Why do so many Americans hate European trucks?

I know Volvo Autocars had an optional air assisted clutch pedal. A regular customer at the first shop I worked at had one. Not nearly as smooth as the non-assisted version IMO and you definitely had to get a feel for it. I never looked too closely at it but I believe the pedal was mechanically connected to the clutch forks.

Edit: Western Star used hydraulic assisted steering on their heavy spec steer axles. I know they had it as recent as 2006 but I haven't looked at one newer than that up close. Again same thing, standard steering box to provide mechanical link to the wheels and a 2nd set of hoses crossed over to the passenger side where the hydraulic cylinder was located. By law here any steer axle over I think 18k lbs (could be wrong on that number though) is required to have some form of assistance for the main power steering box because of the increased forces induced by heavier weights and wide base steer tires.

 

Assisted yes . Clutch was still connected . And steering was still connected.

 

Traction control..not needed

Lane departure warning... Don't want that

Adaptive cruise ...only use cruise while running pto...

I could go on....

 

Traction control has gotten me stuck way to many times.

 

I've never driven a truck with traction or stability control in it but if it behaves at all like it does in my half ton, its garbage.

 

I don't care if it behaves exactly as advertised. It's still an unnecessary added cost.

 

2000 mm is how many inches? 78? So a bit longer than my guess from a picture. And yet smaller than a typical stocked right on the lot kw. As i said a couple post back, it's decent but nothing special. Certainly not the super spacious thing caesar claims it is. Plus with the kw, i can just lift the hood to have full access to the engine.

 

And you don't have to worry about all your stuff crashing through the windshield when you forget to put it away or secure it when jacking up the cab.

 

Tilting the hood, 1 minute. Put all the stuff away so it doesn't come crashing into your windshield, 15 minutes. Big difference!

 

I don't understand why you fail to understand. The reason you have the trucks you do is you need them. Here, the oldest cities are 300 to 400, which are only 2 or 3 of them, and the rest are modern. What is needed there isn't needed here. If given the choice between a short wheelbase cabover and a long wheelbase conventional, why would you choose the former? There you don't have a choice, here we do.