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> From: Jon Steiger <steiger@ait.fredonia.edu>
> To: dakota@ait.fredonia.edu
> Subject: Re: 360 Dak
> Date: Tuesday, February 18, 1997 7:34 AM
>
> At 10:22 AM 2/18/97 -0600, cfugina3132@VAX2.WINONA.MSUS.EDU wrote:
> >Wow a 360 in a dakota what a machine. I also have a 95 dakota with a V6
i
> >love the truck. I just wish they would have kept the body style the 95
> >has because i like it better than the new body style. How do you like
the
> >new body style. To tell you the truth i would rather have a dakota than
> >a scaled down ram which is all the new dakota is anyway. Tell next time
> >Finn and Feather
> >
>
>
> For the official press release, check out:
>
> http://www.4adodge.com/value_add/news.html
>
> The same page also has info on the Durango, awards that the '97 Dakota
> has won, etc.
>
>
> As far as the new body style goes... When I first saw it, I hated it.
I
> thought, "great, how original, its a baby Ram". And that's pretty much
been
> my feeling on it all along. Last week, I went to the Buffalo auto show,
> hoping to see the Sidewinder. (Got to see the Viper GTS, but no
> sidewinder.) :P
>
> Anyway, while I was there, I took my first good look at the 97 dakotas,
> sat in one, etc. Maybe I'm just getting used to the new body style, but
its
> started to grow on me. I thought they were really nice trucks. The
> interiors were great (even though they got rid of the trademark Dakota
> cupholders... :P ), and the styling wasn't bad. :) I agree with Ned,
> with the right accessories, the new bodystyle can be crafted into
something
> *really* nice. :) (How about a Dakota with the white racing stripes?
;)
>
> My major gripe with the new bodystyle (and I have the same problem with
> the Ram) is that the wheelwells are "too big". There's not enough tire
and
> too much wheelwell. This is especially prevalent on the 4x4 models. At
> least this "problem" is less pronounced on the Dakotas. (as compared to
the
> Ram)
>
> It should be interesting to see what happens in the coming years and
> months. We've been "asking" for the 360 for years, and here it is. What
> else is in store? :) (Hopefully this isn't just an experiment.
Hopefully
> the 360 is here to stay.) If it is, lets try for 400+ c.i. next. ;)
>
> -Jon-
>
> Jon Steiger - Network Administrator for Academic Information
Technology
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