15 - 16 when I am on an extended cruise.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernd D. Ratsch" <bernd@dodgetrucks.org>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 11:05 AM
Subject: RE: DML: is this the end of the Dakota?...Thank Goodness for the
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> That's why. The 2WD's normally get 18-19mpg and the 4x4's get about
> 15-16.
>
> - Bernd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Byrne [mailto:kerib@ptd.net]
> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 9:51 AM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: Re: DML: is this the end of the Dakota?...Thank Goodness for the
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> yup
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bernd D. Ratsch" <bernd@dodgetrucks.org>
> To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 10:47 AM
> Subject: RE: DML: is this the end of the Dakota?...Thank Goodness for the
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>> 4X4?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tom Byrne [mailto:kerib@ptd.net]
>> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 9:40 AM
>> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>> Subject: Re: DML: is this the end of the Dakota?...Thank Goodness for the
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>> With cruise on, on the interstate, I can barely top 16 mpg with my 2007
>> Dak
>> Quad.
>> ----- 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
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>>>
>>> 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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