Why do so many Americans hate European trucks?

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  1. spsauerland

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    He said 100% incline, so I assumed up. Down I usually use term decline. I was wrong. See how easy that is to type.
     
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    Yes i was refering on daf going 100 down. I was in unimog on 110%
     
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    Just throw the Daf off a cliff.......I’d bet it goes down
     
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    Euro influence....icky
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    I've heard those DAF fire trucks are absolutely horrible to drive. The steering is a rope and pulley system instead of tie rods and drag links
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    This is an American fire fighter on a trailer. We don't have those things in Europe.

    Judge for yourself how horrible a DAF is to drive (small DAF LF truck, comparable to Peterbilt 220 / Kenworth T270/T370)

     
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  8. snowman_w900

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    I drive them all the time, I like the Kenworth Wayyyy better than the DAF we have here
     
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    Ever seen a bobble head? I'd get sick swaying around in one of those. Kind of like the old Ford COE with the four point airbags, like driving a waterbed.
     
  10. Caesar

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    Remarkable, you can detect all that from watching a video.

    DAF does not produce fire engines, but they do produce truck chassis that have been specially adapted to be used as fire engines. Could it be that the suspension has been designed for safe high speed driving?

    This is the kind of small fire engine you see in the clip:

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