Bruce,
I've seen the Emus while driving up to Yosemite along the 99. There's also
Emu ranches in Santa Barbara along the 154 (rural highway to Solvang)
Dak content: I was rather impressed with the emergency maneuverability of my
(non-R/T) Dakota when I had to swerve to avoid making ground beef out of a
cow in the middle of the road late one night coming back to Yosemite from
Mariposa! Man, when they say "Open Range", you'd better believe it! :^)
Speaking of maneuverability and such, does anyone have recommendations for
new shocks/springs for a 4x2 Dakota? I'm looking to tighten up the ride,
drop about 1" up front, 2" in the rear and eliminate a lot of the unsprung
"bounce" that I get on the highway. Some have suggested the Edelbrock IAS
shocks-- any comments?
--Brett
-----Original Message-----
From: Bridges, Bruce [mailto:bbridges@alarismed.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 1999 3:14 PM
To: 'dakota-truck@buffnet.net'
Subject: DML: RE: Dakota R/T : 2 Birds : 0
Jack, I think the R/T attracts birds... My bird story is kinda strange...
Driving @ 70mph up the 99 (rural highway in CA) saw the car 2 cars in front
of us slam on the brakes and dive to the left. a large grey brown object
goes flying over that car and the car in front of us... We swerve radically
to the right (car in front of us goes to the left) out of the rear view
mirror I see the object that the car hit (looked like a large bag of dirty
rags) get up and run away!! It stood about 4 feet tall. either it was an
emu or an ostrich! No farms in the vicinity. down side, even though we
didnt hit the bird, the radical swerve caused my front end popping to turn
into front end cracking noises! Thanks to the EMU I found that the front
lower a-arm bolts were loose! (i think Alan S mentioned this as well)..
Now No cracking noises and Im looking out for large birds running in the
middle of the road! (the car that hit the emu looked real bad (ford), but
the emu ran off...)
Bruce "almost bird killer" Bridges
-----Original Message-----
From: HEMI@charter.net [mailto:HEMI@charter.net]
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 1999 11:26 AM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net; dakotart@egroups.com
Subject: DML: Dakota R/T : 2 Birds : 0
Yes , for the second time , I have hit a bird in my truck .
Luckily , no damage to the truck again .
Funny , this one did the same exact thing : Flying in front of me from the
left , while I am at about 50MPH , and he hit the grille , in the upper
Pass. side section of the grille .
Just call me Bird Killa......!
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Jack Hilton III
Black 1998 Dodge Dakota R/T Club Cab
Charter Pipeline......the Next Wave.....
http://webpages.charter.net/hemi/jbd1.html
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