Jim, I Hate You :) (at least untill my R/T gets here, if it gets here).
Glen.
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> From: jim miller <jmiller@texnet.net>
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: I finally got the R/T
> Date: Friday, October 23, 1998 9:58 PM
>
> Well I picked it up today. Sure handles a lot different than the 98. I
would
> not have believed there would be that much difference. Ride is a lot
stiffer but
> I don't mind it. On the winding central Texas back roads that run from
Lampassas
> back to Gatesville there are lots of 35mph and 45 mph turns and hills. I
pushed
> it through the first 35 mph turn at 55 mph and although I scared myself
the R/T
> didn't lean and the tires didn't squeal at all. I am very impressed. A
late
> model Chev pu was behind me part of the way until he tried to follow me
around
> too many of the curves as fast as I went and he spun out on the 3rd one.
If I
> was braver I think the ride could have been like a roller coaster that
can fly
> around corners. Anyway I don't want to wreck my new toy before I got
home with
> it. BTW the Trip computer says I averaged 17.1 mpg on the 75 mile trip
through
> those back roads. Only about 1 mpg less than the 98 did on the same
trip. And
> that is completely stock and not broken in.
> Satisfied so far,
> Jim in Waco.
>
>
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