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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