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Dakota Driver
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2/17/2005
15:32:22
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To all of you on the board...
Adios! I've finally had it in frustration with the brakes and other little issues like overheating while towing in my 2000 Dakota so it's gone - traded it in for a real truck that I won't have these kinds of problems with - 2005 Dodge RAM 2500 with the Cummins 600. The Dakota's size was nice but its propensity for eating brakes and its inability to tow in hot weather made it useless to me.
So long toy - hello truck. Now for an Edge system and Gibson exhaust and POW. A sleeper to dust those pesky "Fart Can" imports.
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scott1981
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2/17/2005
15:37:46
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congrats on the new purchase, and thanks for knocking the dakota that the rest of us all still own
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Dakota Driver
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2/17/2005
15:42:22
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No problem, amigo. The reality is that the Dakota is a very light duty vehicle (notice I didnt' say "truck"). Chrysler just hasn't got the details right. There is no need to "live with" and accept less than value for the money spent.
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Kowalski
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2/17/2005
16:20:50
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Sounds like you only had a six in your truck - not really fair to slam the truck for your choice of engine. My '00 tows 5000 lbs in hilly terrain in the heat with no problems. Sure my friend's diesel will tow more, but don't you know diesels are notorious for being tough on brakes too ?
Lead, follow, or get out of the way
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huh?
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2/17/2005
16:48:23
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"Chrysler just hasn't got the details right" And yet you buy another Chrysler "vehicle". What am I missing?
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tow this
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2/17/2005
16:51:23
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diesels are noisy not like a good gas engine exhoust they sound like $h!t have fun with you 40,000 dollar truck its amazing that it would haul more than a dakota humm maybe 10 to 15thousand dollar differnce! maybe i sould have bought a deisel no wait why spend that on something i dont need! a dakota is nothing but a flat out truck to compare it to a deisel is stupid we should compare your truck to a big rig since your in a different playing field i bet them 18 wheeler laugh at your little toy deisel!!
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dakkid
Dodge Dakota
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2/17/2005
17:15:05
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at least it's a dodge, and they are nice trucks. sorry your dakota didn't do it for you, but i highly doubt that saying it's not a "truck", as you put it, is a smart way of thinking. of course the HD will tow more and is bigger, but you just said that the biggest midsize truck in the market wasn't a truck. not too logical, since it can outtow, outwork, and outplay the other midsizes and even hold it's own against a few fullsizes. the dakota was supposed to be a smaller version of the ram for the people who wanted plenty of power and a workhorse without having the bigger truck. but like i said, congrats on the 2500, but don't bash other dodge owners, we all eat rice ;-)
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M
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2/17/2005
20:18:41
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The dakota isnt a towing truck if you need to tow buy a full size truck......the dakota is good to haul around a jet ski or atv something small and light
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GraphiteDak
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2/17/2005
20:30:00
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Tell that to those of us who tow just fine!
Sure I tow about a thousand Lbs less than one of my buddy's who tows his ATV's with his Cummin's, but I can still pass HIM on the hills! And not overheating either.
I'm probably towing 3,000 lbs each Dune trip. Not even near my full capacity.
others here tow even more all the time!
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Jecht X
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2/17/2005
23:06:41
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maybe you needed to flush your coolant system. after all its 5 years old. maybe one prob with your overheating. I never heard a dakota with a overheat problem. I strike this one up to operator error. but he may have a V6 or maybe even a 4 banger inthere. did they still have 4 bangers in the 00 trucks.
but to say the dak isnt a truck is just plain stupid. I can do things in my dak that I wouldnt even dream of doing in my ranger. but I hope you enjoy your diesel. I think he will be be back in here in a few months complaining about the same things.
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peewee
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2/17/2005
23:41:05
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If you needed a truck to tow with why didnt you go just straight to a 2500 instead of buying a dakota
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doofus
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2/18/2005
00:29:04
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what are you trying to tow? my dak is rated up to 6700 lbs towing cap. never had any problems with it.
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Dakota Driver
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2/18/2005
23:42:46
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my 2500 keeps stalling when i try to pull and the gas mileage is horrid. I regret getting rid of my toy...why was a i so stupid?
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I Have Both
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2/19/2005
21:19:37
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I have both a 95 Dakota and a 98 Dodge Cummins Ram and I do
love and use both trucks.
So " F_ck Off " Dakota Driver !!
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