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Buy 172, diff blows up due to it been sold with no oil in the box.
Buy box advertised as a PH1 172 box - Turns out to be a 182 box.
Faff around selling 182 box.
Buy another PH1 172 box.
Spend all day fitting it to find only 5th is selectable.
I give up with this sodding car.
I did. Found it today in my workshop after 6 months lol
Poor thing got left half way through its 2nd gearbox change.
It on its way to been on the road again now though....
9MPG average is good. A few years ago you were looking at 7mpg..
If you think my Z3M does 20mpg and weighs 1500kg with a 3.2 engine and 320bhp.
A truck will do 9mpg while weighing 44000kg with a 16 liter turbocharged V8 making 620bhp...
Some loads are just sent with one person. TBH it isn't nice for the driver though. 5 days on your own sends most drivers a bit mad. Especially with the stress of looking after the aminals.
Yes and no.
On a good run with no damage to tyres etc we make about £1k from it. Once you add tyres and other little problems into it, it soon gets eaten away.
I'm going to Italy with one next month.
Furthest we've been is southern Africa.
The objective:
Deliver 217 breeding pigs to Segovi, Spain from East Yorkshire.
Vehicle:
Scania Topline R620 towing custom spec Pezzaoli trailer.
Monday 14.00.
Fully loaded unit out side of our base in East Yorkshire. 42 tonnes total weight. We were loaded up with food and drink and...