Hello everyone
I would like to add my 5 dollars worth for what ever it's worth. I have been a staunch MACK truck man all my life. When I first started out, I bought a second hand Ultra-Liner COE and all I can say is it was bloody awesome, V8 power, nothing like it. I've since moved on and bought my 4th so-called MACK Super-Liner MP10 600/685 (same engine just a software change ) and I can tell you emphatically it is NOT a MACK at all. Volvo has all but killed the MACK soul here in Australia. You see I'm a dinosaur and very unwilling to accept change because my current truck has a Volvo chassis FACT, a Volvo engine FACT and a Volvo gearbox FACT. While I can here a lot of you saying well what's wrong with that, well, if I wanted a BLOODY VOLVO, I would have bought one. You see Volvo doesn't want MACK around anymore. They just needed the name to sell their piles of shit that they call a truck. I will admit that MACK in part are to blame for some it, but even the people I speak to here in OZ are disappointed that so much of what was MACK is now gone. Yes, they will tell that it's a pure breed and we do it our way. Well, they don't and are not allowed to either. We're basically told that's it, this is the truck, no choice, no nothing, take it or leave. Well after owning one for 2 years, it's been nothing but trouble and still ongoing, much to my distress and heartache. I believe what once was THE GREATEST NAME IN TRUCKS is now no longer than just a name that will fade away into the history books. So sad.
ONCE WAS, NO MORE
Cheers
MACK MAD