Alas, all is not well in my employment. The company I work for has recently sub contracted our transport operation!

That in a nutshell means as of the end of this month, I won't be working for my current employers, I'm being transfered (on a like it or leave basis) to a 3rd party logistics company.

The Scania went back this week (it was on long term contract hire) and its been replaced by a Mercedes Benz "Axor"  , a general rental truck, thats been much abused by the look of it!

First impressions of it are not good, its smaller inside than the Scania (not good when you live in the thing for most of the week!  ) and, its turning circle is awful.

It only has one steering axle on the tractor unit, where the Scania had two, this makes a hell of a difference when turning in a tight space & loaded I can tell you!

Bye to my beautiful Scania, I can see myself changing employers very soon!
My truck is my office and,my home.
Imagine how you'd feel if you'd gone from a comfy office block to a shed? Its pretty much how I feel. 

I'll miss her, my much loved Scania.




The Mercedes Axor...
Note the much narrower cab body, you have room to swing a Cat inside, trouble is, you'd kill it. 


Paul. (much disgruntled)

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Nooooooooooooooo!

Mind you, you could follow the current trend of deleting your profile and re-registering the day after!

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Not with my current employers Omag, you never know whats in the future though....

Change of name? I could'nt - I'd forget who I was!

That's interesting ...... I've never had a problem with a Merc truck unless it's really been abused.
Haven't you got the EPS gearbox on it?

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I am assuming your talking about their trucks only. Because I have not known too many car owners of theirs who would agree. Add in one of the worst after sales support teams for mechanical problems you would ever find.

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The cars are too light on the back end .... in the winter you need a bag of cement in the back to stop them falling off the road.

Ewwww at the straight 8...... that thing needs a spitter.

I know that feeling .........  it's one of the reasons I only drive part time.

Nowt wrong with the tail stepping out if you know it's going to happen and when its going to happen. BMWs are beautifully balanced and therefore very predictable. Mercs on the other hand are terribly balanced and it only needs to be slightly damp to upset them.

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Thats a fault,be it mechanical failure on the rear suspension of some sort, or, more likely a fault in the drivers ability.  make no mistake.

No BMW 5 Series be it an e12, e28 , e34 e39 nor an e60 display such tendancies, believe me, I've driven most models of the 5.

As for traction & rear wheel drive, its all down to balance of the car and throttle position. For what its worth, I drive with my "traction control" switched off 95% of the time.

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And there you find the 5% of time that I use it.