does anybody have any comments or complaints about these vehicles as a whole and their offroad capability/potential cause i am thinking about buying one for my first truck and dont know much about them only the bigger 1-ton diesels so information about these trucks would be great
thanks,
Bootz  

Ya I got one and I love it. It has a v8 and it can handle everything a full size can and more. I take it offroading all the time and I can get around great. I have gone further than my cousins chevy and my dads z71 can. So their worth it.  

I have a 98' dakota sport that i just love. I live in wyoming and bought the truck to drive back and forth in the oil field. It does just great. I also grew up in moab, ut, so of course i have taken it there a few times and it dose just fine for being all stock.

I have had only minor problems with mine, and i have 158k miles on it and it still goes just fine. so if you are looking at a first truck i would deffently get one.  

thanks guys and even though i wanted one like you have dodgef25 my dad ended up buying me a 90 ranger and the 98 dakota is second gen by the way  

There is ALOT more aftermarket support for the Ranger than  there is for the Dakota... you'll be happy with it. Congrats!

Now post some photos!  

ill get some up when i can take pictures of it since it is currently in at the shop my dad is a mechanic and we are putting heads on it so its in the back waiting to be worked on at the moment but when im done ill get pics so stay tuned!