Congratulations on the purchase and the very wise decision to stay away from
Lawrence Dodge. I haven't really dealt with their sales dept. when we bought
the 97 Intrepid from them - I was working and my FIL knew one of the sales
reps - I have had many problems with their shop and at this point all of
their service writers over the Intrepid and the crappy work they did and the
way they left the vehicle when it was in their care. I will say that their
body shop is damn good and did an excellent job fixing the Intrepid after an
accident last year and repainting my fiberglass tonneau cover to match my
Dak (See, Dak content). I haven't dealt with Chesterfield Dodge, I bought my
Dak from Whitten Bros.
Pete
1997 Intrepid SE
2000 CC SLT+ 3.9 V6 2x4
Hard fiberglass tonneau cover
homemade cold air intake
oversize off-road tires
everything else pretty much stocker
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 07:29:51 -0500
From: "jonathan" <jonathan@crazy-train.net>
Subject: DML: New Purchace :) (and no more Dakota!)
Well, she did it. The 2001 v6 Flame red Dakota Sport was traded in last
night for....a 2003 Durango SPORT! They broke even with her truck (said they
would finish payments, etc), which I feel is awesome. Unf though, they did
take the bed cover...which was less than a year old. But, they are letting
her have her aftermarket stereo, along with a stock tape deck that's in the
Durango now, and they will do the swaps for free.
She bought it at Chesterfield dodge (no more with Lawrence here in Richmond,
they sucked). We also knew the sales manager, and lot manager. The truck was
going for 20k, we got it for about 18 or less. It was used, so it only has
20k miles, and was used by a rental company. We were going to go new, but
they had a 32k sticker, with 4500 off. Not good to me, when the HEMI's
beside it were only 36. That, and they only had SXT's....and were not really
fond of the plastic fender and flares.
So what's this one got? Everything cept fog lights, flares, and inside
computer, really.
It has the 4.7 (cant remember the tranny and haven't looked at the gears
yet).
4 wheel disk...which I really like
Power everything
4 wd
tons more, really. So much to type!
We are going next week to get the fogs from the dealership (and have them
installed). Hrm...and maybe next year after the government gives her her
money back, she may get the fender flares. If not...duals here we come! Id
love to hear any 4.7's with exhaust setups!
Shes going wild. She didn't want to buy it....but didn't want to loose it.
She said the 4.7 feels so much faster and beter. I fell on my @$$ getting
in. In my oldsmobile...you climb down in. Her Dak...you slid in. Well, I
tried that...and completely missed the seat! For some reason, it feels much
more comfy.
Lastly....i don't think she has stock wheels, im not sure. They are not the
ones that you really see on all Durangos (kinda like the R/T wheels) or the
ones that were on her dak (the 5 spoke base sport ones). These, im pretty
sure, are 2002+ Ram wheels. They look like flowers to me. Its like 5-6
spoke....and they have rounded spokes. Just search ebay for 2002 Ram
wheels...and they are a lot like them. She loves em....im so/so.
Also, someone asked why would she want 4wd, if shes not going to need it?
There were many opportunities we had to take the dak slightly off road.
Also...she wants to be able to go out in snow safer (and yes, she does know
how to drive in snow). We also like having the option to do more with it too
(and the ride height is really nice...but that's a bonus I guess).
Jon
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