Bullheaded

Got me beat mrsmackpaul, LOL

I don't know if these Mack's are any good or not. But as far as other mistakes......you only have to look at the idiot that is running our country. Enough said.

That's not the corporate mantra! It is "You take what we give you!" LOL

Well they need somewhere to put all those 16 litre MP10 motors since they took them away from us, LOL

Chev China Handmade Every Vehicle GMC Get My Chinese LOL. Seriously though, we here in Canada know what that's like. We lost Western Star and they have gone downhill, we lost Mack (we were the home of the RD800, CL350ST and the big M Series), Pacific, Challenger Trucks, and we lost Kenworth (except for the medium duty production) among others.

I was just going to say that. I had one pony in the past with a joe dog hauling salt to the sheds. But normally I have a rigid tongue. They are better for our hills in the winter to get traction on the truck drives. But the one with the joe dog could be tied into a knot tighter, LOL. You could almost put the pony up beside the truck. Don't have to worry any more though. They don't wanna pay you to haul the salt, so you make more money leaving it parked, LOL

Yes, but at least you can get a big sleeper on a Titan over there. That was one of the biggest things that killed it here. That and the price they wanted for a bare day cab. My favorite quote from my long time Mack salesman friend when he got his first one in: "How in the F@&K do they expect me to sell these at this price!" LOL Edit: At the time he said when they first came out, that was a day cab, cab and chassis tractor. It was the same price as what I was paying for fully equipped 4 axle dump trucks.

At least Mack Australia still knows how to build trucks, to specs customers want.

I like them. The HX is one of the nicest trucks I have drove, and I have driven every brand. I'm only 5'9' though, so I have no issues with cab room. I like that cab, but I do miss the old dash that I had in my 5600i and 9900i. I wish now that I would have got one of those last Cat trucks when they offered them as a glider to get rid of the last chassis they had on hand. That would have been sweet, basically an HX with a 3406E or C15.

Isn't she pretty compared to a Mack Titan! LOL

Nope, you can't have a sleeper on a North American Mack Titan heavy haul, but here, let us sell you a Volvo with any option you want, including a Cummins engine. https://www.truckpaper.com/listings/trucks/for-sale/189857253/2020-volvo-vnx84t740

I also love when they get the title "PRODUCT SPECIALIST." BAHAHAHAHAHAHA

This is one thing that really gets me. I go to lots of trucking trade shows, and watch lots of you tube videos truck and compact tractor dealers put out. It blows my mind how many of these Factory reps, and salespeople either know NOTHING about their products, or they just can't speak. Most of them give no product information at all. They just try and baffle you with bullshit. It's kinda like me hiring another truck driver....... me: What's your experience? App: None. never drove before in my life me: You're hired! LOL

Wow! I guess I better keep all my Holden branded memorabilia my friend in Australia has sent me.

Hahahahaha

There is an auto detailing place in my town and as I drove by one night I looked at their sign and it said "best hand job in town." It only lasted a couple days, so somebody must have made them take it down, LOL.

Good one finding that ad with the Mack KS!! LOL. I wished they had brought the Amarok pickup here. VW used to be very dependable. Used to be that the body would fall off before they ever broke. But the last several years they are using cheaper components. Every oil change interval (which I do before their recommended mileage) I am replacing sway bar links. And around 3 years they need control arm bushings. But my rural roads don't help either.

Ya, I hear you. It still burns you though. And yes, my town is FULL of crappy dealers. it's like no one cares any more nowadays. I did like my VW products. Pricing is good and they were enjoyable to drive.

Well, I used to be more of a VW fan until recently. I bought brand new Jetta and a Tiguan Highline, paid them off first year. Dealer broke grill on Tiguan while doing an oil change. Then put the hoist right through the floor on my Jetta and tried to blame my wife. Told her she ran something over. They wouldn't come good for anything so I called VW Canada and they just blew me off. I even had all kinds of pics documenting all the damage my dealer has done and all they could say was "sorry for your luck." So I hope they don't bring that attitude to International, because on the car side they don't care about customers that buy two at a time and pay them off.

You use Scania's in Australia also Paul? I have a friend in Australia but I haven't seen any Scania's in his pictures he sends me from the shows. I guess he figures I am just interested in the Mack's, Internationals and Star's.

Yes, there seems to be a lot of scamming going on now. I have a couple vehicles I don't use so I put them on Kijiji (kinda like a Canadian Craigslist I guess) It is the most popular site people use here, they kinda surpassed Auto trader. Anyway, I never made it 4 days and I removed the adds. I'd rather have them rot into the ground in my yard. I had nothing but calls from people that can't speak English, and all those clever stories like "I would love to come to showing, but alas, I work on offshore drilling rig. So you put in shipping container and send to this address and I will send cheque." I even got that same one for a dump truck I had listed. Ya, I'll just put that in a shipping container, LOL

Speaking of Scania, I'm watching "How'd They Do It" on Discovery Channel. They are at the Scania factory showing a new V8 being built! They even forge their own metals.

Ya, but do you really want a new Cat with emission equipment? It will be a headache just like every other engine out there. I respect Cat for getting out, rather than sell us government mandated junk.

Unfortunately the same could be said for Mack up here. We have dealers that don't seem to be interested at all in selling them. They make their living off maintenance contracts for a couple mega fleets that run no Mack products. When would you have ever thought you'd see Peterbilt taking over the ready mix market!! Lafarge has been buying nothing but Peterbilts around here now.

Yes, I see both sides here. They really did mortally wound their reputation. And the Cat truck was also a huge disaster. But they seem to have been really working on making a better product over the last few years. And I also agree, it will be a hard road to win customers back. We all know what it's like to get burned. You tend to walk away. But that HX is a really good product. My my last two higher priced Star's (a 2013 and a 2020 don't compare) It's really too bad the Maxxforce didn't work out. They had two of the best engine blocks around (MAN and the C15 Cat) with bad fuel and emission systems on them. Think of the hero International would have been if it would have worked....to have the only on road engine with no DEF fluid. That's why a big fleet up here bought a whole bunch of them. They were having problems with their Freightliner's DEF systems freezing on the ice roads.