Scania, Volvo, Mercedes vs American trucks. How can you stand them?

Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by Spochen, Aug 13, 2010.

Why do you drive the truck you drive?

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    Americans build the best trucks, thats a fact.

    42.2%
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    I have never driven a European truck. (American Volvos is NOT like a European Volvo)

    45.3%
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    European is the ####!

    12.5%
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    I don´t drive either one.

    4.7%
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  1. king Q

    king Q Road Train Member

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    I think I know what you mean about people turning in to jerks and hating each other for stupid reasons. Just a short while ago someone was having a go at someone els saying they had poor expertise and were inexperienced.I think this was a knee jerk reaction because they were not familiar with most of this persons knowledgeable posts. Either this or they them selfs are showing their ignorance/arrogance. I think you know who I am talking about.
     
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  3. CaliforniaOvernight

    CaliforniaOvernight Light Load Member

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    Come on, he is serving advices about trucks he never seen in person. Please, you all sound like those eastern Europe drivers who buy Volvo and all they know about it is where to mount Michelin MAn and how to turn on fog lights.

    There is more to trucking than that, the sooner you realize that, the better
     
  4. Kansas

    Kansas Road Train Member

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    Yeah ok, that's why Ronald Reagan collapsed the whole ####### USSR with out firing a shot. NOW THATS POWER!

    Blowing up a whole hospital full of sick kids isnt power, that's terrorism. Terrorist hide behind women and children. NOTHING powerful about doing that. Any gang banger douche can pull a gun and start shooting. Nothing hard about that...
     
  5. CaliforniaOvernight

    CaliforniaOvernight Light Load Member

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    Thats what Russian government does. Im not sure if you understand what Im saying. You can take your "terrorist" fantasies and shove them.
     
  6. Dannyell

    Dannyell Bobtail Member

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    Christianity?... and I am the brainwashed one? You might want to read up a bit ...

    Whether it is better or not to live there it doesn't matter since unfortunately most ##### is made in China...and with the way the global economy is moving we are not really favorites into bringing back anything...
     
  7. Pablo-UA

    Pablo-UA Road Train Member

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    You cant imagine how right R you now....

    about collapsing USSR... when it happened we thought it is not good! but now I think collapsing Russia is a good thing for Russians, else they will have dictators, tirans and terrorists!

    well, about terror in Russia? do you really belive Chechens did it in Moscow ore Volgodonsk? hah! FSB did it to keep Putin's power and let him say: "Russia is surrouded with enemies, they wann kill us all and I can save you!"
     
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  8. CaliforniaOvernight

    CaliforniaOvernight Light Load Member

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    Yest, you brainwashed into leftist propaganda that there is no God and we are nothing but monkeys. Thats why you even act like one
     
  9. Kansas

    Kansas Road Train Member

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    Shove them? Whats with the hostility? Are you a terrorist, or do you have some sort of romantic fantasy about becoming a terrorist? Are you going to explain yourself, or just type out insults?

    Not sure you understand what you're saying...
     
  10. king Q

    king Q Road Train Member

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    I'm not so sure about that.I have seen quite a few of his posts in other threads with very specific technical info.In one post he made a passing comment about clutch actuators that has gone a long way to explaining a problem the OE manufacturers could not solve. I operate both EU and US class 8 trucks and his comments seem spot on.As I have stated before people are very defensive when it comes to their trucks.It seems to be a sort of national pride thing.If you read some of his other posts you will see he has chosen to run a US truck when he becomes a O/O.You may be correct in your generalization but in this case I don't think so.
     
  11. Dannyell

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    and with that statement I will leave you be...since your onto something else that only you know or think about...
     
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