Re: is this the end of the Dakota?...Mileage

From: \ (dodgedakotaquadcab@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Feb 09 2008 - 15:12:09 EST


Ok Boys:

00' Dakota Quad Cab 4x4
126,000 miles

If weather is 45F or above,Hwy mpg is between
20.9-22.1(65-70 mpg)

and thats with Mobil 1 10w30
--- Andy Levy <andy.levy@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> 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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