A v6 aught to be enough for anybody.

From: Jon N. Steiger (stei0302@penny.cs.fredonia.edu)
Date: Tue Dec 19 1995 - 19:25:12 EST


   (...To reparaphrase Tim's .sig ;-)

>> I remember *everyone*, family members, the dealer, the salesman, etc.
>>saying "are you sure you want an 8?" "Why do you want the 8?" "We have
>>guys who get the 8 and trade it in the next year because they can't handle
>>it."
>
>got the same story from some blonde bimbo "sales mgr." she was trying
>to talk me into one of their v6's off the lot...

  Yep, I think that is what he was trying to do too. They had a *bunch*
of v6's on the lot, and no 8's. (most of the trucks were autos too (adding
insult to injury? ;^)

>
>she said
>
> "There's not much diff. between the v8 and v6"

  :-) Yeah.. .I've heard that one too. (from a different dealer.)
"The v6 is plenty powerful for this truck, I don't know why Dodge even offers
a v8, its too powerful!" Yeah, sure buddy. For you, maybe. I'm buying
this thing for *me*, not my grandma! :-) Hey, they offen an 8, why not
go for it? :-) (If they offered the 360, I would have gone for that,
if they offered the v10, I would have gone for *that*. :-)

  ("I'll see your 2 cylinders and raise you 2." ;-)

>
>when I asked her if she had actually driven both.. (she hadn't)
>and then I made the comment that yeah.. I guess 55-60 hp
> wasn't THAT much of a difference (sarcastically,,.. I think I
>threw something in there about ftlbs of torque, cubic inches
>etc: you know that Tim Allen more power.. Argh ARggh
>ARRRGH! talk)

  :-) Hey, you can never have too much horsepower (or torque) :-)

>
>It's supposed to be here in time for Christmas! :)
>

    Great! Just a few days to go then! Well, I hope it works out OK
for you! :-)

                                              -Jon-

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