Posted: Mar 23 2008 at 4:11pm | IP Logged

Heys folks, new guy here. I picked up a Storm Gray 05 with 36.4k on the clock for a killer price yesterday. After spending an ungodly amount of money the last few years trying to keep a 92 Dakota on the road, I finally threw in the towel and replaced the POS after it lost oil pressure on the way to work the other day. I guess 126k is just to much for a Dodge truck no matter how much love you give it and I am not one to abuse my rigs or ignore the maintenance schedule.

So it's good riddance MOPAR, hello Nissan; wish I'd done this a long time ago.

The Frontier seems like a solid rig with some sensible engineering built into it. It drives like a car and has excellent torque for a V6, almost as much as the 318 Magnum in my Dakota.

Aside from adding a bug shield and wind guards I won't be doing a lot of mods because I like the truck just the way it is, but I am hoping to learn a few things here and hopefully share some of my own know how in the process.

Posted: Mar 24 2008 at 11:08pm | IP Logged

There's a reason Chrysler vehicles have such a low re-sale value, they're unreliable and don't last. This wasn't the first time the oil pump went out on the Dakota, it did the same thing 30k miles ago on a dangerous section of freeway. So much for getting reliable service at the Dodge dealership, $3500 in repairs only bought another 30k miles.

The Dodge Dakota is the most expensive truck I've ever owned--never again.