DAKs have 4 major points in their favor:
1) A real frame (A big one)
2) Mass
3) And thanks to #2, Inertia!
4) Height (4x4s)
gk
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Gary E. Klim - Somewhere in central Connecticut garyklim@snet.net
http://pages.cthome.net/garyklim/ gklim@harman.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dkota4by4 <Dkota4by4@AOL.COM>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Monday, April 06, 1998 7:24 PM
Subject: DML: WRECK
>Well, l knew if l stayed down here long enough it would happen. Coming
across
>the bridge traffic was at a stand still in the far right lane. I hit
my
>brakes and came to a halt, unfortunatley, the lady behind me couldn't
do it.
>Next thing l know l am sitting on top of an older model Honda Accord.
After
>driving off the top of her hood, we waited til the cops got there. I
could
>see the front of her car: new hood, new left front 1/4 panel, new right
front
>1/4 panel, 2 new headlight assemblies, new bumper, new grill, shoved
the
>radiator back into the fan and steam was pouring out (and that is just
what l
>could see). Looked like a couple of thousand worth of damage. I
couldn't
>stand to get out and see what my truck looked like. When the cop gets
there
>he tells me to drive to the next exit and get off. I asked him if
anything
>was hanging off my truck (i.e. bumper or spare tire). He just laughed
at me.
>When we got to the next exit, l got off and got out. I could hardly
believe
>my eyes, only damage to my truck was the paint was scratched off the
trailer
>hitch where it went THROUGH her hood. I love this truck more and more
>everyday. Guess Consumer Reports was right, "these gas guzzling
killers" do
>win when there is a wreck.
>
>Russ
>97 CC 318 4X4 SLT+ T&H All the options
>FABM Rhino Hitch (slightly scratched) Python
>
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