yup...gotta be the green paint...had this dak for about a year and a
half...got reareneded twice sitting in traffic...sideswipped by a person
changing lanes and some one cut into a parking space to quick and hit my
bumper...its all fixed now, and thank god none of it was serious...just new
bumpers and a fender and a quarter...
Greg Conner
1993 RC Dakota Sport
3.9L 5speed
15.4 @89
>From: Brian Mingle <bsm11@cornell.edu>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: Re: DML: Are Daks Magnets?
>Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 08:33:14 -0400
>
>I don't know what it is! The other day, here at work, someone was backing
>out of a parking spot, turned to soon, and put a nice white stripe on my
>front bumper and fender flare. The person didn't have the decency to come
>in and tell me, and just drove off. I am now looking for the white car in
>the parking lot, with a custom green stripe. I work at a bird sanctuary at
>Cornell, so it could have been a visitor. Even still, they had to KNOW they
>hit me! By the looks of the paint exchange, they hit it pretty hard. I just
>can't believe they didn't try to tell anyone they did it! People are so
>rude!
>
>I am now thinking about a 3" lift. ;-)
>
>Brian S. Mingle
>1998 Dakota Club Cab Sport 4x4
>5.2 Magnum V-8
>Color: Green
>
>At 09:39 PM 09/06/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>>There's gotta be something in our trucks that brings the a$$holes out of
>>the wood work to hit and run.
>>
>>Came out today and saw that someone hadn't turned quite sharp enough
>>pulling into the parking space and hit the front fender flare. Scratched a
>>bunch of paint off and knocked the screw that holds it on down at the
>>bottom almost all the way out. They even hit the tire. Lots of white
>>paint from their car, but no note or anything.
>>
>>So... since I already have an appt in a few weeks to get the rear fender
>>flare stuck back on (it's loosing it's stick'um at the top) I wonder what
>>it would cost to get the one on the front either repainted or
>>replaced. It doesn't look like it broke it anywhere, just put a few
>>gouges in the plastic. Still I'm pissed, but thank goodness the idiot hit
>>the flare and not the door. I wouldn't think it probably did any damage
>>to the front suspension when they hit the tire, but I wonder if it would
>>be worth while to have someone align it.
>>
>>Chris
>
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