Love my Dakota

Best purchase I have ever made. I have been able to get up into the mountains and places I never could have made it with my VW FOX. I got the 16inch wheels and the sport package with the next gen. 4.7 V8. I am getting about 16mpg around town 22 or so on a long trip. Although with as much power as it has I do enjoy a very quick acceleration, so probably could get better gas mileage, but hey you only live once and what a joy to drive. Bigger then a wimpy Ford Ranger, yet smaller then a full sized picked, great middle ground that is not to big for around town, and does great off-road. Replaced the stock shocks with Ranchero 9000's and that fixed the minor irritation of a rough ride. Also adjustable to fit the situation so a great upgrade.