You forgot one:
The exterior of a Dak is still made almost entirely of steel, no plastic
or composite parts to disintegrate on impact like most cars have....
>
> 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
> ________________________________________________________________________
> Gary E. Klim - Somewhere in central Connecticut garyklim@snet.net
> http://pages.cthome.net/garyklim/ gklim@harman.com
> ________________________________________________________________________
>
> -----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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