RT vs Tundra

From: Dennis Crawley (dcrawley@elp.rr.com)
Date: Thu Jun 10 1999 - 23:39:23 EDT


Parked next to at the store the other day when I came out a couple of sacker
where standing next to my RT and commented how great it looked!

dcrawley(El Paso,TX)

"Bernd D. Ratsch" wrote:

> I've looked at the spec on the Tundra...not impressive at all. It's just a
> clunky - overgrown - T100 with a bigger engine. (It's also a new model and
> we all know how that goes...1997 Dakota.)
>
> At 09:07 AM 06/10/1999 -0500, you wrote:
> >The local Toyota dealership which sponsored a 4WD event (Mud-N-Yer Eye in
> >Hollister CA) had a new Tundra there and I was not all that impressed to the
> >tune of $29,000!!! It's 4.7L is rated at 245hp and about the same torque
> >rating as our V8 Dakotas. I have not seen any performance numbers, but I
> >can't imagine 15 hp would make that much of a difference, especially since I
> >believe the Tundra is slightly bigger. It's a nice truck, but I'll take my
> >98 V8 4X4 and it's "meager" 230hp, stuff the $6,500.00 difference in price
> >in my pocket and climb right around him on the trail.
> >
> >John McKinney
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Mst29@aol.com [SMTP:Mst29@aol.com]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 7:46 PM
> >> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> >> Subject: Re: DML: Dakota RT vs Tundra
> >>
> >> are you stupid? a tundra can't do nuthin unless you put a TRD supercharger
> >> on
> >> it,,and that adds $3,000 or over to the cost.
>
> Bernd D. Ratsch
> Pflugerville, TX
> http://lonestar.texas.net/~bernd/Dakota.htm
> 1997 Dodge Dakota SLT/CC (V6)



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