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<blockquote data-quote="Dustyroads" data-source="post: 646166" data-attributes="member: 22610"><p>I'm quite familiar with the P500 Workhorse, it does have the V8 engine. Get used to the rattling, the continual ringing in your ears after you shut it off. The car has a solid front axle and vibrates all of the time. The cars are 10 feet tall, and the bed is just 10 feet long, so the center of gravity is way high. Be very careful driving it on the interstate at highway speeds, it reacts badly to turbulence created by big trucks, and becomes crazy in traffic. The engineering was crazy, they attached the front swaybar to the front leaf springs. That's just nuts. They started breaking the leafs on all of the ones driven on the gravel. They had to retrofit front leaf springs with a different attachment point for the swaybar on all of the ones we have. The chassis is set up for duals on the back, however, they found that since the wheelbase is so short (six feet shorter than a p47 sprinter), they tended to wear the duals off in a few weeks as the rear wheels couldn't "track" with the short wheelbase. So, they just removed the outside dual wheels, making the car even more unstable. The headlights are a nightmare. The reflectors are so small that in the dark in rural areas, it's just impossible to see just a few car lengths ahead of you. On a dark highway, one can "outrun" the headlights at 45 mph. Add to those comments, the truck is not equipped with a driver's airbag, and it has a metal dashboard. Airbags save lives. That's just a fact. My advice, be very careful in the car. Always be on the top of your game, every minute. </p><p> </p><p>The good part of the new Workhorse P500: it has really great bright cargo lights.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dustyroads, post: 646166, member: 22610"] I'm quite familiar with the P500 Workhorse, it does have the V8 engine. Get used to the rattling, the continual ringing in your ears after you shut it off. The car has a solid front axle and vibrates all of the time. The cars are 10 feet tall, and the bed is just 10 feet long, so the center of gravity is way high. Be very careful driving it on the interstate at highway speeds, it reacts badly to turbulence created by big trucks, and becomes crazy in traffic. The engineering was crazy, they attached the front swaybar to the front leaf springs. That's just nuts. They started breaking the leafs on all of the ones driven on the gravel. They had to retrofit front leaf springs with a different attachment point for the swaybar on all of the ones we have. The chassis is set up for duals on the back, however, they found that since the wheelbase is so short (six feet shorter than a p47 sprinter), they tended to wear the duals off in a few weeks as the rear wheels couldn't "track" with the short wheelbase. So, they just removed the outside dual wheels, making the car even more unstable. The headlights are a nightmare. The reflectors are so small that in the dark in rural areas, it's just impossible to see just a few car lengths ahead of you. On a dark highway, one can "outrun" the headlights at 45 mph. Add to those comments, the truck is not equipped with a driver's airbag, and it has a metal dashboard. Airbags save lives. That's just a fact. My advice, be very careful in the car. Always be on the top of your game, every minute. The good part of the new Workhorse P500: it has really great bright cargo lights. [/QUOTE]
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