This truck has its own site:
[smartXXL.com]
smart. eXXtra Large.
And here is my official MB100 site:
[mb100.com]
MB100. The truck.
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This truck has its own site: [smartXXL.com] smart. eXXtra Large.
And here is my official MB100 site: |
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After riding a motorcycle for quite a few years,
and having had three cars in a row,
and then for more than a year just my bicycle,
it just happened:
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With that truck, you don't really need a car stereo.
Nor do you need a subwoofer. All it takes is street bumps.
Each one makes you aware, very aware,
that the whole thing is a huge metal box
rolling along the street on four wheels. Rumble, rumble.
And anyway, the motor noise + everything is just too loud
to listen to anything else besides basses,
I mean BASSES. Booom, booooom.
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Having enjoyed the dynamics of a motorcycle before,
its fast movements, acceleration, + responsiveness,
riding a truck now is like steering across the highway on a boat,
or, in motorcycle terms, like riding a cow.
105 km/h is a nice travel speed,
you sit up high behind the steering wheel,
you arrive relaxed, and, surprisingly,
you have the right of way even if you don't.
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Because, unlike a motorcycle,
where other drivers head straight
into the beams of the 60 watts headlight,
being opposed with the massive front of a truck,
people very strongly tend to NOT overlook you,
but they pull out of the way rather early.
That is very nice,
and every once in a while I probe the borderlines,
like not stopping at an American four-way stop crossroads
can be lots of anarchic fun.
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We will see how it goes.
The fat boy does not have its own IP address yet,
but I am sure some more images will be posted here soon
or on the smart - XXL home page.
cached from mb100.de: http://www.f23.parsimony.net/forum53376/messages/2542.htm Re: glow plugs Geschrieben von Ralf Hofmann am 27. Dezember 2002 18:43:43: Als Antwort auf: Re: Engine Pre-heating malfunction. geschrieben von Klaus Hildner am 26. Dezember 2002 20:16:16: Hi Klaus, >http://f23.parsimony.net/forum53376/messages/1784.htm >states that the guy bought "Duratherm Chromium" (nachglühfähig, after glowable) + changed the control unit to another one; he actually uses vegetable oil which should not be that legal. `8-x vegetable oil as fuel is legal in Germany, but not in GB or some other countrys. >Anyone to provide instructions + a photograph on how + where to install them? `?-) Install the Duratherm Chromium like normal glow plugs and change your glow control against the new one, that's all. >What part brands + part #s are suitable? Brand is BOSCH, Bosch-part# of glow plugs for DB is 0 250 201 045, Bosch-part# for the control unit 0 281 003 096. Use the link to Dieselsend and ask for Henzo, he's much more cheaper with original parts than DC. I get my stuff also from Henzo. MfG Ralf Hofmann