Re: Buying a new 00 Dakota

From: KURTZ ERIC (erics5.9@home.com)
Date: Mon Aug 30 1999 - 11:14:50 EDT


  You drove a manual!! Excellent. I would love to test drive that.
Eric

Nate wrote:
>
> They say the 4.7L puts out 235HP, I personally think
> it's a shuweeet motor, gets a little batter gas
> mileage too! I drove one a couple weeks ago and
> absolutely loved it! My salesman didn't go with me,
> (test drove so many times he's sick of riding with me
> I think) BIG MISTAKE!! Had 3 miles on the odo when I
> left and 58 when I came back with almost a quarter
> tank of gas burned and 1/4" less rubber on the back
> feet! LOL. No but in all seriousness, I thought it
> was a great motor, PLENTY of power! (Managed to get a
> tiny scratch in 5th gear) If you want more info on the
> 4.7L goto the following URL and download the full
> report by mopar action.
>
> schred1@yahoo.com/">http://www.cs.fredonia.edu/~stei0302/www/dakota/ATTACHMENTS/schred1@yahoo.com/
>
> Theres a dealer in farmington NM that I know of that
> offers something like 300 over factory invoice or
> something. You can visit em at:
>
> http://www.anewdodge.com/index.htm
>
> Hope that helps you out a little!
>
> |Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 22:23:07 -0700
> |From: Terry Martin <tmartin@anv.net>
> |Subject: DML: Buying a new 00 Dakota
> |
> |I will be purchasing a new Dakota in the next few
> |weeks. I want a 2wd,
> |club cab, tire and handling package, sport, V8,
> |manual tranny, etc...
> |I'll probably end up having to order one.
> |
> |I noticed that Dodge changed from the 318 to to a
> |4.something SOHC
> |motor. Does anyone know the output of this motor? I
> |haven't been to a
> |dealership yet to pick up a brochure. Are there any
> |technical write ups
> |on the internet about the new motor? I've always
> |been a pushrod motor
> |fan and I'm weary of the new SOHC motor. Are there
> |any opinions out
> |there about this motor? I'm looking at making this
> |truck my daily
> |driver. My other car (see tag line below) is my
> |toy. So, I'm not
> |looking to modify it in the future (famous last
> |words).
> |
> |Also, I was looking at the Melton Sales, Inc
> |(http://wwv.meltonsales.com/meltonsales/) for
> |internet sales of new
> |vehicles. They offer anything at $275 under
> |invoice. However, they are
> |about 1300 miles away. Does anyone know of another
> |dealership that
> |offers similar deals but is a little further west
> |than OK?
>
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