between 70 and 75 so your 17 at 65 sounds about what mine would do. Around
my area of rural PA I will average around 13.5 mpg.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Levy" <andy.levy@gmail.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: DML: is this the end of the Dakota?...Thank Goodness for the
>
> On Feb 9, 2008 10:40 AM, Tom Byrne <kerib@ptd.net> wrote:
>>
>> With cruise on, on the interstate, I can barely top 16 mpg with my 2007
>> Dak
>> Quad.
>
> At what speed? My '03 (4x4, 5-speed, 3.92 axles) got 17 w/ cruise if I
> kept it around 65.
>
> I also managed to get 20MPG out of my '99 4x4 CC once or twice.
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: ""Digger"" <dodgedakotaquadcab@yahoo.com>
>> To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 4:34 AM
>> Subject: Re: DML: is this the end of the Dakota?...Thank Goodness for the
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Dakota Quad Cab.Especially the 1st year(2000).The 5'3"
>> > bed,the back doors,and the Next generation 4.7 V8...
>> >
>> > Ours has 126,000 on her now(Blue Thunder).I dont ever
>> > plan to dump her.I have never loved a car/truck as
>> > much as this one.In fact,as much as i want a 69'
>> > Charger(General Lee),i wouldnt give up my Dakota..
>> >
>> > The way i have her tricked out sensibly &
>> > affordably,in the spring/summer & fall,we get 22 on
>> > the I-road.
>> >
>> > But i cant imagine anyone dumping a Dakota Quad
>> > Cab(2000-04),but the ones after that(05-08) look like
>> > felgercarb!
>> >
>> > And i feel that the Intense Blue/Driftwood Satin is a
>> > kick-ass color.She turns heads wherever i go...
>> >
>> > Even if Dakota is dropped,there will always be the
>> > DML,Dakota USA,and DodgeDakotaQuadCab at
>> > Yahoogroups(my group)
>> > --- Tom Byrne <kerib@ptd.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> I agree. How about down size the Ram a bit and cut
>> >> the Dak.
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: <jon@dakota-truck.net>
>> >> To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
>> >> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 1:40 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: DML: is this the end of the Dakota?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > "Tom Byrne" <kerib@ptd.net> wrote:
>> >> >> Don't think the Dak has grown? I do. I see it
>> >> every day. My 2007 Dak is
>> >> >> huge
>> >> >> compared to my 89 Shelby I currently own both). I
>> >> say, either shrink the
>> >> >> Dak, kill the Dak or kill the Ram and let the Dak
>> >> become the big truck (a
>> >> >> long bed Dak can do the job).
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > I think that if a decision were to be made
>> >> between the Dak and the
>> >> > Ram, the Dak would be the one to get the axe,
>> >> simply because the Ram
>> >> > already has the full size truck pedigree. What
>> >> with the entire Ram
>> >> > lineup being essentially three different vehicles
>> >> between the 1500,
>> >> > 2500 and 3500, they will need to keep selling the
>> >> 3/4 and 1 ton
>> >> > trucks so it seems logical to keep the 1500 as
>> >> opposed to upgrading the
>> >> > Dakota to full size and then building a 3/4 and 1
>> >> ton off of it.
>> >> > Shrinking the Dak back down to its former size
>> >> sounds like a good idea
>> >> > to me. Pricing them so that they are a good deal
>> >> less than the Ram
>> >> > might help too. :-) Given the size and the fact
>> >> that a Ram can be
>> >> > had for about the same price, I wouldn't blame
>> >> someone for going right
>> >> > to the Ram; at this point it seems the main reason
>> >> to choose the
>> >> > Dakota is the slightly smaller size, and like you
>> >> said, that
>> >> > distinction seems to become less with each
>> >> redesign.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > -Jon-
>> >> >
>> >> > .- Jon Steiger -- jon@dakota-truck.net or
>> >> jon@jonsteiger.com -.
>> >> > | '96 Kolb Firefly, '96 Suzuki Intruder,
>> >> Miscellaneous Mopars |
>> >> > `--------------------------------
>> >> http://www.jonsteiger.com --'
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
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