i feel bad, but...

[peechez]

a 2000 dodge ram 1500 5.9L v8 Magnum truck kicks the crap out of my 2k4 elantra GT... Thats right. im a traitor :tongue:

[BColeman]

Hell ya, come on over to the Dodge family. Got one outside the garage, except it's not mine, but who's counting anyway. I think my 3 cars are enough.

Dodge's are great, as work or play, and that motor just plain kick's ***. Now picture a Dodge Dakota Quad Cab with that same motor. That's what my mom traded in for her '04 Dodge Dakota Quad Cab. She had a limited edition Dodge Motorsports Dakota, Red, w/ black wheels, and raised yellow lettering on the tires. The truck would burn the tires just mashing the pedal from a standing start and chirp them when shifting into second.

Awesome vehicle, awesome motor...

OH YEAH!!!!!!!!! TRAITOR!!!!

[Vampyrate]

if i werent getting an elantra, id be right behind you and getting a 1500 quad cab... dont feel bad. dodges are the only domestics that i like

[PJB]

I like my brother's Ram. He's got an '05 2500 regular cab with a Cummins diesel. Thats a bad *** truck.

His payments are over double my payments though.

[Vampyrate]

and thats what keeps me with this car

[CTele02]

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/choosing.shtml
enjoy the summer fuel spikes ;)

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bestworst.shtml
Note: Elantra is only second to the Prius in its range, and Note to Note: The Prius's EPA estimates are said to be off by a lot while I seem to be fine with getting 40mpg in my 05 automatic Elantra ;)

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/2001car2tablef.jsp?column=2&id=19596 Okay now nuff said ;)

[Estopatitiana]

DUDE!! those trucks sound amazing with some flowmasters or a good set of glass packs....by far some of the best sounding duals on the road if done right..very deep and agressive

[Gun5]

i still want my camaro :D burn those dodge trucks lol

if i got a truck though dodge or chevy! definitly

[Vampyrate]

DUDE!! those trucks sound amazing with some flowmasters or a good set of glass packs....by far some of the best sounding duals on the road if done right..very deep and agressive
dude, i hear/see those all over campus here, and they actually are starting to piss me off, thats why i really like the sound of my exhaust. it sounds a lot meaner than some of the trucks on campus here with the v6 in em

[soullesselantra]

when i was on my way back home from the cavalcade of customs in cincinnati a mid 90's ram 1500 V8 came up next to me and was revvin and brake torqein and all kinds of **** and my elantra whooped him with 4 people in it...im sorry, i dont want a truck that my all stock elantra can beat without spinning the tires...

[Vampyrate]

lol, just by adding an SRI to your elantra, you will spin tires... i noticed that as soon as i did that... now that i have a CAI i havet to be careful not to unintentionally

[soullesselantra]

mine'll spin em if i want to...or if i let out a lil to quick on the clutch trying to beat a light or car while turning...

[Vampyrate]

i dont have that problem, since i am cursed to have a manual. but if you were in teh car with me for 2 seconds, you'd tell that i have manual on the brain and can't wait to upgrade to one

^and yes, i mean upgrade.... i cant stand my car w/ no CVVT to begin with and on top of that, not have a stick?!? eff that lol

[soullesselantra]

its ok aaron, i get the same feeling driving my sol...granted it has vtec, its only an auto...:(

[Vampyrate]

meh... vtecs are nice and all, but ive heard some pretty sketch things on its fuel consumption compared to non-vteced hondas

[soullesselantra]

damn, thread jackin again...lol...as long as you stay out of the vtec range (usually past 4200) its fine, but its all relative to how you drive, i use the cruise on the highway cause i can...

[Vampyrate]

haha "cruise" my idea of cruising is WOT on 81 going bumper to bumper with some riced out CRX

but yeah.... GO DODGE! My dad had a stratus and he loved it, and it was really easy to work on. ive done a few things with the 1500, 2500, and 3500 rams, and fell in love with them. sure the dakota is cool and all, i just cant see myself in anything less than a 1500 quad cab (gotta bring my homies too lol)

[PJB]

when i was on my way back home from the cavalcade of customs in cincinnati a mid 90's ram 1500 V8 came up next to me and was revvin and brake torqein and all kinds of **** and my elantra whooped him with 4 people in it...im sorry, i dont want a truck that my all stock elantra can beat without spinning the tires...
I couldnt even beat an Accord or a 4 door Grand Am in my Elantra. Both drivers were girls too.

[hyunelan2]

a 2000 dodge ram 1500 5.9L v8 Magnum truck kicks the crap out of my 2k4 elantra GT

Until the price of gas jumps back to $3.00 a gallon, as they're predicting it will this summer.

[BobMs_wht2k2]

In my own experience, dodge 318/360's are good at one thing. Eating gas. I remember racing my GMC at IRP. A guy had a 4x4 Dakota 360, with headers, catback and PCM tuning. I had my 93 Full size ext cab 4.3 V6, 5 spd and 3.08 rearend (highway gears=1900 rpms at 70mph!) and a set o fheavy 17" Byds wheels. I ran a 17.01 @ 77mph, he ran a 16.94 at 82mph. hE HAD TOLD ME WHILE WE WERE WAITING that he was averaging 14mpg highway. I was (at that time) averaging 23mpg highway, ans 20 city. Needless to say, I've never been impressed.

[robs02elantra]

Until the price of gas jumps back to $3.00 a gallon, as they're predicting it will this summer.

Who's "they" and why are they predicting that?? I'm not impressed. And that will definately not help my case I'm making to my wife for a second car.

[hyunelan2]

"They" was Crains Chicago Business Report, and also Kiplinger Financial Report... many other sources are saying the same thing.

Why: Summer driving puts an increased demand on gas (which drives prices higher) as well as summer 'forumla' gas (cleaner - burning, as required by EPA in metro areas during summer months) costing more. The people that study the ebb and flow of the economey all say the signs are pointing to gas prices creeping up again... it's already been happening if you've been keeping an eye on the price at the pump over the last few months.

[Leviathant]

Gas already broke the three dollar range without people changing their habits, giving Exxon/Mobil record profits -- why should they sell it for less if people are buying for more? Gas prices will continue to soar. Which means elections might get interesting (http://www.pollkatz.homestead.com/files/NEWBUSHINDEX_28670_image001.gif).

[robs02elantra]

going slightly more off topic. We're on a weekly cycle here. It goes cheap on sunday and then goes up for the rest of the week. The last two weeks have stayed steady during the week and then dropped on sunday still, so I've been fairly excited recently.

Ah well, can't last forever.

[PJB]

Prices are dropping here

[BobMs_wht2k2]

I can't imagine paying for the gas that hog's gonna take. 14mpg+55miles a day= homeless. That's like 10 gallons a week more! $21.00x52 weeks that's almost $1100 just in gas. Plus the tranny that's gonna drop. Wow. . . . . . .