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Well... It was time !!!!! - 4/19/2008 11:44:40 AM    VA Dakota Posts: 36 Joined: 12/11/2007 Status: offline OK .. Guys and Girls; After fighting with a vibration problem in my 05 Dakota for a while, I finally gave up!!!! I got an 08 Dakota "Big Horn" a special edition of the SXT V6..... I Know.....LOL but it has most of the goodies I need... 4spd Auto... P. Windows ..P. Locks.... P. mirrors...Spd Control... am/fm/cd... tinted glass...keyless entry.. 18 x 8.0 Alum wheels....3.92 axle...fog lamps...body color fascia and rear bumper.... Black headlamps.... Full floor console... I have posted pictures of the 08 Black "Big Horn" in my photo gallery along with the old 05 Black SLT.... now with my discount and rebate of 2500.00 it was 18500 plus taxes........Sticker was 22860.. While I was at the dealership I also purchased a 2008 Dodge Caliber R/T for the wife. pictures also shown in the photo gallery. could not go wrong for just under 17000 plus taxes....... Sticker was 20730 and better gas mileage than the Jeep Liberty we traded in. I'm on a mission to keep Chrysler alive.... Attachment (2) < Message edited by VA Dakota -- 4/19/2008 3:53:39 PM > Post #: 1

RE: Well... It was time !!!!! - 4/19/2008 1:14:14 PM    cramerica Posts: 160 Joined: 8/20/2007 Status: offline Man Christmas came early for you! V6 with 3.92's will get around, nice truck. 2WD or 4WD? _____________________________ '07 ST 2WD 3.7 / 6 Speed Flowmaster 40 (in reply to VA Dakota) Post #: 2

RE: Well... It was time !!!!! - 4/19/2008 2:26:27 PM    VA Dakota Posts: 36 Joined: 12/11/2007 Status: offline Thanks cramerica: It is just a 2 wheel drive, the 05 Dakota was also a 2 wheel drive and the Liberty, we traded in for the 08 Caliber, was a 4x4 and in the 2 1/2 years we owned it it was never put into 4 wheel drive.....  Really didn't see the need for a 4x4 down here in the South.... (in reply to cramerica) Post #: 3

RE: Well... It was time !!!!! - 4/19/2008 2:48:07 PM    cramerica Posts: 160 Joined: 8/20/2007 Status: offline Same here. I bought my Dak 2 weeks before I moved to SC to take a new job, and I have yet to be in a situation where I wished I had 4WD. I even took it back up to NY in the middle of winter, and 400LBS of sand in the bed kept me between the ditches. _____________________________ '07 ST 2WD 3.7 / 6 Speed Flowmaster 40 (in reply to VA Dakota) Post #: 4

RE: Well... It was time !!!!! - 4/19/2008 3:47:43 PM    spencea15 Posts: 1610 Joined: 9/22/2007 Status: offline Nice even if it is a third gen. _____________________________ quote: ORIGINAL: Jr. Mechanic Dont you hate it when you have no toilet paper? And then you have to use 3 boxes klenex's and it still feels like you have shit in there? (in reply to cramerica) Post #: 5

RE: Well... It was time !!!!! - 4/19/2008 7:34:07 PM    DakotaStone Posts: 3511 Joined: 8/15/2005 Status: offline Congrats on the new truck.  It looks good.  I saw an 08 today up close.  The guy was already doing his mods on it. _____________________________ I own a Charger now and I love it!! (in reply to spencea15) Post #: 6

RE: Well... It was time !!!!! - 4/19/2008 8:29:44 PM    SilverGhost1 Posts: 125 Joined: 2/18/2008 From: Wharton NJ Status: offline congrats on the new truck...and car.  My sister has a Caliber SXT and loves it!  Good luck with both. _____________________________ 2007 Dodge Dakota Quad Cab SLT 4X4 The Ghost's Domain (in reply to DakotaStone) Post #: 7

RE: Well... It was time !!!!! - 4/19/2008 10:04:43 PM    Shibby927 Posts: 694 Joined: 4/28/2007 From: Norwalk, Iowa (Living in Ames) Status: online Nice I like the black.  I have been putting some thought into waiting a while and trying to trade up into an 08 myself.  Let us know how she treats ya. _____________________________ Inferno Red PWNS Bright Silver Metallic! (in reply to SilverGhost1) Post #: 8

RE: Well... It was time !!!!! - 4/19/2008 10:29:49 PM    CC1999 Posts: 23 Joined: 4/7/2008 Status: offline Very nice, I had never herd of that pkg till this post, it looks like a heck of good buy, lots of goodies for the money. I spent about 4 hours in my new 08 dakota today, and I have to say I love the 08 DAks, I traded an identical 08 Ram for it last week, I really like the DAk a whole lot better. I have had way more complements from friends and strangers on the 08 Dak, than I ever did with the 08 Ram.  Congrats and good luck with both the new Rides. < Message edited by CC1999 -- 4/19/2008 10:37:12 PM > _____________________________ 2005 RAM REG CAB LONG BED 4X4 LARAMIE WHITE 2008 DAKOTA CREW CAB 4X4 LARAMIE V8 WHITE 2007 CHEVY SUBURBAN Z71 4X4 5.3L WHITE (in reply to Shibby927) Post #: 9

