Your post says it all!! The dealer did not have any 2WD in stock!!! Why
would he want to tell you otherwise... and lose a potential sale???? Most
salesmen (I hate 'em) would rather sell what they HAVE instead of what you
WANT. They will literally try to tell you black is white if they think
you'll go for it. Sorry for the cynical viewpoint, but I've just seen too
much of this. Don't get sucked in. You pay two ways with 4WD..1) power
loss (even if only from less favorable power/weight ratio). 2) Poorer gas
mileage. Given that most people who buy 4WD do not use it the majority of
the time (unless it's a full time 4WD vehicle) they end up paying for it all
the time. Think about it. There are some people that 4WD is truely
valuable to; but they are in the minority. That is why you can get a 2WD
Durango (if not right now then soon...and you'd probably have to order it
specially)..DChrysler can offer the same basic package to the average family
without the initial expense and continual upkeep..sort of a heavy duty
station wagon. Sorry for my digression but you get the picture.
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick and Kelly Engram <shetland@erols.com>
To: DML <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Sunday, June 13, 1999 11:34 PM
Subject: DML: power of 2WD vs 4WD
>"From: Rick Pargeter <rparge@teleport.com>
>Subject: DML: 2WD vs 4WD
>
>How much difference, performance wise, is there between the V8 2WD and
>V8
>4WD Daks? Am looking at a CC V8 auto, and if the 4WD sucks a lot of
>power
>from the truck, then I'll go 2WD, but my dealer told me that the 4x4
>does
>not take away any power at all, and that they drive and feel the same.
>
>The dealer did not have any 2wd in stock, so I drove the 4x4 auto, and
>it
>didn't seem all the peppy to me.
>
>Any comments would be appreciated."
>
>-I owned a '94 4WD V8 Club cab and a '92 2WD V8 Longbed, (the '92 I
>still own) The '92 is BONE STOCK, and was the first year for the Magnum
>engine with improved F/I. The '94 4X4 had every possible
>upgrade-exhaust, cam/spring kit, hi-flo injectors, computer, underdrive
>pulleys, Jacobs Ignition, K&N filter, headers, blah blah blah.
> Let me tell you-the bone stock '92 could beat the pants off the
>modified 4X4 without even breaking a sweat. I'd race them against each
>other with a buddy, and the '92 would win, no contest. It would beat
>the 4X4 out of the hole, and then it got worse from there.
> Boog has a 4X4 Longbed that he's done a couple of mods to, and yeah,
>it moves out pretty decent. But I raced him once on the highway, and he
>also drove my truck just to feel the difference. I'm sure he'll attest
>that YES, there is a difference.
> Print this up and take it to your Dodge salesman and tell him to stuff
>it up the tailpipe of the 4X4 he's trying to sell you. If he doesnt
>think 500+ lbs. of 4X4 equipment doesnt slow a truck down, then he's
>just workin' ya. Better yet, have him get a 2WD, and make him drive the
>4WD, and race HIM!!!
>Patrick
>
>
>
>
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