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Old Mar 27, 2005 | 07:16 PM
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New Dodge Truck, Lightning Comp? Ram Daytona.





Info can be found here:
http://www.dodge.com/ram_daytona/index.html


5.7 345hp HOMO... Doh.. I mean H E M I
Borla dual exhaust with CHROME tips
5 speed auto tranny
20" Rims
Reg or Quad Cab
Body accent kit
unique interior body parts
sequential plates.


Competition>? Umm NO!
First Dodge RAPES the HEMI nameplate
Now they are RAPING the DAYTONA name.

Dodge marketing obviously doesn't understand what these nameplates mean to Die-Hard Motorheads. Even as a Ford guy, I respect these nameplates.

Heck, I'm surprised DODGE doesn't take the COBRA-JET nameplate.
 
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Old Mar 27, 2005 | 07:32 PM
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Yeah,
Def. insult to the Daytona legacy!!
I had one of our vendor's see a screen saver on the computer at work, lightning doing a burn out, he say's I got a hemi that'll blow that thing away. My co-worker informs him that I own a lightning and he says,"I just sunk $4000 in my hemi, you want to race?" I said, "sure"!
Then the same old rhetoric begins, "I can smoke the wheels easy, the lightning's break easy..........
My co-worker was seriously enjoying, considering he has a Dudge!!
Next he want's me to ride in his truck, he'll put his paycheck on the dash and say's that I won't be able to grab it when he hit's the gas!!(He didn't have the truck with him)

I really wish I had my truck at work that day, he wasn't willing to meet me half way (I live 32 miles from work). Wouldn't have been a race anyway.

These Dudge guy's get really brainwashed!!
Bryan
 
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Old Mar 27, 2005 | 07:42 PM
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Saw it today at the NYC car show. the wing looks HIDEOUS in person and its a 4X4.

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Old Mar 27, 2005 | 07:49 PM
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Originally posted by VINNIE
its a 4X4.
 
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Old Mar 27, 2005 | 07:54 PM
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There's one of the rust colored ones at the dealership down the street from us. It has to be the ugliest new truck I've ever seen. That wing is soooo gay.
 
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Old Mar 27, 2005 | 11:36 PM
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Why do domestic car companies make so many turds these days? There is "special edition" crap being peddled on every corner now.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2005 | 09:12 AM
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Why do domestic car companies make so many turds these days? There is "special edition" crap being peddled on every corner now.
it seems they are trying to get a foothold on the younger market. you know put a wing and some gaudy decals and ITS A WINNER!
 
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Old Mar 28, 2005 | 10:29 AM
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There's a poo-colored one at the dealership near my house. I saw it the other day and started laughing. Wing and decals = fast!
 
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Old Mar 28, 2005 | 11:08 AM
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the decal = 25hp.

The Spoiler (WING) = 75hp!
 
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Old Mar 28, 2005 | 12:21 PM
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^ is that to the rear wheels? IF SO WTF CAN I GET ONE!
 
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Old Mar 28, 2005 | 04:40 PM
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The Dodge dealer near me has one in Silver and one they call Mango. When I drove by I just caught a quick glance at them. After I stoped and got a closer look all I thought was, you have to be kidding me! what a joke, look at the size of that wing. And then here comes the salesman telling me what a cool truck it is. I said ohh yeah real cool. They also had a Ray Evernham edition truck it had all the great decals that make a Dodge limited edition truck. Dodge has more special edition trucks than Ford and Chevy put together. GO HEMI ROCK ON!!
 
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Old Mar 28, 2005 | 05:15 PM
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Originally posted by BMWBig6
Why do domestic car companies make so many turds these days? There is "special edition" crap being peddled on every corner now.
I agree. And I thought monkeys were the only ones that flung crap!
 
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Old Mar 29, 2005 | 11:20 AM
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The stripes match my glasses !
 
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Old Mar 29, 2005 | 02:14 PM
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I was speachless when I first saw the pics of that crap.

..........did one high-up exec draw that on the crapper and everyone was too affraid to tell them what they really thought????????????

its 4X4 too?

lets make a Big-Foot RWD Mustang, that'll show 'em.
 
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Old Mar 29, 2005 | 06:28 PM
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I smoked one of those "SuperBee's" last summer to some assclown in town that threw revs at me.

Cant wait until I run across one of these things.
 
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