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yates-in-DE
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9/24/2002
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What is the first Statement that people make when entering your truck for the first time? Total Strangers generally.
Males: I get "Awesome Truck" followed with several tight nods, "This Truck is BAD ASS", said through very large grin, followed with "good mornin'", "Thanks for the ride, This Truck is Tight" with large smile looking around the interior.
Females: "Good Morning, thanks, you have a beautiful Truck"
This may be related to where I'm at, but who knows.
This never fails, always the same thing day after day. Here in a military community it takes a while for your vehicle to be shipped from the USA, so we have a shuttle bus stop in housing and 2 miles to main base, and most generally residents stop and give rides to the GI's or Family members that are waiting for the shuttle. (No one wants to ride the bus, and is sympathetic) So almost every day, being a good neighbor, I pick up someone waiting. And that's what I get in Return.
MyVW Killer
Lynn
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Double J
GenIII
9/24/2002
03:08:29
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I get the same responses, and oddly enough sometimes doing the same thing here at Spang D. The other one I usually get is: "Dude, this truck sounds awesome!".
"My cats' breath smells like catfood" - Ralph Wiggum
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mpil1
Dodge Dakota
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9/24/2002
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Yates-in-DE
I get the same kinds of compliments here. Women tend to call the truck "beautiful", "pretty", and I've had a number of "cutes." I'm sure they won't have called it cute when Im at the carwash pressure washing mud off for half hour straight LOL. Guys will always ask me "so how much have you haul with it?", and they compliment the stereo. :)
mpil1
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dr0p0ff
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9/24/2002
09:49:56
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Lol.. my girl calls my truck badass and constantly asks to borrow it.
Keep On Truckin!
Sgt G
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DakotaMan2002
GenIII
9/24/2002
09:50:42
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Well The Best Compliment I even got was from my ex when we were still something.
"Nice Truck,[nods head], Is the back seat big enuff for the both of us?[large smile]"
I knew what that meant but I jokingly with her said.
"I'm not sure Let try it right now!"
LOL
DakotaMan2002
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Duner
Dodge Dakota
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9/24/2002
10:26:40
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I am generally pretty conservative when I drive with other people in the truck, and if you just drive it "nicely" nobody would ever guess at it's potential. Since I don't usually give strangers a ride in my truck, the people that do ride in it usually know something about it before they get in.
The one I always get is:
"You RACE this? It's too quiet to go fast"
Then generally followed somewhere down the road is:
"Oh My God!"
"They let you drive this on the street?"
"How many tickets have you gotten with it?"
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MightyDakSXT
GenIII
9/24/2002
10:41:18
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"I really like your truck!"
"This truck is so YOU."
"I thought trucks were a lot slower than this."
"I can tell by looking at it that you love this truck."
"I like how your truck sounds."
"Can I drive it?" <-- followed by a speedy and sharp "Nope!"
2002 RC SXT, 3.9 Liter V6, 5-spd, 3.55 rear, Extang Tonneau, Autolite 3923 Plugs, Borg Warner Cap & Rotor, Quick D Intake, Modified V8 TB, Gibson Exhaust, Robert Shaw 180° T-stat, Custom Grille, Custom JBA 9mm Power Cables
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BlackDakRacer
Dodge Dakota
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9/24/2002
11:30:13
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After I flew past a guy: "that's a wicked truck"
i replied, thanks and blew by him again!
Gotten a lot of "nice truck"s
"your truck looks just polished and waxed" in the dark, of course it's black!
a few "wanna race" looks, but they pussed out!
basically it,
~~Eric
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DakUSA
DakotaEnthusiast
9/24/2002
12:12:25
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Well I have gotten alot of different things. I pick up people from the carpool lot everyday so I can ride the HOV lane to work(cuts off 40 minutes each way)But I rarely get the same riders:
I've never seen a truck so clean
Love the hood
nice seats lots of room
Is this a truck or SUV
WOW man this things got some POWER
This thing has a V-8?
Love the color
and a funny one I got the other day was from a older man. he said whats the world coming to when you put air scoops on trucks. Then after The ride home he said I see yor point the is not a normal truck runs good.
