"digger" <dodgedakotaquadcab@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> Josh...i treat my Dakota with respect.I will NOT give
> up this truck.I plan to drive it till i pass away.Too
> many people on the DML beat the puddin out of their
> truck,and then bitch like hell when it fails.
I beat the snot out of my truck and complain when it fails...but I expect
just about all the abnormal wear that I get because of the abuse I put it
through. However, some of the items that I've had fail should not have
failed in my opinion. Like ball joints and transmissions. # full sets of
balljoints in 53k miles and a transmission at 35k miles. It's looking like
I'm gonna have to do another trans as well...
Now I used to drive a 91 Mustang GT (started with an auto trans) and I
lowered it and beat the snot out of that too...i never went thru any
suspension parts but i did go thru a few transmissions once I put the
vortech on there... before that I didn't toast any.
> Until i got divorced 3 months ago,my dakota QC has
> seen trips to Michigan,North Dakota,and a lot of
> highway miles & in-town too.I change my Mobil 1 oil %
> filter every 3500-4000 miles.And i do preventative
> maintenance too.Anyone who has ever met me,will tell
> you the same..
I do a LOT of preventative maintenence, some would say that I over maintain
my vehicles. I realize that I beat the snot out of it and try to compensate
accordingly.
> How many miles do you have on yours now???
I've got just about 53,000 miles on it now.
-- - Josh Lowered 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L www.geocities.com/lenny187/dakota.html
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