Scania v8 730hp

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  1. pyrosparks911

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    Still ugly as sin.....
     
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    It's Europe.....That's how it's done there....Obama wants to emulate Europe....
    So drivers...you'll have to turn in your "Large Cars" for Scanias....:biggrin_25523:
     
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    How many old Scanias are on the road with 3 million on the OD?

    I guarantee there's plenty of W9's, 379's, 359's....on the road with 3 million...and there's probably some Freightshaken COE's working in the ports with 4 million....
     
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    Btw...1 million K's are equal to 600K miles If I did the conversion correctly...

    600K is just barely getting the rings wet on an American rig....
     
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    It have never been a market that Scania would have wanted to take market share in!

    Wonder why!!!:biggrin_255:

     
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    I have seen the tv show Iceroad truckers on discovery!!!
    ####, I cant belive u drive those dinosaurs, do u have any heating at all?
     
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    I don't own one of those...
    I have a 386 Pete with a a 550hp Cummins/18 Speed trans...and it has "twin screws"....
    I doubt your Scania could run the Rockies in summer let alone Winter....
    And your Daycabs...uh...sleepers are what....1 meter? :biggrin_2552:

    70" sleeper on mine.....:biggrin_255:
     
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    Oh and before you try the Horsepower game....
     
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    Interesting. Kinda like here in US. Except you never, ever see them crash.