Re: R/T vs Lightning

From: Jon Steiger (stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu)
Date: Tue Oct 19 1999 - 18:33:14 EDT


On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Bob Tom wrote:

> At 03:08 PM 10/19/99 -0400, you wrote:
> > < S N I P > the new Lightning is anywhere from 3 tenths to a full
> >second faster than a stock R/T in the quarter mile. (Hard to say for
> >sure since R/T times seem to be all over the board.)
>
> Or is that R/T owners?

   Hmmm, there's a possibility. Maybe even a little of both.

>
> > < S N I P > (I definitely agree with the article's assessment of
> >the R/T being the best bang for the buck, based on that hypothetical
> >situation alone.) (Errr, unless you want to tow something heavy,
> >that is.) ;-)
>
> Ouch!!!

  Hee hee hee! :-) Does anyone know if Dodge has fixed this
problem yet? I have a feeling they're going to take the stupid
way out and just rate all R/Ts at 2,000lbs. IMHO, that's pretty
lame; they need to re-engineer the thing. Its not quite as
bad as a Syclone, but I don't think anyone would want their
R/T compared to an S-10 with a 500lb limit, and that's the
direction I see this heading! The Lightning already has the
speed department wrapped up, Dodge should at least take the
towing bragging rights away from them...

                                              -Jon-

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