Why do so many Americans hate European trucks?

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  1. haycarter

    haycarter Road Train Member

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    That I Am..

    The MP10 (vulva D16) is still available here in both the Superliner & Titan..

    The home of Mack Trucks Australia.
     
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  3. Caesar

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    DAB = Digital Audio Broadcasting . It is a new way of transmitting very high quality audio, and at the same time enabling many radio stations. It is terrestrial. Satellite TV and radio are broadcast with DVB-S2 (Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite).

    XM radio was developed as a replacement for short wave radio.
     
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    RDS means that the station is also transmitting text that you can read on your radio.
     
  5. MACK E-6

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    Mine has that awful pilot injection that makes my Cummins sound almost like it has to apologize for being a diesel. I want my combustion knock back, and I’ll get it. :cool:
     
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    ...And I want that stopped, immediately if not sooner.
     
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  7. spsauerland

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    Just buy some crappy fuel.... You will have that thing knocking in no time!
     
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  8. MACK E-6

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    No, that’s not going to work. ;)

    I’d rather turn the pilot injection off. Part of the fun of owning a diesel is listening to them. :D
     
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    Good bye .
     
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    There has been only one Merchedes that I found worth driving, it was a 2004 two door green model with a little bit of top end sport racing stuff in it. I drove it across our facility at work to park, and took it around back where there is a open space to "Indulge in a little play"

    I found that I could feel every bit of the little small grit we have on our lot under the tires. I could loose the rear end with a little power at any time. (Either the tires are inadequate or the car is deliberately engineered to get loose on demand) and the manual shift is short and fast because the engine is pretty fast.

    But for all that it's underwhelming. No real RAWR of a muscle car 70's engine. Just a poulon weed eater whine engine.

    It was a WONDERFUL Car... if you are 60 years old trying to repurchase your lost youth. But compared to some of the genuine cars Ive had been in during the muscle era, it's in need of a little... surgery to install a pair.
     
  11. AModelCat

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    If this is inappropriate I apologize in advance.
     
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