Chris Lambert
President Dakota USA
01 Graphite QC -- 4.7 Auto, K&N Drop in, MBRP Dual Exhaust Custom bent on 45s,
Bed Rug, Bed Rails, Euro Tails, Clear Fronts,Truxedo Bed cover, Custon Leather seats, NR Auto gauges,
Boyds Timeless 6s with 275/50/17 Nitto NT450s, GTS style hood, SS front
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Fubar512
Dodge Dakota
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9/24/2002
12:28:13
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Usual comments are:
"This thing sounds like my old Road Runner, Charger, etc."
"This thing really moves for a truck"
Double J, how are things at Spangdahlem, nowadays?
Fubar512, formally, 52nd TFW
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RACERDY
GenIII
9/24/2002
12:48:18
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first question people ask is
"Do I realy have take my shoes off before I get in"
I keep my truck clean as I can.
JOHN
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mpil1
Dodge Dakota
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9/24/2002
14:17:42
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I think people get annoyed at how clean I keep my truck sometimes........like if you get out and mess up the floor mat, straighten it out don't just leave it all crooked and folded up damn it!!! lol
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Dakota657
Dodge Dakota
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9/24/2002
14:23:24
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I usualy get things like (take mind I am 19)
How did you pay for that?
Wow, MOM is a nice, how much was it? Folowed by She is nice, and I paid for it all, thanks!
Girls, usualy say it is cute, nice, pritty, and it is so you. (I am from texas)
Guys, How fast, How much, How much was the sterio, what is under the hood.
Those who think there better, I have seen better, i Quily say I have too, but then agian i own this one.
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Rob
GenIII
9/24/2002
14:24:59
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i ge tthe usual, nice truck,sick,tight,cool etc. etc.
I have even gotten a few cutes.but what I really hate is when you get the haters that look at you and hate you because you have something nice.
"God Dam it I bought this truck I pay for everything on my own so dont look at me like i have some rich parents buying it for me."
but hey I wish I did I wouldnt be in DEBT.LOL
1NICEDAK
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Double J
GenIII
9/24/2002
14:55:40
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Fubar512,
Spangdahlem is good, busy. Getting ready to catch the overflow when they close Rhein Main. Getting our new runway in March. Just have the 2 F-16 squadrons and one A-10 squadron. The F-15's left in 98. Were you stationed here? You'll remember this motto if you were...
"Seek, Attack, Destroy"
"My cats' breath smells like catfood" - Ralph Wiggum
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Fubar512
Dodge Dakota
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9/24/2002
16:01:00
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Double J, I was there in the late 70's, when we just had Rhinos.
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blakdak01
Dodge Dakota
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9/24/2002
20:55:29
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i gave my friend a ride yesterday from the front of the school to his ram in the back of the parking lot. all he said was "damn, everybody turns and stares as you drive by!"
made me feel pretty good
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mpil1
Dodge Dakota
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9/24/2002
20:58:52
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black dak...
its the truth...I notice the same thing as I drive....
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blakdak01
Dodge Dakota
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9/24/2002
21:17:37
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yea, isnt it great!!
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Drew
Dodge Dakota
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9/24/2002
21:20:30
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Well, i get some good and bad comments. The worst comment i really hated was a Ranger owner calling my dakota a "Dorkota"....it really pissed me off, i wanna key his truck so bad. He calls himself a "serious racer"...he has a manual 4-cylinder engine for christ's sake. When i grow up,(i'm 16), i'm gonna want two truck, a 4x4 truck off-road dakota, and a street dakota. Better start saving up money now...hehe. But, i'v gotten a couple nice compliments, like "nice sound system", "you got some thump goin on in there!", "nice lookin truck", etc, etc...
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dakotaondubs
Dodge Dakota
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9/25/2002
01:37:18
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Are these 20's??? How much did you pay Damn I like your indash dvd tv how much was it.... damn i bet u pull some hoes in this
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92dakotahd
GenII
9/25/2002
18:01:59
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I get a lot of looks. I think it's because of my exhaust mostly. You can hear my truck from a quarter mile plus coming and I've been told that in the country my truck could be clearly heard up to 2 miles away. I also thing the fact that from the front There are only a few colors showing. The chrome grill, white "ROAD KING" and the rest is black. I also like to check out all of the daks. I also hate the death stares. Mostly there people who thing that I believe I'm the "ROAD KING"(folks it's a bike) and those who've copied off of me and think they're better.
Duner that's great, gotta love a sleeper. :)
K&N, '01 wheels, Window Tint, Harley-Davidson badging, red underbody kit, ext.
