Re: Dakota gone, but not forgotten

From: Tony Cellana (acellan1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Fri May 28 2004 - 10:14:54 EDT


Congrats on the newer bigger Mopar truck.
TonyC

-----Original Message-----
From: John Neff <jndneff@texas.net>
To: Dakota Mailing List <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Date: Friday, May 28, 2004 12:24 AM
Subject: DML: Dakota gone, but not forgotten

>
>As some of you picked up by one of my previous emails from last week, the
>time, and opportunity, to let my Dakota go in favor of a real towing rig
>presented itself and I took it. I drove my Dak for the very last time last
>Friday when I drove it to the dealer to pick up a fresh new 04 Ram 2500 CTD
>LB Laramie. While I was a bit sad to see the Dak go after 6 1/2 years and
>146748 miles of ownership, the new truck makes up for it in every way. This
>new truck is simply awesome and I highly recommend one to anyone who has,
or
>is considering buying, a travel trailer over about 24 feet in length. The
>power of the Cummins 600 is unreal. After everything I did to the 318 in my
>Dak, it does not compare in any way to the Cummins engine. This thing
simply
>rocks. No matter the speed or gear, it seams, if I push on the throttle,
the
>truck accelerates. The four wheel disk brakes are something my Dakota
needed
>from day one. I'm not knocking the Dak as it performed it's needed duties
>with flying colors, but my needs have changed and the Ram is simply the
>better vehicle for me now.
>
>As I go through the garage, I'm finding bits and pieces I'll offer up to
the
>list. Gary has dibs on my stock throttle body, but I still have the factory
>PCM and exhaust manifolds for whoever wants them. I'll put together a list
>of the other items when I'm confident I have found everything.
>
>John
>http://jndneff.home.texas.net/pictures/2500
>
>
>



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