| From | Message |
thespankguy
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
11/06/2003
13:13:02
|
 Subject: i need advice
IP: Logged
Message:
i'm looking to buy a new vehicle. i've been in love with the dakota ever since i saw it. i've driven a 5.9L V8 durango so i have a feel for the cab of the truck. i love sitting up high and feeling powerful in a truck. but the gas mileage is absolutey horrible in dakotas. even with the V6. i've been considering a mini cooper, or even an rx7 or supra as well. i want to be different too. no one has a mini, and i rarely see rx7s or supras. if i got a dak i'd want to lift it so it'd be more unique, but then the gas comes into play there too. lifting doesn't help that. i've done my research but can't come to a conclusion. can anyone give me advice on any of this?
|
NeverDie
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
11/06/2003
13:20:50
|  RE: i need advice
IP: Logged
Message:
buy a ram. it is harder to lift a dak. do not buy a foreign car. it supports their economy and they suck. mini's are for women. rx7's and supras are for wiggers who think they can race. buy a great american truck, although daks seem to have a lot of problems. gas mileage is not bad i can get 340 mpg to a tank, if i drive slow. get a 5.2 liter.
|
HAHAHAHA
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
11/06/2003
14:02:01
|  RE: i need advice
IP: Logged
Message:
"do not buy a foreign car. it supports their economy and they suck"
L@@K under the hood at your US cars and see how many parts are made by mexicans and canooks
|
Kowalski
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
11/06/2003
17:19:34
| RE: i need advice
IP: Logged
Message:
A Dak should get a little better milage than a Durango, I don't understand why you think the milage is "absolutely hoorible". My second car was a '73 Olds Cutlas S with a 350 and got 12 mpg. My 4.7 Dak weighs more but gets better milage, and makes more power with a smaller engine. What's so horrible about that ?
|
Hemi
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
11/06/2003
18:53:31
| RE: i need advice
IP: Logged
Message:
My 4.7 Dakota gets about 20mpg on the highway at 70. Overall about 17mpg. Thats not that bad considering the power you get, and what you can do with a truck.
|
Yawol
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
11/06/2003
19:03:32
| RE: i need advice
IP: Logged
Message:
Dodge is owned by DC which is a German company so if you buy a Dodge you are supporting the German economy.
Buy a Ford or a GM truck a nd support the US economy. Oh, except the F150 is built in Oakville and the Sierra is built in Oshawa.
LOL looks like no matter what you do you're fukt.LOL.
|
thespankguy
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
11/07/2003
00:44:55
| RE: i need advice
IP: Logged
Message:
Kowalski, more power with a smaller engine is in no way horrible. i was saying that the people on this site who get 12 mpg is horrible, and it is. do you argue with that? i'm used to 33 mpg in my probe. that's obviously not what i was expecting in a truck, but going to almost a third of that seems ridiculous to me.
|
thespankguy
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
11/07/2003
00:55:22
| RE: i need advice
IP: Logged
Message:
Kowalski, more power with a smaller engine is in no way horrible. i was saying that the people on this site who get 12 mpg is horrible, and it is. do you argue with that? i'm used to 33 mpg in my probe. that's obviously not what i was expecting in a truck, but going to almost a third of that seems ridiculous to me.
|
1Flamed92Dak
GenII
11/07/2003
01:18:25
| RE: i need advice
IP: Logged
Message:
NEVERDIE Hmm Let me get this straight dont buy and Import just because they aren't made here. Well I think your friggin full of it. Because it puts money in their pockets?It puts money in good ole hard working Americans pockets too, 90% of all Imports are made here in the USA and that makes them Domestic to me they are giving us Americans Jobs and help keep our economy going strong. So spend your hard earned money where ever you please. JM2cW
Gotta Love the Gen 2's Now only if the Gen 3's look this good after 12 Years
|
Zach
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
11/07/2003
01:23:29
| RE: i need advice
IP: Logged
Message:
Aaahhh, if you thing supra are for wiggers who think they can race, your wrong. Try and bring it to a Twin Turbo Supra, and then tell me they dont race...
|
Vic
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
11/07/2003
02:20:26
| RE: i need advice
IP: Logged
Message:
Did you know the big 1 ton Ram is made in Mexico and the big Ford is made in Canada and the smaller Cadillac is made in Germany??
