Why do so many Americans hate European trucks?

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  1. Caesar

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    Or in situations like these:

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    It doesn't only look solid, it is solid. Tatra'trucks are unique in the world. They don't have a conventional chassis, but instead a massive central tube that contains the drive shafts and the differentials. You can not twist that tube. No beam axles, but swing axles instead. The best off-road trucks in the world according to many. And by the way, it is one of the oldest car and truck manufacturers in the world.

     
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    The ground not the truck
     
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    And why shouldn't the ground be solid? If you like I can find videos and photographs of these trucks in deep mud. Solid ground makes a truck loose traction if the surface isn't even.
     
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    Most job sites I’ve been in are sloppy. Any truck can go over a hard pack hump
     
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    Ok, here's a promotional video with sloppy terrain:

     
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    And here’s one not on a test track
     
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    Tatra, huh? Never thought people that spent most of the time meditating would ever drive a crappy truck.

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