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Old 01-11-2010, 11:44 PM
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Yeah, me too.

i figured maybe the luv truck was old enough that a younger person might not have caught the reference, though.
Yeah, that's going back aways!

I was excited to hear that Sprinters were coming here several years back, and I thought I just might be interested in one. I've had 2 VW Vans, and I was pissed that VW wasn't importing them anymore. However, those things are so darned HUGE!

I have a Sprinter Westy on my wish list though.



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Old 01-12-2010, 12:27 AM
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Mercedes did it as a marketing ploy for the US consumer, who couldn't stomach MB making commercial/utility vehicles... only luxury.
i could definitely stomach a bunch of MB Actros trucks on the highways!

mercedes and cabover-semis, it doesn't get much better than that!

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Old 01-12-2010, 12:42 AM
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This model especially:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlBXR7B7sZI&feature=related
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Old 01-12-2010, 06:05 AM
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Does that one drive through the front wheels too?

I was hoping to see some real off roading with it!
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Old 01-12-2010, 09:18 AM
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Yes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqq4VE2qjJk
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Old 01-12-2010, 03:45 PM
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Yea American truckers don't care for cab-overs either...
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Old 01-12-2010, 09:18 PM
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Cool. And that is a dump truck!

There were a slew of rather nice looking smallish Toyota busses in Panama which tended to almost always have an air intake tube that ended up by the windshield. I was wondering if they go out in the boonies and ford streams or if there is so much rain there they encounter high water on the city streets?
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Old 01-13-2010, 03:31 AM
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Mercedes "Safety Truck" in harms Way.

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Old 01-13-2010, 11:07 AM
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I saw an MB Sprinter on the way to work yesterday.

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