Dodge is offering a $4500 rebate on 2003 Dakota's.
Now if you find a dealer willing to sell at invoice (or a little over),
you could be driving a new V8 for less than a 1 year old used one.
And you will get better financing on a new one.
An '03 4x4 SLT+, or Sport+ with a V8 and 3.92's lists for $21,500 invoice,
HTH
> >
> Thanks all for the input and welcome!
>
> I have decided to run the truck for the winter under the ownership of the
> company and may buy it in the spring; all the joys of ownership without the
> cash outlay... it will give me time to sell my car, too.
>
> Sounds like they should really have only let these things out into the
world
> with the 3.90 gears. I suppose I could go that route and maybe add 1.6
> rockers or a different cam and exhaust to get it up to snuff. Not looking
> for a race rig and horsepower is not what this thing needs, it needs
low-end
> grunt. It doesn't need a huge boost, just a little. I found it to be nearly
> sufficient when the temps were down around -20f
>
> If only they would give us something like the Detroit/DC/MB 3.0 CDi V6 in a
> Dak... if they built it, I would sell my soul for it, I'd even settle for
> the 3.1 TD that they have been stuffing in Jeeps overseas.
>
> http://www.detroitdiesel.com/public/specs/3SA549.pdf
>
> --TW
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