New Truck 500S and car
Discussion
Should really change my name from Merc 450 to Scania 500S but I'll leave it.
Truck 5 days old 3000km already and 4 nights out. Full leather seats comfortable bunk. Fridge and big cupboard for microwave above screen
New car is F Type Jaguar 5.0 p450 supercharged 450hp 50 less than the truck
Edited by Merc 450 on Saturday 4th May 16:19
normalbloke said:
Maybe close on bhp, but the bhp number on an artic is pretty irrelevant. Let’s see the torque numbers at which rpm…
Not sure what this is but our old 580 V8’s on heavy haulage where about 2000ft/lbs from something silly like 1000rpm I think these new gen Scania’s are great, super quiet and comfy on the motorway.
Edited by Glenn63 on Saturday 4th May 20:41
S series are nice, had one on the milk tankers, but they're a motorway truck, not an A and B road truck as they don't handle at all and have terrible roll because they're about 20ft tail. Even worse with leather seats as you need to have both arm rests down when you're driving to stop you sliding off every time you have to turn at a junction or roundabout. 500s are like the old 4 series 420s for pulling power. They're still down to 40 going up Windy Hill at full weight. They seem to come out of factory with the limiter set at the bottom end of 89 too, so everything goes past you on the motorway. Gearbox is nice in them if auto - very quick and smooth changes which I was impressed with and the 5 stage retarder is equally impressive if equipped.
r3g said:
S series are nice, had one on the milk tankers, but they're a motorway truck, not an A and B road truck as they don't handle at all and have terrible roll because they're about 20ft tail. Even worse with leather seats as you need to have both arm rests down when you're driving to stop you sliding off every time you have to turn at a junction or roundabout. 500s are like the old 4 series 420s for pulling power. They're still down to 40 going up Windy Hill at full weight. They seem to come out of factory with the limiter set at the bottom end of 89 too, so everything goes past you on the motorway. Gearbox is nice in them if auto - very quick and smooth changes which I was impressed with and the 5 stage retarder is equally impressive if equipped.
Agreed, also when on cruise control tries to sneak down to 45mph when it sees a downhill section coming up.and31 said:
I’d happily have the Scania or the F type!! Very nice car
I’ve got a new Scania, it’s only a day cabbed P410 but perfect for my job-love it
I didn’t want an auto but now I’ve got it I’m surprised how good it is, even off road
Yes, we do a lot of work in forests so it will come in handy off roadI’ve got a new Scania, it’s only a day cabbed P410 but perfect for my job-love it
I didn’t want an auto but now I’ve got it I’m surprised how good it is, even off road
Merc 450 said:
Agreed, also when on cruise control tries to sneak down to 45mph when it sees a downhill section coming up.
YES!! 
I'd completely forgotten about that. The most annoying thing ever. You can get the map changed at the dealer so it doesn't do that, but at a big company like Jenkies , you've no chance of that happening. If you put it into manual mode on the right stalk, it won't do it, but the flip side of that is that the gearbox won't drop into neutral going down the other side of the hill either.It's more annoying trying to overtake it than driving it, they're rarely doing a constant speed even on the flat.
Love the auto box in those, I think that they've got one of the worst manual boxes too. They've got a wicked turning circle too, I used to be able to get in some tiny places in one hit where our dafs take a couple of shunts
Love the auto box in those, I think that they've got one of the worst manual boxes too. They've got a wicked turning circle too, I used to be able to get in some tiny places in one hit where our dafs take a couple of shunts
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