i still dont like the 05 dakota, but have you seen some of the Sema photos ?
The aftermarket has mad some improvements to the looks.
>From: Terrible Tom <SilverEightynine@aol.com>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
>Subject: DML: My next Dodge (was: Emissions)
>Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 03:34:20 -0600
>
>
>Gary Hedlin wrote:
> > On 1/1/05 11:05 AM, in article
>007a01c4f00e$8cc8e140$6501a8c0@nycap.rr.com,
> > ""DAKSY"" <rsmith13@nycap.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I love my DAK, but I'm startin to get sick of the monthly
>nickel-and-dime
> >>stuff that's costing me hundreds that I should be putting into the
>A-frame!
> >>I'm done for now...
> >>
> >
> >
> > Hehehe.... Welcome to that special place located between a rock and a
>hard
> > place! :) Before I bought the 05 the voices in my head were arguing
>over
> > whether or not the love I had for the 98 was worth the constant
>onslaught of
> > repairs coming at me. Well, you know what voice won and forced me at
> > gunpoint to buy the 05! :) But even if your not as lucky to have a mind
> > like mine that constantly analyzes the moral dilemmas we face, you
>should
> > look at the cost of getting another vehicle and the costs of keeping the
>one
> > you have running for at least 3-4 years. Then you'll have a solid
> > justification to jump to the dark side and buy an 05! :)
> >
> > And oh yeah, we have shaker hoods now! :)
>
>Even though I am seriously pissed at Petersen's for their handing the
>4Wheeler award to the GrandDamnedCherokee, Their review of the new Dakota
>makes me hate the Gen IV even more. They blew up the front diff on the Dak
>during tests. Not even a shaker hood would get me to buy a new Dak.
>
>I was looking at the Power Ram on Dodge.com tonight - and I was not quite
>thrilled with what I saw. They have optioned that truck pretty strict.
>Can't get certain paint colors with it, cant get a choice of trannies or
>engines. You are stuck with the HEMI and a 5 speed auto... NO STICK
>OPTION!?!? You also cannot get a quad cab with a long bed in the Power
>Wagon package. No Diesel. For peat sake.... for $40K in cold hard cash -
>thats not very buyer friendly, option wise. Better idea would be to just
>get a 2500 in the engine/tranny/cab/bed/paint configuration you want, stuff
>some electric lockers on there and bolt up a warn winch and save a few
>thousand bucks.
>
>Know what I hate? You can't go into a dealer and order a truck the way you
>want it. For example - I want a truck with a damned vinal bench seat and a
>vinal floor. I WANT A TRUCK. I use my trucks AS TRUCKS. I get dirty - I
>want to be able to wipe off a bench seat and hose out the floor after I go
>wheeling. This carpet and cloth BS is for wussys. YOu can only get that
>vynal stuff on the base model trucks. Want to move up to an SLT and get
>some chrome? Forget the manual windows and the vinal trim. I plan on
>walking into a dealer one day and saying - you get me my truck the way I
>want it - Or I'll go somewhere that will get it for me.
>
>Ok its 3:30 am (central) - and I've developed an addiction to whopper
>chocolate malt balls. And I have had no running water for three days
>thanks to a dead well pump and a freaking holiday week when I can't get
>anyone out to fix the damned thing (and fix what I made worse trying to fix
>it)..... so I'm a little high strung and hyped up on sugar and caffine.
>
>Damn the communist regime who invented chocolate malt balls and vodka!
>These evil products were created by the overloards who want to disrupt the
>slacker way of life! Damn the people who decided that I was predestined to
>be addicted to large amounts of caffine and sugar packed choclate spheres
>and that you cant really taste vodka!!
>
>STOP THE VOICES!!!!.......
>
>......
>
>umm... ok...
>
>...... what the hell was I saying?
>
>
>
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>Terrible Tom -- AIM & Yahoo Name: SilverEightynine
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