If you want to hot rod around or need the extra oomph for towing, then go
with a standard 5.9 or an R/T. For a daily driver/highway hauler/occasional
tow vehicle, the 4.7 will be just fine. I have a 2001 with the 4.7 and love
it (when my wife let's me drive it...she complained at first when I bought
it, but now wouldn't give it up for the world). She drives it daily, we use
it for road trips (very comfortable, plenty of power), and I've done a
little bit of towing with it (hauling parts for my Jeeps)...it gets up and
scoots just fine. I've been considering buying a second one for myself (my
current daily driver is a '95 Grand Cherokee Limited). It's been very
reliable...coming up on two years of ownership and the only expense I've had
outside of the regularly scheduled maintenance is a blown rear wiper fuse.
-Rodney
-----Original Message-----
From: Got MoPar ? aar.mopar.cc [mailto:maark@wrlc.org]
Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 9:16 AM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: DML: Durango R/T
Brief intro:
I'm Mark Johnson (AKA MoparMaark), I was on this list a few years back
when I had a '92 Dak. I dropped off shortly after my son totaled it ;-(.
Well
now I'm back, and I am looking into buying a Durango. The new ones are
a bit out of my range so I am looking for a used 2000-2002 R/T with around
20k miles. My question for the list is...is the Durango R/T all hype (my
friend had
a Dak R/T and loved it!) or is it worth the effort to locate one. Would I
be just
as well off with a well equipped 5.9 Durango? The dealer is playing up the
4.7, claiming it's down 10 HP but has more torque down low. The numbers
show the 5.9 having a lot more torque. What's the real world difference,
seems
to me if the 4.7 was so hot, they'd use it in the R/T?
FYI, I need the Durango for a trip we are planning this August to Alaska,
from
Pasadena Maryland and back! Any complaints about long distance traveling
in a Durango?
Thanks!
Mark Johnson (mAARk) Pasadena, Maryland.
2001 PT Cruiser Deep Cranberry Pearl, Limited Edition, Xenon body kit,
On order: Borla stainless cat-back duals, Eibach lowering springs.
1940 Chrysler Royal Coupe,440/auto, 6-Pack, long term project.
See my cars and my huge AAR gallery @ http://aar.mopar.cc (Thanks Chris!)
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