my '00 RT :) Long,,,,

From: Steve Strigle (strigle@home.com)
Date: Fri Oct 15 1999 - 00:36:16 EDT


Well since I've received alot of fan mail, and the occasional smart-assed
remark... I've cancelled the Vortech.. Now that the shock of having just
spent 25k has finally set in, and the fiancee threating to leave me if I
really buy the blower I've decided it's more important to have the wife than
the truck. (she says I can have it if a Ford spanks me, like that will
ever really happen!)

For the other people with RT's you all know it's a blast to drive stock..
I'll miss my 25mpg, but will strive for 22 and will be happy once I get
it..

All said and done, the RT was $24,020 plus tax, in my case 3.8% for a
grand total of $24,942.. Like I said last time, it has everything. I
have every single available factory option. I'm sure I could of haggled
another 500-1000 off, but I had a very long day and was too tired and
frustrated to negotiate any further. After the sales guy kept checking with
his financial guy I finally just negotiated with him myself and thats where
we came to 24,020.. (down from 31,500)

   Whether or not I actually did get a great deal I think I came off pretty
well. I traded a truck with 18000 miles and a wimpy engine for one with
7miles and enough power to loan to the Fords as I push them up the hills.

I'll miss the black & drift paint and the chrome but will hopefully come to
love the white as much as the black.. I'm turning heads in the truck now,
and I keep having to remind myself I'm in a truck when I'm stompin' on the
gas.. Hopefully that will wear off after a few more runs from the red
lights.. I've caught the RT bug, I'll be to the track in a week or two
and to the dyno soon after that to establish the baseline.. When this
thing wakes up alittle it will see the track. I spun the wheels on the
testdrive turning onto the street, (power braked) on the salesman's
approval!! DAMN this thing has some torque!! I dream that when I punch
the gas the front will jump off the ground, well, maybe after the
marriage in Jan it will get some performance mods.

Steve Strigle
impulsive and broke forever, the true american dream..
'00 Dakota RT
'98 formula Firebird + vortech



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