They've lightened the drums, increased the size, and "claim" that they work
just as well as the rotors (uhhhh...not with most of us driving the
Dakota's).
Yup, the interior is rather cheap looking...and again, try sitting in one
and put the column shifter into the "L" position...WHACK - right on the knee
cap.
- Bernd
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From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of andy levy
Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 5:11 PM
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Subject: Re: DML: RE: 05 Gen IV's Have Arrived
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On 9/26/2004 1:07 PM, Gabriel A. Couriel wrote:
| i sat in one of the new 05's last week, and i have a couple of complaints.
| the design is nice (not as nice as the Gen III, but it'll win over
buyers),
| but they took a couple of steps back-wards. first, why'd they do away
with
| the rear disk brakes? it doesn't make any sense! 17" drums may be
| huge, but people aren't going to care about the stopping distance of
| the drums, even if they are superior. they're just gonna care that
| the truck has "4-wheel disk brakes." a big failure in my opinion.
I've really been scratching my head over that. The Rams & Durangos are both
rear-disc, why not the Daks? Daks get 2 years of rear discs and that's it?
| second, the interior is WAY TOO CHEAP LOOKING. the door handles
| remind me of Astro vans from the early 1990's. also, the instrument
| cluster is
way to
| simple for me. i like having my speedo and tach the same size.
I think everything is going that way, at least in the "normal buyer"
market. Minimize the gages & lights to reduce confusion/information
overload, go cheaper on the interior parts to reduce costs.
| finally (and most important to me), the interior, while larger area
wise, is
| smaller in the most important aspect for taller guys (like me, at
6'4). the
| sloping windshield is now lower, so instead of looking out of the
center of
| the windshield (the proper place to be looking out of, as you have
enhanced
| visibility as well as no distortion), guys my height are forced to
look out
| of the top of the windshield. i sat in a truck with the power drivers
seat,
| and tried lowering it all the way, and no luck. i guess they didn't
design
| the truck for the taller people in our society.
It's even LOWER!? When I got back to campus after buying my '99, I gave one
of my taller friends (about 6'3" I guess) a lift and he said "your
windshield is way too small, I'm looking straight ahead through the blue
tint at the top."
| also, i liked the new
| "Magnum V8" badge on the truck (it was originally on the concept
version of
| the 2002 Ram, but was never included).
Anyone got a pic of the badge?
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- -andy
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