I wanted to argue with ""at least you get to keep your dignity"" too. Maybe I don't understand the difference between dignity and vanity so I'll reserve my argument.
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I just meant at least it's mostly US-made (AFAIK), and is a truck (or small truck) rather than a little foreign crap-box. That's all it means. I almost said "some of your dignity", which is probably closer. Plus, you can at least pick up car parts in a Dakota. Not too much you can haul in a foreign crap-box.
A 4-cyl (or well tuned 6-cyl) short bed/cab Dakota wouldn't be TOO bad on gas. I'm sure better than your Dart. I've had 2 318 Dakotas, and even those weren't all that bad on gas compared to an old '60s/'70s V8 car.
I like the old Daytona idea, if you can find one in nice shape.
