you go to work and all your coworkers come running out saying, "thank god your truck is okay. we thought something bad happened." after a spin out the night before

 

You know you own a Dakota when you open the hood and realize, "There's a V-8 in there!" (or at least enough room for one)

 

yah jdakota92. you put it best. open the hood on an 89 sport 4x4 3.9 and theres lots of room left. bet i spent 3 seconds to figure things are not right here.

thanks for the laugh guy1

 

You know you own a Dakota when you do front brakes and the previous owner has already stripped out the caliper pin holes on the knuckle.

 

only the front passenger side at the top. finally gave up on the repair and replaced the knuckle. there is a few companys that have healy-coil repair kits but they did not work for me because i had a lot of miles on it from when i bought it.

 

I faced that same problem when I replaced my ball joints. The truck was down for an extra two days while I hunted down a replacement knuckle for the driver's side.

 

When you look at the axle tag and it says 3.73, then crack open the diff and find it stamped 3.55 %%%##^*#

 

BTW, you guys are doing great at pointing out the Dakota's short comings. Keep it coming cause I'm enjoying the laughs.

 

after you replace the door locks the electric locks no longer work

 

when you go to change the oil in your front differential and realize you can't remove the front skid plate cuz the front bolts are ruined.