Hi Stavros, I always enjoy your truck videos, very informative and always presented with great enthusiasm. What do you drive and who for at the moment? Keep up the good work 👍🏼
Next review, please review the Mercedes Benz MP3 series or Volvo FH old series...I think it gonna be cool if those classic trucks being reviewed in 2020..😀
Good video Stavors like always. I was wondering why you didn't do a comparison with the previous model you test drove and see what the big differences are?
I think a great review of an old truck would either be a Hino or ERF if you can find one and the mack version of the Renault magnum those would be very interesting videos.
I drive a 2018 Actros 2653 and i like it. The only issue i have with the truck is the engine brake. It sometimes doesn't come on with full power/at all when i pull the handle. Can be a bit terrifying on steep downhills.. I damn near shat myself when the thing was hauling ass at 100+ kmh and i had no idea of this issue. For a second i thought i had lost my transmission..
It always takes my brain a minute to register this is in UK vs America because everything is opposite with how we drive over here, so at first it always looks like everyone is on the wrong side of the road about to cause an accident. 😆
Do an softwareupdate for the gearbox,or the trick is to put the enginebrakelever in the first position when you come at a roundabout,9/10 it's gonna be in the right gear to accelerate again.
Yup engine, transmission. Sounds EXACTLY! Like a newer Cascadia or Western Start. It also shares the same door panels/switches and a the steering wheel is the same just a bunch of shared details between our countries trucks. (All is owned by Daimler of course) But the OM straight six diesel are just the European version of the Detroit Diesels, that's really the only thing of the Actros I like, can't say I am a fan otherwise. It's not a terrible looking truck though.
I drove a antos for about a year. I was a comfy ride, but.... Crap gearbox (18t 270hp very under powered) shit mirror boxes og it was so noisy when drivning. The one i drove was a 10.3m 18 pallets used for inner city drivning in a larger european city, it was so bad when the gearbox kinda stalled when you took off. It was so Hard to see cyclists with those big boxes on the sides. But it manuvers very good actually. But im glad to be back in a volvo fm 370 again. Loved the 400 hp scania i had but it had tough manuvers in small streets. Love you work. Thanks
18t with 270 hp - underpowered? I'd call that a 'pocket rocket!' Good grief, I drove a 16T Leyland Freighter for 6 years and that was 130hp with no turbo and just six speeds! Mind you, on some hills you could get out and walk alongside it. Even my Volvo F7 6 wheeler had 235 hp and that was running at 24T Gvw. How times, and expectations, have changed..
Good video lad. It will be good to see the next generation volvo as well. Not a fan of merc trucks but maybe the new one will be ok. Looking for to next week's video
nice video. the locker has a single door on that specific cab i guess, because we got some new actros 2545 bigspace and they have 3 separate locker doors
Has a night driver, who drivers at night and in the rain.... the cameras we have in the blind spots and at the back are shit! U can see more in the mirror at night and when it rains the cameras are pointless.
Absolutely. Cameras/screens are dangerous garbage. I've refused to use them and of course this is transport so now I'm experiencing "consequences". But trust me...they picked the wrong one to bully over H&S !
Could you please make an episode where you discuss why certain brands are preferred over others? Is there a reason why we usually see Volvos, MANs and Scanias, instead of Mercs? Is it just the price? Are there some issues with the tech., or service availability? Mercedes has (allegedly) a huge share of the market............ but where are all those trucks? I rarely see Mercs. Is that a thing, or is it only some kind of "illusion"?
one thing i cant get over is the location of that battery. to me it seems to be in a poor location. new one no physical mirrors? what about when and if the cameras cease functioning. youre effectively blind.
I think that if they stop functioning, it must be because something hit them which would obviously break a mirror too. But the lens getting dirty or wet must be the real problem
Nice video this is my1st comment on one of your videos.I had to make a comment.We only have mercs and I thought the old actros gearbox was cr#p but the new model use a fully automatic box and it's sooo bad.All our drivers moan how cr#p they are.We all seem to get stuck in 7th at r/abouts and they won't change down.You only jumped in for brief drive but you picked all the faults with the truck mattress to thin the old axor had a real mattress not foam and the steering wheel plastic is horrible to hold.Also why Merc made the steering heavier on the new model compared to the old.We have a range t on hire as a truck it's so much better just Renault over complicate the cruise control so many bloody buttons.I think Merc needs to make big changes on new model harder wearing trim inside our steering wheel buttons already broken and them camera mirrors I wonder how good they will be reversing into a building that is dark??and the screen looks like it will get knocked getting in and out it's so close to the grab handles.great video Stavros👍👍
we have a similar gearbox in coaches .Its called an As-tronic and is an awful box for hesitating . Mercedes Coaches have a powershift gerarbox its an 8 speed and is bad for hesitating as well...give me either a manual box or a full ZF push button auto
I like how he does the truck rewiew...complains about the gearbox(yea..that should change)but doesn’t talk more about the economical side of the truck..the key side of Mercedes...being as the Mercedes has the most economical engines
RedForge Tools ltd R deffew Just because they’re owned by the same company doesn’t mean they’re the same thing. VW also owns Bugatti but you would never say a VW beetle is the same thing as a Bugatti Chiron.
