I called up a dealer one time after reading an add in the local auto sales
magazines in San Diego. They had a PT Cruiser listed as having a 4cyl
diesel. I knew it wasn't true, but figured I'd call the dealer to see what
they say. Worst part about it is, the first person who answered the
phone(one of the salesmen) didn't know anything about it so put me on the
phone with supposedly a manager who actually had to check his inventory
listing on his computer to verify that they did not have a diesel PT Cruiser
on their lot and that is was a misprint in the add.
I've also met a guy in person who was driving a Dakota that had R/T stickers
on it. Started asking him about it, acting like I didn't know anything
about R/Ts, and he said he had just bought it a couple months ago and it was
a rare 5.9L Dakota R/T and that they only made a limited number of them.
Then he popped the hood to show me the motor and it was a 4.7L. When I
pointed out the 4.7L on the stock intake he kind of just shut up a little
bit. Wonder if he took it back to the dealer to bitch??
brian cropp
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Matt Brenneke
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 9:52 AM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: Re: DML: Almost back in a Dak
I went window shopping this morning while this was closed, and the
windows sticker says it's a 4.7L, not the 5.9L. The magic VIN decoder
on dakota-truck.net confirms this. The sales guy needs to be more
careful putting things into autotrader.
I don't think it influences my decision making process though. I
still can't decide between the no-miles new-body basic truck, or high-
miles but loaded old-body truck.
-Matt
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