RE: Well... It was time !!!!! - 4/20/2008 5:37:04 AM    EDSHAM Posts: 136 Joined: 6/29/2006 Status: offline Nice new truck! A Big Horn, too; now the Ram owners will be jealous. Thumbnail Image Attachment (1) _____________________________ '05 Dakota SLT QC, 4.7, 6-speed Black Sport App. Pkg. Khaki Leather buckets, 6-disc MP3 Magnaflow, K&N 17" Durango wheels, 255/50x17" Fuzion ZRi's (in reply to VA Dakota) Post #: 10

RE: Well... It was time !!!!! - 4/20/2008 8:12:30 AM    ericemery Posts: 3795 Joined: 1/30/2007 From: Michigan Status: offline with all of the talk about the new V8,  I was sure I was going to read that in the details of this post...   Nice truck.  I looked at the pics,  and I like it.  good buy.  (not as in see-ya,  but good price) _____________________________ 2006 SLT 4X4 Quad cab V8. Dak of the month! (in reply to EDSHAM) Post #: 11

RE: Well... It was time !!!!! - 4/20/2008 8:19:05 AM    superdak05 Posts: 2583 Joined: 3/12/2006 From: ct. Status: offline nice truck, how do you like the new dodge blk? on the other note. i have heard bad thing about the new v-8 in the dakotas and rams. dodge says an increase in mpg gallon but people are complaing at 14-15 mpg. still the same old 4.7. lets us know what you are getting _____________________________ thats right, i did it so what, cry two tears in a bucket, @#$% it, lets take it to the stage 13.7 / 101.3 in the 1/4 mile (in reply to ericemery) Post #: 12

RE: Well... It was time !!!!! - 4/20/2008 8:44:39 AM    Bionicrooster Posts: 113 Joined: 5/31/2007 Status: offline Mine is a 2007 and I just got back from a turkey hunting trip to Md (over 300 miles round trip) and averaged around 21 pmg, not bad for the 4.7 BTW, congrats on the new truck, good luck with it! _____________________________ 2006 club cab SLT 4.7 (in reply to superdak05) Post #: 13

RE: Well... It was time !!!!! - 4/20/2008 9:19:22 AM    CC1999 Posts: 23 Joined: 4/7/2008 Status: offline I have not read any bad things about the new 4.7, but I can tell you I spent 4 hours on the road in my 08' CC 4x4 V8 yesterday, and I have been watching the milage pretty close, in town I am getting around 16mpg checked by it hand when I filled up before yesterdays trip. I got 19mpg avg on my trip. I was also on some long stretches of 2 lane highway where speeds were in the 60-65 range, so I reset the computer to see what I was getting at lower highway speeds, at between 60-65 I was getting over 20. The trip was about half interstate at speeds between 75-80mph and the other half was those 2  lanes highways at 60-70. This was all done on a motor with less than 1000 miles on it. I just traded an 08 quad cab Hemi Ram 4x4 for this Dakota, and no matter what the window stickers claim (something like 1-2 mpg difference) the dakota at times is getting over 5 mpg better from what I have seen so far. The Ram had 6k on it when I traded it, it had picked up a mpg or 2 after the first 1000 miles Ram, the Dak may verry well do the same. As far as perforamnce the V8 Dak seems to have about the same perforamnce as the Hemi Ram, plenty of power for passing and getting up to speed to merge into city trafic, has been no problem. I think it will handel small trailers no problem at all. _____________________________ 2005 RAM REG CAB LONG BED 4X4 LARAMIE WHITE 2008 DAKOTA CREW CAB 4X4 LARAMIE V8 WHITE 2007 CHEVY SUBURBAN Z71 4X4 5.3L WHITE (in reply to Bionicrooster) Post #: 14

RE: Well... It was time !!!!! - 4/20/2008 10:03:40 AM    Shibby927 Posts: 694 Joined: 4/28/2007 From: Norwalk, Iowa (Living in Ames) Status: online I think the problem as far as mpg goes on the 08 4.7s is either that people are driving them like they stole them and expecting good mileage, or that they just need to get broken in.  Isn't it like 4500-5000 miles the end of the break-in period?  You also gotta figure in city driving, if they are doing at least a 1/4 of their driving city miles then that probably hurts their mileage also. _____________________________ Inferno Red PWNS Bright Silver Metallic! (in reply to CC1999) Post #: 15

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