Ten year old fleet vans with V6 diesels:
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https://www.copart.com/lot/50124127
https://www.copart.com/lot/50124617
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> Greg Fiorentino wrote:
> Freightliner has always been the truck division of Mercedes.
No.
In the US though, Mercedes didn't have much of a market until
they bought Freightliner. But Mercedes had plenty of trucks (or
lorries) "over there". It seemed to me they supplied
Freightliner with much
> Rich Thomas wrote:
> I have
> seen them with both Freightliner (which was Volvo?) and MB
> badging, I think the ones here are actually MB grills.
Freighliner was bought by Mercedes about the late 1980s. The
first truck out under the new influence was the FLD-120. It was
a major change for th
It was called the Chicken Tax. any light truck that was imported into the
USA was subject to it. It was circumvented by having them shipped without
beds and have them installed once they arrive.
Kevin in Hillsboro, Oregon
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Freightliner has always been the truck division of Mercedes.
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On Behalf Of Rich Thomas
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 2:30 PM
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Subject: [MBZ] Sprinting
They are
We had a frod cube van with a 12' box and it got 10, the same as the
other trucks up to 1.5 ton trucks.
> ...Hm... the "standard height" roof looks a bit more reasonable. Don't
think I've ever seen one on the road...
Fedex, DHL and UPS have fleets of them. I ahd a plumber in a while back
> ...Hm... the "standard height" roof looks a bit more reasonable. Don't
> think I've ever seen one on the road...
>
Fedex, DHL and UPS have fleets of them. I ahd a plumber in a while back who
was driving one. He said he was getting 14-16 mpg around town which is at
least twice what a Ford box
Allan Streib wrote:
There is some kind of long-standing import tax on trucks (no doubt a
political favor from years ago when Toyota and Datsun/Nissan were eating
Ford and Chevy's lunch on compact pickups), which can be avoided in some
fashion by bringing in parts and doing the final assembly in
Rich Thomas writes:
> They are actually final-assembled here in the Charleston SC area, bits
> come in and they are put together in some fashion (I read something
> about how that works, but it did not make a lot of sense, probably
> some tax thing or something). I have seen them with both Freig
They are actually final-assembled here in the Charleston SC area, bits
come in and they are put together in some fashion (I read something
about how that works, but it did not make a lot of sense, probably some
tax thing or something). I have seen them with both Freightliner (which
was Volvo?)
Hmm - sounds like home!
On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 7:13 PM, Peter Hertzing wrote:
> We really enjoy spending a week in it and leaving the kids with my parents.
> Heat, Hot water, refrigerator - bed, really it is a blast.
>
> --
>
OK Don
2001 ML320
1992 300D 2.5T
1990 300D 2.5T
1997 Plymouth Grand V
New I'm sure it was near 80K = but they bought this one about 6 years ago
for 25K. It is honestly great. We love it. We had a roadtrek before the
little tricycle motors came along - but now its a popup for us.
We really enjoy spending a week in it and leaving the kids with my parents.
Heat, Hot
Peter Hertzing writes:
> Not to mention the Gas Powered Class B motor home market -
>
> Just got back from a 2500 mile round trip to Cape Hatterus in North Carolina
> in my parents 1996 Pleasure way Dodge B3500 Camper - 23MPG Sure would have
> been nice.
What did theirs cost? An Airstream Sprin
Not to mention the Gas Powered Class B motor home market -
Just got back from a 2500 mile round trip to Cape Hatterus in North Carolina
in my parents 1996 Pleasure way Dodge B3500 Camper - 23MPG Sure would have
been nice.
On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 6:18 PM, wrote:
> > ...Whats wrong with a Sprinte
> ...Whats wrong with a Sprinter?
>
> Awfully big for what most folks would want in a van. It's really a
> small-end commercial vehicle...
>
Sprinters come in several sizes but all have the same little diesel engine
and wouldn't do well with real weight. But, they are everywhere and seem to
h
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