VND64T. Utter trash

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Lane Gray, Czar Castic

Least comfortable vehicle I've ever had the displeasure to have been
unable to avoid driving.

Sleeper curtain can't keep the light out, curtain nearly six feet tall,
has only four tabs of velcro two inches long by one inch wide.
Sleeper LED clock bright enough to read by, and has no facility to turn it
off.
Designed so that people of short stature have to stand up to fully depress
either the accelerator or brake, wife had to use a hyperextended posture
with her bottom off the seat in order to brake hard or to mash the
accelerator (does this sound safe, an 18-wheeler with a driver who can't
sit in the seat, but has to stand?).
Window in the sleeper (a bad idea in general) had a curtain that allowed
light to come in straight down on the driver's face.



Many good features in the vehicle, I like the idea of drawers rather than
cabinet doors. Freightliner uses cabinets with doors that rattle, this
sleeper posed no noise problems, but if you can't shut the light out, the
sleeper adds no real utility.
Many good points, lots of nice touches and bells and whistles. These mean
nothing if you can't actually drive the damn thing, or if you can only get
an hour's sleep while spending five in the sleeper.

Volvo may make good cars, but their trucks suck.
They suck bad.
Their engineers should be made to live in their abominable creations for a
couple hundred thousand miles.


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Lane Gray
get the .lead out before replying (sorry for munging, I can only take so
many copies of automat)
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. Gen
2:25
 
One other thing to say in its defense. Most of the trucks my wife and I
drive (everything we've driven has come from Ryder) have had their
odometers set 2%below actual use. Last night marked the first time since
July 2002 that our truck hasn't defrauded us.

Oh, and a very smooth ride. I used to think the Century class had the
best ride out there (sorry, KW, it beats your T2 hands-down), but a Volvo
with 499Kmiles on her rode like glass.


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Lane Gray
get the .lead out before replying (sorry for munging, I can only take so
many copies of automat)
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. Gen
2:25
 
Always wanted to drive one of those. Are there any publications that
showcase these big rigs and all the customizations done to them by
their owners?

Just wondering.
blurp
 
blurp said:
Always wanted to drive one of those. Are there any publications that
showcase these big rigs and all the customizations done to them by
their owners?

Just wondering.
blurp
I think Overdrive still does that in at least part of their issues, and it
wouldn't surprise me if some others do. My wife and I are landlords as
well as drivers, so we've got other things to do with our money.

Have a look at what the Japanese guys do to some of theirs.
http://homepage2.nifty.com/ztath/starthp/subpage01.html


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Lane Gray
get the .lead out before replying (sorry for munging, I can only take so
many copies of automat)
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. Gen
2:25
 
Wow, those trucks appear to be "more than meets the eye"...could they
be robots in disguise?

lol
blurp
 
RE: Link;

WOW, That's a LOT of Chrome!!

Bet they need a full time dude just to shine all that stuff.
 
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