mpg VS cost of repairs?

I see.

Fibreglass is not plastic, but that revelation aside, like most people, when I speak of "plastic" trucks, I am referring to trucks with aero fairings and mirrors etc like the T2000 and all the others. In my experience they just don't hold up as well. Does this mean the W900 and T800 are built better than a T2000? Maybe. Or maybe the driver of the W900 takes better care of the truck than the driver of the T2000.

I'm inclined to think there's a reason you rarely see a T2000 dump truck.

 

Believe it or not, there was an industrial arts class in my high school, which I took. Fibre glass was one of the media we used. Plus when you consider the resin used is a polymer, fiberglass us a plastic.

But, as you said, a plastic truck is one with all aerodynamic pieces that are prone to getting broke, and I was nitpicking.

 

That's like saying "sodium is not metal". The resin used to make fiberglass is a form of plastic.

That being said, I understand that that's what people mean by plastic. I was nitpicking.

 

You add the fiberglass fibers to regular plastic will make it a lot stronger.

 

Fiberglass is not plastic, same as water is not hydrogen or oxygen, when combine two different materials you get something else. I realize the resin in fiberglass is a plastic, that does not make fiberglass plastic, fiberglass actually has some structural integrity to it plastic does not.

 

But the hood of a W900 IS plastic and the hood of my 9200 IS fiberglass.

Lol

 

The hood on my w9 is fiberglass not plastic, I did they change that on the new ones, or are you still trying to say fiberglass and plastic are the same thing?

 

My 2003 W900L had a plastic (ABS) hood straight from the factory. My 2000 W900L had fiberglass.

 

Seriously, never knew they did that thought they were all fiberglass.