""kwreimer"" <kwreimer@email.msn.com> wrote in message
news:004301c15437$bf716a20$d572103f@pavilion...
> I am not trying to be an Ass, but why even bother owning or wanting a
truck
> like the Dak with a 4-cylinder motor, I just feel it is a waste of money
and
> the truck must be a SLUG?
If I lived in the mountains, I would seriously consider setting up a
4-cylinder vehicle with a turbo (or supercharger). Why? Because I like a
vehicle that handles well (esp. on those mountain curves)[1], the turbo is
necessary to maintain positive (or high!) pressure in that thin mountain
air, and a turbo-four truck would probably stomp a normally-aspirated V8 at
that altitude (especially in the curves)[2].
[1] the four-cylinder's weight savings (even with turbo or supercharger)
would provide beneficial handling over the V8
[2] see 1 (above)
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