T - Where'd you go?
--tm in Foxboro
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> From: fawcett@uism.bu.edu
> To: DAKOTA-TRUCK@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: 1st 4 wheeln' with my Dak
> Date: Monday, June 22, 1998 4:02 PM
>
> First the good news... For a long wheel base truck it handles
> incredibly well off road. Mines a CC and it turns reasonably well,
> not as good as my old jeep mind you but with, I think, a 131 inch
> wheel base it's not bad at all. Angle's of approach and departure
> were surprisingly good although if I had the class IV hitch I would
> have dragged it pretty good in a couple of places! I think this
truck
> has a pension for mud as I went through some pretty deep stuff with
a
> soft bottom and it just grinded right through... We've had some
heavy
> rains on the east coast lately so things were very soupy but no
> problemo for the Dak. All in all for a stock truck with open diff's
I
> was pumped!
>
> Now for the bad news...
>
> 1. AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!! Scratches, scratches,
> scratches... I knew this emerald green paint showed 'em easy, but
> this sucks! Once I cleaned the mud off it looked like someone
dragged
> barbed wire all over it. Damn, I took it easy when I was on the
> trail, but when your faced with a transmission eating rock or
> "brushing" up against some bushes... well, at least it still runs!
I
> guess that tube of GS27 scratch remover won't last so long after
> all...
>
> 2. Half the family is pissed at me! The other half that went with
me
> is still psyched and think I am the greatest
> uncle/brother/brother-in-law ever... hehehe! Come on M+D get over
> it, we were only gone for three or four hours! Well, ummmm, come to
> think of it, maybe I did over do it:-)
>
> T.
> Boston, MA
>
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