Why do so many Americans hate European trucks?

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  1. haycarter

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    Over The Top........(I think).....BISTBC
     
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    And painted up for a Great Cause Too..
     
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    Magnificent truck.

    The driver must be a midget by the look of that sunvisor that is blocking the top half of the front window. Of course it's also possible that he's a moron, who has dropped his seat so far that he's looking through the lower part of the front window. Visibility just in front of the truck is horrible anyway with such a huge hood, but making it far worse by blocking the upper half of the front window is truly moronic. I calculate that with his angle of view, he will only see the surface of the road that is 50 feet or more away from the truck.

    The stacks are wonderful, he can put a steam engine under the hood with that size of stacks. I hope he has invested in a smoke generator, otherwise what are those stacks for?
     
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    The BBC news app showed this nice picture of a pickup truck:

    pride truck.jpg

    It belongs to Cody Barlow, a 28 yr old (straight) navy vet from Hulbert, Oklahoma.
     
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    they do it better in italy
    true but dont underestimate production costs, w900 require huge amount of manual labor as it is classic truck
     
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    you are bit wrong here, prices dont vary that much on wholesale level, if some retail bought truck and needs to get rid of it he might go even in minus but there are very marginal possibilities to adapt prices. manufacturer dont change price according to demand on wholesale too.
     
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    assembly is not problem almost anywhere, with good planned production, almost anyone can be assembly worker, and if he quit new one will assemble truck with almost same quality very quickly.

    problem is if you need workman with some special craftsman skills like welder, painter, metal worker etc. it is big question if you are going to get great one in mexico, and how much product quality variation will you get.

    it is big question how good craftsman you will get in USA too. young people are lazy and dont want to work, they want to be blogers, influencers, music critics or in best case web designers.

    it is reality that all western world is loosing real workers and it is case that sooner or latter we would have to eliminate skilled man power wherever is possible, 2nd and 3rd world countries can be source for workers but it is all gamble.
     
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    volvo fh is not far, i have no idea who designed that low windshield and windows but you cant see much outside. also doors are quite low...or to say better, someone who designed that cab made war crimes against ergonomy.
     
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    Man you really are a petty little ##### aint ya?
     
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