Window covers, Harley-Davidson mudflaps, custom cat-back exhaust,
head/taillight covers, ventshades side and rear, ram air on the way. Autolite 3923s, 180 T-Stat
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Uknowme
Dodge Dakota
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9/25/2002
18:28:11
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"Hey, sounds nice, whats it got for power...Hey. are you nuts or something! You're gonna blow the motor! Look out for that van! No! Don't try to take that curve too fast! You're outta your effin' mind! Hey, the speedo's buried! You gotta slow down, NOW! Hah! thank God, all three lanes got traffic...WAIT! You're not gonna pass the bus on the shoulder, are you? NO! Let me out! LET ME OUT, NOW!
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blakdak01
Dodge Dakota
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9/25/2002
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lol
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BIGTYMER
Dodge Dakota
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9/25/2002
19:36:01
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Well I used to hang out at the pool hall all the time and gave people a ride home all the time. First they'd say thats a bad ass truck. Then they get in and ask how I afford it at which point I just say, "I work." Then they look behind the seat and see all the stereo equipment and just say "D@MN!" Then I start it and their eyes get big and they just look at me. When I get to the road I calmly tell them to hold on and they look at me and go, "huh?" Then I stomp the gas and start to light up the tires and go up the road sideways and they usually just scream a lot and then laugh. If at some point I turn the stereo on they just hold thier ears and thier mouth moves but I can't hear what they're saying anyway. And I start playing a dvd or hand them a PS2 controller that just say, "you gotta be kidding me" or "oh sh!t."
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mopar2ya
GenI
9/25/2002
19:42:00
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Comments about the Outside: "I love the bright red color"
Comments about the Inside: "I like the interior but your gonna have to get rid of that large blow-up doll in the front seat".
mopar2ya
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yates-in-DE
GenIII
9/25/2002
20:09:39
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Hey B,
If ya need me to resize and redo a picture for ya and give ya step by steps, e-mail me the pictures. Also you can send 2 and tell me which one ya want where and i'll size um for that.
Later,
MyVW Killer
Lynn
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mopar2ya
GenI
9/25/2002
22:48:52
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Thanks I really appreciate the help. I'm going to Tahoe tomorrow for a couple of days and I'm still reading the rather substantially owner's manual that came with this interesting new digital camera. (Nikon 5700, 5 megapixel, 8x optical, over $1100.00! I took it to the local camera shop for a 256MB card/chip and the owner said it was overkill). So what.
Anyway, you take great pictures Yates, did you have to reduce the resolution setting to get less pixels to transfer the picture from camera to DodgeDakota.com like an attachment or did you just take the picture and scan it in? (I've got a scanner too). I can E-mail it away to you or the site?
I think I'm making this harder than it really is but I want to honor this great site with the clearest picture possible.
I hope I made myself clear. I still may not know what I'm doing (I just bought this monster today).
If anyone other then Yates has an opinion I'd be happy to listen/read it. I don't want to keep bothering Lynn for something that most members accomplished with relative ease. All suggestions are welcome except, "you could have bought a cheaper camera that would have done the same job and use the money for more mods". I realize this, yes.
Sorry for the length of the post but I was on a roll.
Again Thanks,
and
mopar2ya
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yates-in-DE
GenIII
9/26/2002
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Over-Kill is nice. That’s what someone said about my truck the other day.
Yea the images have to be reduced quite a bit from original. The limits for picture posts here is about 10 k, and your camera will take a beautiful picture at about 1-4 Megs each. That’s ok I use Photoshop or MS photo editor to reduce them. My camera (if I ever get it back from FUJI) is a 2.3 mega pixel digital. Have fun in Tahoe
and take lots of pictures. I have no problem with helping, It's what neighbors do.
Later,
MyVW Killer
Lynn
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Muzzy
GenIII
9/26/2002
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"Hoollly Sh*t, thank god for those grab handles!"
"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Look out for that @#$%!!"
"Is that a real shotgun in the back window?"...LOL, just kidding.
-Muzzy
"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.
He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his"
-Gen George S. Patton
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Greengiant13
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9/26/2002
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Before the ride
*Hey why dont you take that hood off and put it on a v8dak, yours is just a little v6*
After the ride
*WOW SH!T that was quick.......you sure all you got is a v6?........let me see.....AAAAHHHHH it is only a v6*
Catch me come later!!
Eddie
It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.
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