I can't afford it but cool van here
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Zoli
Veteran Expediter
You can't compare a Sprinter with this ugly hybrid. We are in 2010,you must see how the vans looks in Europe....Ford and Chevy are way behind them.
idtrans
Expert Expediter
True but parts should be cheaper and easier to get and also the price will be way cheaper.
stamp11127
Seasoned Expediter
If I had the bucks to burn I'd get this:
Now that is cool!!!
Now that is cool!!!
The Enemy
Veteran Expediter
I remember them from the Expo Two years ago. I was looking over one of their vans, one of the salesmen asked me what I drive. When I told him a Sprinter he started chuckling and proceeded to tell me what a POS the Sprinter is. At the same time he grabbed a rubber mallet and pounded the fiberglass shell of the van, saying "see it won't dent or break, bet you can't do that with your Sprinter". I then proceeded to tell him even though you can't see a visible dent or break, there are tons of stress cracks created from them pounding on that body all weekend, and that I feel sorry for who ever buys that particular van from them. Oh and one other thing that bothers me about it is they use a dually axle in the rear but run only one set of wheels to achieve a SRW configuration which is still way to heavy for an expedite application.
Zoli you are right about the Vans they have running around in Europe right now.
aileron
Expert Expediter
You are right. Just took a few weeks vacation through Europe and I saw a bunch of them: Mercedes Sprinter, Ford Transit, Peugeot, Volkswagen, Fiat and Iveco, all of them 'sprinter looking' things. When will the Americans catch up with Europe???
Also, those cabover trucks in Europe are just fantastic. All of them are kinda looking the same: Mercedes, Volvo, Man, Daf, and I am sure I am missing a few more.
America is waaay behind in fuel economy.
ebsprintin
Veteran Expediter
You really should spend some time going back through previous discussions on the forum. At least learn how to use the search function.
eb
moose
Veteran Expediter
If I had the bucks to burn I'd get this:
Now that is cool!!!
Arai is one of the best helmets worldwide ,i owned quite a few back in the days of rally's .
don't think my brain was ever smart enough to deserve such a high quality protection .
moose
Veteran Expediter
don't know what to make of it ,but,last week iv seeing a yellow DAF105XF on a lowboy heading west on I-80 in Wyoming .
yes you missed the Scania ...
dose EU trucks will be tricky to make an expediter out of ,couse the cab is tilting forward for service .
Jack_Berry
Moderator Emeritus
why would a cabover be tricky? col had one. last week i saw an old square argosy with the long cabover sleeper and behind it was more sleeper. pretty burgandy/candy apple truck leased to fedex. i once saw pix of the c/o that glenn rice used to own. think i read the space behind the seats was office and the sleeper was the next 6-8 feet.
here is a link to a teams post. no pic available at this time.
http://www.expeditersonline.com/forum/truck-talk/22408-cabover-expediter.html
here is a link to a teams post. no pic available at this time.
http://www.expeditersonline.com/forum/truck-talk/22408-cabover-expediter.html
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