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>Hello all,
> My great thanks to Jon for the creation of this list and his good
>fortune and good sense in purchasing a Dodge Dakota. I am proud to be
:-) Thanks.
Bill was one of the guys who was nice enough to answer all my
inscessant Dakota questions a few months back. :)
Thanks to his (and others) responses and personal experiences, I decided
to go for it. I got a 1996 black (with grey lower break) Dakota with the
318ci V8, SLT, 5-speed, 3.55 rear, limited slip, club cab, mopar bed liner,
sliding rear window, air, power everything. So far, its been great! Well,
there was a period of a day or so when I started to doubt my decision... That
was after I drove home during the winter's first snowfall. You wanna talk
about *twitchy*?? A long club cab, with all the weight up front, and a V8
producing 295lb-ft of torque... Lets just say it wasn't any fun at all, and I
don't care to *ever* repeat that experience. Fortunately, 600lbs of sand fixed
that little problem right quick! (With no noticible difference in performance
in the dry).
There are only 2 things I'm a little dissapointed about, and they both
have to do with gas.
1) The gas mileage. Its not the greatest, but then, I was sort of
expecting that. I'm only getting 200 some miles per 22 gallon
tank... (10-14). The truck is still new though, so I'm hoping
it'll get better as it breaks in.
2) The low fuel warning light. IS THERE ONE??? I don't see one on the
truck, and I didn't see any mention in the owner's manual. How can
you live without a low fuel warning light?? I'd have to run out of
gas a few times to determine where "empty" is using the needle! A
low fuel warning light is not something I'm looking forward to living
without. (Can this truck actually have been around this long without
something as simple as a low fuel warning light?
>part of this list and I look forward to corresponding with like minded
>(and like driven) folks without having to look through all the other stuff.
For sure. :-) A while back, when several people were talking about
a Dakota mailing list, and no one offered to do one, I thought "why not?"
Hopefully, I didn't waste my time. :-) (We've got 6 subscribers total,
less than 24hrs after its announcement.)
> My Dakota is a '94 Sport, white shortbed, 5.2l 5 speed, 3.55 rear,air,
>tilt, cruise, sliding rear window, sport suspension (gas shocks, heavier
>front sway bar) K&N, MP Headers, MP exhaust, Century cap with no side
>windows and a rubber bed mat.
Sounds nice! :-) (Should be interesting to see what the R/T conversion
will do for it...)
-Jon-
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| '96 Dakota SLT V-8, '91 FZR600R /* Just another mangy hacker */ |
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