And another one, 318 cubic inches of safety in front of you!
I just wouldn't feel save if you can fit the volume of your engine in my first
cylinder.
Robert
Bruce Aaron Hefner wrote:
> 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
> > >
> >
> >
-- Mailto:rotrottmann@davidson.edu http://thelma.davidson.edu/rotrottmann/web/default.htm Davidson, NC- Now St. Louis, MO- May 19th 95 Sport 318 Auto 2WD
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