto:dgarris@Cconnect.net]
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 3:17 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: I want to order a new Dakota SLT Club Cab (small Truck)
(comments?)
Hi All!
I'm new to the DML so please be gentle (LOL) and interested in a new
Club Cab Truck. I've been looking around at many different Trucks and
found for my needs the Dodge Dakota CC is a very nice truck! The Toyota
and Chevy's are not bad, but I do NOT want a full size or 4X4 truck,
just need a small sporty nice truck with good gas mileage. I have an 86
Mazda B2000LX I purchased new in 1985 so I usually keep and put to good
use my truck as I have a small electronics servicing biz and sometimes
do pickup and delieveries on TV's and such. So I need practicality and
not 4x4 "lot'sa horse power and mods" type of truck. I have 237K miles
on the Mazda and it still runs like new (really) but having to replace
things here and there almost every other month. Yesterday it was the
Master Cylinder. So I test drove a NEW 2001 Dodge Dakota SLT Club Cab
2X4 (small truck not the full size) I Loved it! The one I test drove had
a 6 clyinder (not a 4 like my old Mazda) they said gas mileage would be
about 22-23 Hwy MPG, sticker said 20MPG and 16MPG City. Big difference
from my Mazda which I can drive forever on $10 tank of gas (ok, ok, with
today's gas prices it's now $20 LOL) anyhow I liked the creature
comforts like the compass and computer and temp digital readouts in the
overhead convience package group and nice place to store your sun
glasses too (nice plus) also the Stereo with 3-Band EQ and CD and
vol/tuning controls on steering wheel column (another BIG plus) (I don't
care about super loud - just norm vol) had 6 infinity speaker system and
storage under ext cad seats for jumper cables and stuff. The factory
inside bed liner nice too. Need something for side rails as the other
liner that had it would badly scratch paint. I loved the Chrome all over
the truck, front, bumpers, grill and Silver is the color I want, Blue is
super nice too, but I park truck in a big dirt lot everyday and silver
truck I have now hides dirt very well. I've been reading this mailing
group for sometime now and I'm not sure but think it has a large
percentage of folks who are into mods. and I'm just looking for stock.
and options from others who have same truck that I am looking into. I
test drove 2 Dodges (at different Dealerships) both were 3.9L V6 Auto, I
would like to try the 4 clyinder with 5 speed just to see how it feels.
Where I live here in Eastern NC is alll flat and no hills so I do not
need power. Heck! My Mazda can't even pass a housefly on the Hwy but I
can drive it all day on $20 and I am completely happy with it. My
thinking was to go with a nicer truck (step up) if I buy a new one. I
will definitly ORDER it and get it loaded out with features I like
because I plan to keep it 15-16 years too like my old faithful LOL. I am
waiting to see what 2002 brings, I saw on one website that someone here
on the DML gave a link to that the 2002 V6 was going to a higher hp
level 215hp and better gas 3.7L and different front grill. Of course all
the Dealerships say there will be no changes cause they want to sell you
want they got now on the lots or can get from another lot. Any comments
on the Dodge Dakota SLT Club Cab 2X4 (small truck not the full size)
with either V6 or 4 clyinder- auto or 5 speed???? Anything to note or
look for or any NEWS on 2002? Can anyone comment??
Dan
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