LandyAndy
20th January 2006, 11:35 PM
Hi guys
I finally got to spend some time driving this
http://www.aulro.com/albums/album385/Dsc00057.sized.jpg
Nice truck,getting the old head around the electronics is the main problem,getting the computer to change manual gears for you 8O 8O 8O For a gearchange you use the "tiptronic" gearshift,click it up or down for the shift and push the clutch in,easy you say.Any body who has driven a normal truck would know the get the revs right,quick double clutch,with a blip on the accelerator for a downchange and shift the gearstick.In this baby you just use the tiptronic and push the clutch,problem is you are "programed" to hit the clutch twice fast,in this its once and hold it in till the computer goes "clunk" over a speaker,if you do it quickly as I seemed to do easily an electronic gear grinding noise comes from the speaker,and no gearshift happens,I kid you not.
Awsome HP,rated at 405hp european,which we are told is significantly higher than the Jap truck HP ratings,pulls a 30tonne load in top gear easily fron 1000rpm.
Has really good brakes,discs all around on the prime mover with ABS/traction control/centre diff lock and individual axle diff locks.The dash has a tacho and spedo either side of a computer screen,no need to check the oil,the computer does that.
The gravel pit is at the top of some really tall hills,one trip up I clutched too fast and didnt get the gearchange and had to restart on the steepest pinch,no probs hit the "hill holder" button and drive off as if it was a flat road.
This will be one easy truck to get a semi liscence in 8) 8) 8) 8)
Andrew
I finally got to spend some time driving this
http://www.aulro.com/albums/album385/Dsc00057.sized.jpg
Nice truck,getting the old head around the electronics is the main problem,getting the computer to change manual gears for you 8O 8O 8O For a gearchange you use the "tiptronic" gearshift,click it up or down for the shift and push the clutch in,easy you say.Any body who has driven a normal truck would know the get the revs right,quick double clutch,with a blip on the accelerator for a downchange and shift the gearstick.In this baby you just use the tiptronic and push the clutch,problem is you are "programed" to hit the clutch twice fast,in this its once and hold it in till the computer goes "clunk" over a speaker,if you do it quickly as I seemed to do easily an electronic gear grinding noise comes from the speaker,and no gearshift happens,I kid you not.
Awsome HP,rated at 405hp european,which we are told is significantly higher than the Jap truck HP ratings,pulls a 30tonne load in top gear easily fron 1000rpm.
Has really good brakes,discs all around on the prime mover with ABS/traction control/centre diff lock and individual axle diff locks.The dash has a tacho and spedo either side of a computer screen,no need to check the oil,the computer does that.
The gravel pit is at the top of some really tall hills,one trip up I clutched too fast and didnt get the gearchange and had to restart on the steepest pinch,no probs hit the "hill holder" button and drive off as if it was a flat road.
This will be one easy truck to get a semi liscence in 8) 8) 8) 8)
Andrew