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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous Wuss" data-source="post: 155836"><p>Ah...all this talk makes me wax nostalgic over my utility days. I remember the first route I had trained on was in a P600. Not long after leaving the hub, my brakes blew out. I couldn't stop the vehicle in time as I ran through a red light. I finally brought the vehicle to a slow stop by downshifting and using the emergency/parking brake. Of course, they had me drive the vehicle back to our hub in it's dilapidated condition. Another time as a utility I had my dashboard/instrument cluster catch fire in a "haunted" P800. This particular P800 was notorious because it had been involved in many other near-death encounters with other drivers I later found out. One time the engine exploded. I work in L.A. County, and most of our fleet is now new, newer, or being slated to be completely new by the end of the year (supposedly). I currently have a one year old P1000 Grumman chasis/International diesel/Allison tranny. It is by far the best vehicle in our fleet due to it's ample power and cab design. I had to use a P1200 and P1300 for peak, which I don't like nearly as much. We have a variety of new P700's and P1000's that are coming in our hub that offer various engines, but most of the newer ones have the Mercedes 5-cylinder turbo. (I've read some postings describing a Mercedes 4-cyl, but I'm pretty certain that Mercedes hasn't made a 4-cyl diesel for over 40 years now.) I loathe the Mercedes P1000's due to their lack of low end power. My route currently runs about 200 delivery stops a day on average. 400 at peak. There is no way I could safely do that many stops with the older P1000's. Their steps are too high as are the hand rails. I've already had injuries to both knees, but luckily my cartilage is still in tact. I dread when my truck needs to go to the shop for any length of time due to the fact that my replacement vehicle is almost invariably an older P1000. It is like playing Russian Roulette with my knees.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous Wuss, post: 155836"] Ah...all this talk makes me wax nostalgic over my utility days. I remember the first route I had trained on was in a P600. Not long after leaving the hub, my brakes blew out. I couldn't stop the vehicle in time as I ran through a red light. I finally brought the vehicle to a slow stop by downshifting and using the emergency/parking brake. Of course, they had me drive the vehicle back to our hub in it's dilapidated condition. Another time as a utility I had my dashboard/instrument cluster catch fire in a "haunted" P800. This particular P800 was notorious because it had been involved in many other near-death encounters with other drivers I later found out. One time the engine exploded. I work in L.A. County, and most of our fleet is now new, newer, or being slated to be completely new by the end of the year (supposedly). I currently have a one year old P1000 Grumman chasis/International diesel/Allison tranny. It is by far the best vehicle in our fleet due to it's ample power and cab design. I had to use a P1200 and P1300 for peak, which I don't like nearly as much. We have a variety of new P700's and P1000's that are coming in our hub that offer various engines, but most of the newer ones have the Mercedes 5-cylinder turbo. (I've read some postings describing a Mercedes 4-cyl, but I'm pretty certain that Mercedes hasn't made a 4-cyl diesel for over 40 years now.) I loathe the Mercedes P1000's due to their lack of low end power. My route currently runs about 200 delivery stops a day on average. 400 at peak. There is no way I could safely do that many stops with the older P1000's. Their steps are too high as are the hand rails. I've already had injuries to both knees, but luckily my cartilage is still in tact. I dread when my truck needs to go to the shop for any length of time due to the fact that my replacement vehicle is almost invariably an older P1000. It is like playing Russian Roulette with my knees. [/QUOTE]
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