Stavros you're my favorite truck reviewer! Always in a good mood. Greetings from The Netherlands!
When Stavros review about trucks, immediately click like button
indeed. im used t long nosed trucks but these are VERY maneuverable
11:21 Nice Horn i love that its my birtday on that Day you showing this truck
Looking forward to next week's video 👍
Nice video! I hope you can get your hands on the new Actros soon after it comes out. Thanks for sharing this trip with us, Cheers!
Nice vid love and i love the lamps from Mercedes by have a Nice day 👋🏻
Nice review,thanks Stavros👏🏻👏🏼👏🏽
Can you do a review on a Volvo FH 12 2000. If you can, I can't wait for that. By the way, nice video, keep doing what you do!
Hi Stavros love the Vids had a 2012 Merc Actros a few years ago the gear box was terrible which was a shame as otherwise she was a great truck
9:27 That phone is probably stronger than the entire truck.
Hi Stavros, I always enjoy your truck videos, very informative and always presented with great enthusiasm. What do you drive and who for at the moment? Keep up the good work 👍🏼
Night reviews are a thing too...loved it!
i'v been stuck in a roundabout for 2 minutes because the gearbox went in to neutral hahaha
Another great truck video thanks stavros 😀
I dunno how i ended up watching a video tour of a truck but pretty interesting I have to admit. Congratz for your video!
your reviews are the best🔨🔨
I like your videos so much ur doing a great job👍👍
That little control panel, steering wheel and display is almost exact to what's on a freightliner here in the us
Excellent, I love the truck. Geomax Transporters Kenya.
Next review, please review the Mercedes Benz MP3 series or Volvo FH old series...I think it gonna be cool if those classic trucks being reviewed in 2020..😀
Hey Stavros, great video again!
Please review 2019 1848 love your videos as always! Cheers!
Ameer Hamza I’ll be doing my best to get one to review, thanks for watching👍
Good job. Keep going!
Good video Stavors like always. I was wondering why you didn't do a comparison with the previous model you test drove and see what the big differences are?
I think a great review of an old truck would either be a Hino or ERF if you can find one and the mack version of the Renault magnum those would be very interesting videos.
Does anyone else here play ETS2?! Its pretty cool to actually see the real thing in action!
Watching from Malaysia 🇲🇾 really love your trucks video
Always nice video thank you!!! 👍
Great video man
Actros is awesome!
Awesome video! Love to watch such videos!
Can you make a video on the powerful engine from Mercedes
I drive a 2018 Actros 2653 and i like it. The only issue i have with the truck is the engine brake. It sometimes doesn't come on with full power/at all when i pull the handle. Can be a bit terrifying on steep downhills.. I damn near shat myself when the thing was hauling ass at 100+ kmh and i had no idea of this issue. For a second i thought i had lost my transmission..
It always takes my brain a minute to register this is in UK vs America because everything is opposite with how we drive over here, so at first it always looks like everyone is on the wrong side of the road about to cause an accident. 😆
Whats the price of this truck?
The actros trucks I drive have all this annoying gearbox issue where it wont get into gear and leaves me long faced on roundabouts.
Do an softwareupdate for the gearbox,or the trick is to put the enginebrakelever in the first position when you come at a roundabout,9/10 it's gonna be in the right gear to accelerate again.
Yup engine, transmission. Sounds EXACTLY! Like a newer Cascadia or Western Start. It also shares the same door panels/switches and a the steering wheel is the same just a bunch of shared details between our countries trucks. (All is owned by Daimler of course) But the OM straight six diesel are just the European version of the Detroit Diesels, that's really the only thing of the Actros I like, can't say I am a fan otherwise. It's not a terrible looking truck though.
Cool!!! Love this truck
Just a quick question: What truck is / was your favorite truck? Scania S, Volvo Fh or the Mercedes Actros? Which is the best truck?
Scania S is the best truck
@@salty_kr ok thx
@@Yeah841 are you going to buy the s series?
Actros benz
U should do a scania 580 v8 open pipe wit aloud of lights if u can
what a beautiful truck.
I drove a antos for about a year. I was a comfy ride, but.... Crap gearbox (18t 270hp very under powered) shit mirror boxes og it was so noisy when drivning. The one i drove was a 10.3m 18 pallets used for inner city drivning in a larger european city, it was so bad when the gearbox kinda stalled when you took off. It was so Hard to see cyclists with those big boxes on the sides. But it manuvers very good actually. But im glad to be back in a volvo fm 370 again. Loved the 400 hp scania i had but it had tough manuvers in small streets.
