IMO I wouldn't say the old F150 is bigger; but I wouldn't give it as much to
say a lot bigger.
The Gen IV has the towing increased over the earlier Daks, but the payload
is no where near the old limits. Daks used to be available with a 2550#
payload; but that went away about the same time as the long beds. SO far,
all of my Daks have been Gen II's; which I feel were the best built; the Gen
III's had the best styling, but the most troublesome areas (most popular
fixes ball joints, brake rotors, belly pan gasket); Gen IV's will not be
perfect either; they've gained tooo much weight without adding proportional
power, and the restyle was a bit radical for many peoples taste.
Even from the sales side; I'll have opinions and biases.
Aaron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Hedlin" <superdak@gmail.com>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 3:36 AM
Subject: Re: DML: 2006 Dakota R/T
>
> Oh I can buy your argument about it being more of a passenger
> vehicle,But let me throw this into the mix; Last year when I was driving
> a Ford F150 when the 05 got rear-ended, the F150 was probably the nicest
> driving full-size I've ever been in. It had a lot of nice stuff,
> probably comparable to the 05 but a lot bigger. I doubt you would
> disagree with me when I say that an F150 is a quintessential work truck
> by all means.
>
> My Dad's last work truck was a 92 F-150... stick shift, vinyl seats,
> rubber floor, no AC, and just an AM radio. He had to special order it
> because there was not one truck in the area that bare. My point is, the
> work truck has changed from your stripped bare truck to a truck with a
> smooth ride, AC, CD Player, and all of the immenities. So when I say
> work truck, I compare it to another work truck of the same year... the
F150.
>
> People want comfort when their working nowadays! ;)
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