The milage does seem to get a little bit better as time goes by, at least on
mine garmanma
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From: Tomdamit@AOL.COM <Tomdamit@AOL.COM>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Saturday, February 14, 1998 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: DML: New Member...currently Dakotaless.
>Jay, I was in a similar position i.e., the Dakota is my first ever truck!
I
>went with the Club Cab for the extra room and a friend says you won't hit
your
>elbow on the back glass when you turn around in the seat to back up! At 650
>miles, I love it! It's a Sport 5.2 CC Auto that was ordered. The neatest
>thing about ordering is you get precisely what you want and the window
sticker
>says,"This vehicle built especially for (your name)". A fair deal would be
>appear to be invoice plus advertising and 3%. I paid a little less because
I
>went through my corporate fleet dept.
>I am about twice your age and have always had some sort of sports car or
>"sporty" car as transportation. I still own an Austin-Healey 3000 but
>contemporary cars have been Mustang GT, Mustang 5.0 LX, Ford Probe and 2
>Taurus SHO's. My wife drives the '96 SHO now that I have the Dak.
>Obviously, getting the Dak was a big jump for me. The two things I really
>notice so far are, comparatively speaking, poor gas mileage (about 14)
which
>is not a complete surprise and brakes that are worse than expected. I
didn't
>expect it to stop like the '96 SHO but I did expect it to be better than it
>is. You might want to consider the 4 wheel anti-lock option. If you can
>afford the fuel cost, the R/T might be an excellent choice. Word is the
R/T
>gets part of it's oomph from a different timing curve that requires premium
>fuel. It's EPA rating is 12 in town as opposed to 14 or 15 for a 5.2 5spd
>that runs fine on regular. I do believe that it could be a good long term
>investment if it can be bought right. It might hold a little more of it's
>value than say, my own truck but that remains to be seen. Good luck with
it!
>Tom Ware
>Riverside, CA
>
>PS. You want the tire and handling package!
>
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