But there IS plenty mentions of ppl being pwned. Booyah!

 

hmmmm, this is a very interesting read, that's the least that can be said

 

Thanks for the mostly serious response. You answered most of my original question.

Regarding my dad, he didn't know it would be driven so much. He owns a courier company and it was bought as an in-town sales vehicle which would be used to visit clients every so often and for promotions (every so often he holds bbqs for his larger accounts and needs to haul the bbqs around). What ended up happening was the company started growing faster than he expected, which ended up turning this truck in to one with more uses than they anticipated. This truck has lead a pretty rough life of hauling trailers and operating at pretty much peak load for the last 2 years.

My dad has realized he needs a bigger truck for what he's doing with it and rather than paying the km overages (40,000km/yr * 2 yr * 0.15/km = $12,000) plus the $11,000 in lease payments and risking wrecking the transmission and everything in this truck over those 2 years and repairing it he's decided that either I can have it for 2 years if I pay the plates and the km overages that I cause, or else when he gets his 3/4 ton diesel he'll just pay the $11,000 to the dealership and give them the Dakota.

I'm just wondering if there's any kind of maintenance (some cars need timing belts at 100k) etc and I don't know enough about the Dakota to determine if there's expensive maintenance I will HAVE to do. So is there any kind of quirks or pricey repairs that occur frequently on these vehicles?

The kind of information I'm looking for is something to the tune of "GM V6's in GrandAms/Aleros typically need a new LIMG at 40,000-90,000kms because of the crappy coolant they use" etc.

As for paying out the lease and keeping it, that isn't an option. The buyout price is $18,000 and Dodge wants $18,000 + $11,000 (2 years worth of payments) before they'll release ownership of the truck. To be honest, the truck isn't worth $29,000 especially since I regularly see ones like this selling for $20,000-$22,000 in the paper. Even if my dad were to pay the $11,000 and I pay the remaining $18,000 that's still out of my budget. I just don't have the cash to make those kinds of payments. My other reservation is the fact that I know how this truck has been used.

 

$29000.00, holy f@@k, i drove my 05 dak off the lot at $22000.00, back in 05. the truck is not worth the hassle of spending that type of money to let it sit. get some good insurance and sink it in any type of salty water, drive it to the ocean and launch the sucker. or have the local thieves still it and torch it. trust me i have friends in very high places.

 

The 11k has to be spent no matter what. Dodge is being a dink about the payout on the lease. Whether he pays it for $11k over 2 years or he pays it in one lump sum to the dealership now when he gets rid of it; it's the same amount of money. Which is why he's offering to let me have it for 2 years. He's pretty much ****ed on this truck. I do also agree he got ****ed on the purchase price, at the same time though you're probably in the states and vehicles up here tend to sell for 20-30% more up here.

He doesn't care that the truck is worth more right now than it will be in 2 years, that's Dodge's problem.

 

Holy fark 95 318SLT...dodgerules...did this guy insult your family or steal something from you? Immediately to the ranting and name calling. As far as wasting your time, your lengthy and overly aggressive posts show you certianly have a fair share of time on your hands.

Does my handle make me a terrorist for mocking America? It's just a name. Quite frankly, I'm Anti-Chrysler on about 75% of their lineup.

 

First off, look at my screenname and my signature and tell me if you think I can give him an honest opinion about potential problems with his 3rd gen dakota... no? so what should I have started with instead of immediately going into the ranting? And I think the same goes for dodgerules86... as he also owns a 1st gen dakota. I don't care what he does with his dads truck. My problem is this is a Dodge ENTHUSIAST forum, and you just don't approach a group of people who don't know you and who you don't know and immediately insult them, and then ask for their help, it just shows a complete lack of common sense. It's just not a socially exceptiable thing to do.... he probably should have had a lesson on that in his ethics class. I'm just giving him harshly worded advice so that next time a similar situation comes up he might just think before starts typing.

 

Well, this is getting spicy.

You submit:

"you just don't approach a group of people who don't know you and who you don't know and immediately insult them, it just shows a complete lack of common sense"

Not too many people here "know", as in, have met, other forum members. I don't "know" anyone here. Quite frankly, it's creepy. I use online forums to learn and share technical information on our trucks. I prefer to socialize in the real world. Or by answering anonymous Craigslist personals.

I missed where our new friend did any insulting. "Antichrysler" is a play on words. Or maybe he really hates the Pentastar. So what? I think Chrysler is rather insulting myself. Their latest plan is to take a few billion in American money and let some rich Italian families play around with it. Their recent cars, on the whole, suck. Suck. More importantly, who f*cking cares.

A "Super Moderator" had no problem, however, more or less calling him an *******. Oozing class, right there. Deep fried, gold plated class. Antichrysler??!?! You must be an *******!

There are eighty billion retarded posts on forums every day. It's a fact, look it up. If this guy offended your sensibilities, ignore his post. Go drink a beer and rub one out. By that I mean polish your rims. By that I mean **********.

Lastly, while we all brush up on ethics as it relates to making fun of failed auto companies, take a naturalization course to learn a thing or two about communicating in your native language.