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From : konrad ostner

Q: im looking at buying a 03 dodge dakota. i have 2 to chose from 1 - dakota quad cab 4x4 with the 3.9l engine or a club cab 4x4 with the 4.7l engine. i will mainly be driving in town back and forth to work 3 miles and occassionally towing a single snowmobile trailer with 1 sled. distance max would be 20 miles towing. tia happy new year!!! konrad .

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From : bob

konrad ostner wrote im looking at buying a 03 dodge dakota. i have 2 to chose from 1 - dakota quad cab 4x4 with the 3.9l engine or a club cab 4x4 with the 4.7l engine. i will mainly be driving in town back and forth to work 3 miles and occassionally towing a single snowmobile trailer with 1 sled. distance max would be 20 miles towing. tia happy new year!!! konrad i would go for the v8. youll notice that there is very little differance in fuel mileage and a huge differance in available power. also check the book for 00 and 01 prices and see which one has a higher resale value - v6 or v8. in the future you may want to tow something a little heavier and the v6 wont be able to do it. if a buddy gets stuck and needs to be pulled out of a hole that v6 will have a tough time. if the v6 is considerably cheaper to purchase and insure than the v8 the trade offs might be worth it. -- ..bob 97 h-d fxdwg - turbocharged!! 01 dakota quad sport 5.9/auto/4x4 83 gmc jimmy beater 66 427sc cobra replica - project 66 mustang coupe - daily driver -----= posted via feeds.com uncensored usenet =----- http//www.feeds.com - the #1 group service in the world! -----== over 100000 groups - 19 different servers! =----- .

From : mac davis

on thu 1 jan 2004 143900 -0500 konrad ostner konrad.ostner@sympatico.ca wrote im looking at buying a 03 dodge dakota. i have 2 to chose from 1 - dakota quad cab 4x4 with the 3.9l engine or a club cab 4x4 with the 4.7l engine. i will mainly be driving in town back and forth to work 3 miles and occassionally towing a single snowmobile trailer with 1 sled. distance max would be 20 miles towing. tia happy new year!!! konrad from every thing ive heard the v-6 sucks and most are unhappy with them.... very under powered... no personal experience though... as for the other option i have a 2001 dakota 2wd club cab with 4.7l and auto trans 3.55 gears and we love it... very nice combination of power and economy and i think that it will out last the v-6 because it isnt working as hard making the needed horse power.. mac .