If you want to buy a car made in America, then buy a BMW, Honda, Subaru, Toyota, etc.
|
01Motorsport
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
11/07/2003
08:57:49
| RE: i need advice
IP: Logged
Message:
Pedigree vehicles went out the window years ago. I had a '85 Dodge minivan with French Citroen half shafts and German Bosch wiper motors. The Hemi is made in Mexico. Check the USA content on any new Accord, Camry or Sentra nowadays. Call it "bending the rules", but Toyota pickups have so much USA content now that they will be allowed in NASCAR next year. Anyway, get a 4.7 RC 5-spd 3:92 Sport Plus, get 19 mpg and all the fun you can handle.
|
Kowalski
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
11/07/2003
14:41:37
| RE: i need advice
IP: Logged
Message:
Now that I can't argue with !
|
YourDecision
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
11/13/2003
14:21:30
| RE: i need advice
IP: Logged
Message:
thespankguy -
You don't need advice, you just need to make up your mind, which do you want more - "sitting up high and feeling powerful", or fuel economy?
|
EBL
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
11/13/2003
16:30:43
| RE: i need advice
IP: Logged
Message:
I don't buy it for a second that a person who would drive a lifted truck would switch to a mini cooper because of the gas milage.
I smell something...
|
YourDecision
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
11/13/2003
16:47:42
| RE: i need advice
IP: Logged
Message:
One thing's for sure - if he wants to be "different" then driving a pickup or SUV is NOT the way to do it.
|
thespankguy
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
11/14/2003
00:32:35
| RE: i need advice
IP: Logged
Message:
EBL, what do you mean you "smell something"? is there something wrong with liking big trucks and small sporty cars?
|
YourDecision
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
11/14/2003
00:40:28
| RE: i need advice
IP: Logged
Message:
He thought you might be a troll.
|
Truth
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
11/14/2003
12:59:21
| RE: i need advice
IP: Logged
Message:
ANy foreign owned company is taking money from you in the form of taxes. American owned companies pay twice the tax to the government, you know those same taxes that support schools, roads, national parks, your way of life. Foreign cars that are "built, or should I say assembled" in the USA still pay less money to the US government becasue they are foreign owned, and therefore give out less money to your way of life. In my opinion they should be paying more, not getting a break because their headquarters is in Osaka, or the Rhineland. Keep in mind most of the riceburner cars you are buying are only assembled in the US, the parts and all the machining jobs and foundry work that would normal happen in the US is happening overseas. Thousands of jobs are lost before the car even hits the assembly line. F*** foreign cars and those who buy them.
|
Truth, etc.
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
11/15/2003
16:53:09
| RE: i need advice
IP: Logged
Message:
Have you been asleep for the past 30 years, or are you still pissed off over WWII, Korea, and Vietnam? If the American manufacturers weren't still trying to force JUNK down our throats year after year, we wouldn't have reason to even consider buying foreign vehicles. Foreign manufacturers have proven that quality vehicles can be built in the US by US workers, who might otherwise be working at Wal-Mart, but the BIG 3 have yet to catch on. Some years ago, I used to get a kick out of the "Buy a foreign car, put 10 Americans out of work" bumper stickers. I put a sticker on my Toyota that said, "Buy an American car, give 10 mechanics a job". But, I salute your determination and your loyalty, enjoy your service department visits while I'm enjoying the Grand Canyon, on vacation in my foreign vehicle.
|
TruthorDare
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
11/15/2003
16:56:36
|  RE: i need advice
IP: Logged
Message:
Yea but U gotdamn americans can't build a car/truck that will hold together
|
| | P 1 Next Page>> |
