At 07:10 PM 1/2/99 -0800, you wrote:
>
>> I'd have to agree with the dealers here. The sure-grip is an
>>excellent option to have, especially if you go with the V8. It helps
>>a lot in the rain, and especially in the snow.
>>
>
>I agree on the suregrip option, but I don't know if I'd say it "helps"
>in the rain. That depends on what you are looking for, acceleration, or
>control. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to have a suregrip rear, but if I
>had one I'd definately have to watch myself alot closer. Break the
>tires loose with a suregrip rear on a wet road and you might be going
>the oposite direction before you know it. With an open rear like mine
>it takes a little more to loose it. I've gotten a fishtail a few rare
>times, but on a wet road I can make a turn and punch it and spin my one
>tire all the way through the turn and never get off track. For me it
>sucks, because I kinda like to be able to kick the rear around if I want
>to. But if someone isn't a hot-rodder and wants their truck to be as
>easy to drive as possible you might want the open diff. I wouldn't,
>but someone else may. Just a counter point I thought I'd throw out
>there...
>
Hmmm, I didn't think of that aspect; I was mostly thinking about
taking off from a stop.
It doesn't really take much to control the rear end though; I
was having lots of fun driving home in the snow on the nearly deserted
streets tonight, sliding through corners at anywhere from 20-45 mph; its
fairly easy to make the rear end pop out and come back in whenever
you want it to.
-Jon-
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