A note to the anti-auto crowd

Not for me, I fly only sopwith camel, none of those electronic gizmos in my areoplane!!!
Real pilots fly biplanes!!![/QUOTE]

Are you serious? That's extremely cool!!

 

Sorry there Scania man, I meant sarcasism.
Harking back to one of the simplest planes.

 

Haha no problem, got me good !

 

And if the vehicle in front drives into a bridge abutment ? Or varies there speed for no reason? Technology like my dpf, clean gas induction and art head barely works on a good day . No Tks .

 

If the truck slams into a bridge abutment then you still have a steering wheel to go around him, all it does is match the speed of whats directly in front of you ,if that object turns off then it will return to your set speed, it doesn't steer the truck, if the truck hits the bridge and blocks the road then emergency braking is initiated even before you've time to react so yes please! If the person varies speed you can go around as normal or let the truck follow, it won't go faster than your preset speed, it's not that complicated of a system! egr trucks had problems at first but seem to be sorted out now, the truck I drive is scr (dpf there) it's 2007 and hasn't been in the garage for anything other than servicing , it has 512,000kms on it and hauls over 330,000lbs regularly, same with my own truck I sold last year, just over 800,000kms and other than the usual service parts, tyres and a tail light that I broke there was no issues with it, I know there are major issues with Paccar and maxxforce engines, we got those here too but they are really poor quality to begin with!

 

Well I had an "episode" with my auto today. Empty, started to pull into the Intersection to make a left turn and half way through the turn it goes to neutral, then back to gear. When it said it was in gear on the digital readout in the H.U.D. I pressed the fuel pedal and nothing. I sat idling in a busy intersection. No warning sounds or lights. I turned it off and back on, didn't fix the problem.

Ended up finally going into gear after leaving it off for 10 seconds.

Like I've said, my honeymoon with this auto is over. Im filing for divorce!!!

Ethan

 

Your lack of knowledge is almost unbelievable. NOBODY can possibly be that ignorant! Bump starting a truck is simple: Key on. Truck in gear. Clutch in. Release brakes. When truck begins to roll, let out the clutch. It doesn't matter if the truck has electric diesel pumps or unit injectors, because the rolling truck is doing the exact same thing as the starter would do under normal circumstances....turning over the engine. Nothing more, nothing less. You can bump start a 2012 truck with a manual transmission the same as you can bump start a 1952 truck...because all you are doing is using the transmission to turn over the engine if the starter is unable to do the job.

In order to react to a situation without having to think about it, you have to be familiar with what you are doing. Not just the knowledge between your ears of what you need to do, but also the muscle memory that only comes from repeating a process over and over again until it becomes second nature. If the driver is used to driving around in automatic mode all of the time and seldom switches to manual mode, the ability to perform the task in an emergency situation diminishes. If you drive a manual transmission, you know where the clutch is...you don't have to "find" it.

 

In order to react to a situation without having to think about it, you have to be familiar with what you are doing. Not just the knowledge between your ears of what you need to do, but also the muscle memory that only comes from repeating a process over and over again until it becomes second nature. If the driver is used to driving around in automatic mode all of the time and seldom switches to manual mode, the ability to perform the task in an emergency situation diminishes. If you drive a manual transmission, you know where the clutch is...you don't have to "find" it.[/QUOTE]


that's why I reach for the jakes driving my pick up....lol.
just habit. Or resting my right arm on the shifter, ophs not there.
Its like the opening I need for cross traffic, you could drive a semi thru.....
you spend so much time in these things, that a car doesnt feel right????
Its just second nature.

We had some mercedes engines, and if the power dropped below IIRC 10VDC, you could drag it to China and it will not start. The computer shuts off the injectors below a certain voltage.

 

Scania man, what are you pulling around thats 330,000lbs?
Thats a big load of sumthin?

 

On one of the sni treads there all saying there new trucks are going back to 9 speed crash boxes. Why would a company like sni go back to manuals. Because it improves there bottom line maybe?