Love you work. Thanks
18t with 270 hp - underpowered? I'd call that a 'pocket rocket!'
Good grief, I drove a 16T Leyland Freighter for 6 years and that was 130hp with no turbo and just six speeds! Mind you, on some hills you could get out and walk alongside it.
Even my Volvo F7 6 wheeler had 235 hp and that was running at 24T Gvw.
How times, and expectations, have changed..
It's a nice looking truck...!!! 😊👍
Good video lad. It will be good to see the next generation volvo as well. Not a fan of merc trucks but maybe the new one will be ok.
Looking for to next week's video
Great video stavros 👍👍
My dad drives the same truck with 450 hp but without the skirts and wind deflector
Do you drive for Rory Lynch if you do what truck do you drive
He drives an S580 Scania
The Scania is the best.If i did drive and was a Trucker i would pick the Scania to drive👍😊❤
Thats a basic Actros. Compare the right ones. Actros Gigaspace vs Scania.
Great video mate.
I love the video
nice video. the locker has a single door on that specific cab i guess, because we got some new actros 2545 bigspace and they have 3 separate locker doors
MAN tgx euro 6 video pls..
1,622 ftlbs of torque
80 kph = 50mph
Averaging a shade over 8mpg
7c = 44.6°F
45,300KM = 24,400 Miles
What generation is this? When was it launched? It was only launched here in South Africa, last year in April>
Could somebody please tell me why those cabins are so small??
Has a night driver, who drivers at night and in the rain.... the cameras we have in the blind spots and at the back are shit! U can see more in the mirror at night and when it rains the cameras are pointless.
Absolutely. Cameras/screens are dangerous garbage. I've refused to use them and of course this is transport so now I'm experiencing "consequences". But trust me...they picked the wrong one to bully over H&S !
Could you please make an episode where you discuss why certain brands are preferred over others? Is there a reason why we usually see Volvos, MANs and Scanias, instead of Mercs? Is it just the price? Are there some issues with the tech., or service availability? Mercedes has (allegedly) a huge share of the market............ but where are all those trucks? I rarely see Mercs. Is that a thing, or is it only some kind of "illusion"?
lol that Mitsubishi Fuso logo @7:23
Good. Truck
Nice hair
(also the mercedes looks like a antos)
If it has a bunk it becomes an Actros even if everything about it screams antos. Mercedes makes no sense
FLIBFLAGGAFLUP Not everything :P
Would be really nice if you could do a review of the old volvo fh or a volvo fL
Aanother good one Stav ! ;)
Where are the money on this truck??? i have the feeling that is a refubrished 2000 model...!!!
one thing i cant get over is the location of that battery. to me it seems to be in a poor location. new one no physical mirrors? what about when and if the cameras cease functioning. youre effectively blind.
When they stop functioning, you buy new ones.
I think that if they stop functioning, it must be because something hit them which would obviously break a mirror too.
But the lens getting dirty or wet must be the real problem
3:38
yeah thats my sleeping room
these Euro trucks are very interesting but I do not think they would go over well here in America lol
Just asking next year u should go up to the top of malls gap at the Killarney historic rally
Can you please do.a video on a sino the new Chineseiam since the Japanese hill detectors hino are gone. Thanks richard
Nice video this is my1st comment on one of your videos.I had to make a comment.We only have mercs and I thought the old actros gearbox was cr#p but the new model use a fully automatic box and it's sooo bad.All our drivers moan how cr#p they are.We all seem to get stuck in 7th at r/abouts and they won't change down.You only jumped in for brief drive but you picked all the faults with the truck mattress to thin the old axor had a real mattress not foam and the steering wheel plastic is horrible to hold.Also why Merc made the steering heavier on the new model compared to the old.We have a range t on hire as a truck it's so much better just Renault over complicate the cruise control so many bloody buttons.I think Merc needs to make big changes on new model harder wearing trim inside our steering wheel buttons already broken and them camera mirrors I wonder how good they will be reversing into a building that is dark??and the screen looks like it will get knocked getting in and out it's so close to the grab handles.great video Stavros👍👍
Wow best video
Still i like scania and daf....
nice video
How was your visit to DAF Stavros? We have a few of these Mercs, nothing special but could be alot worse (iveco)!!!
Cool mercedes
Hi, Stavros. Enjoyed one more great video from you. You mentioned Leyland do they still produce trucks?
Rustam Trucking Leyland Trucks in Lancashire are building the DAF XF / CF / LF
Another video i need more description about GVM and GCM named in name plate of tractor
Can you buy these to drive in the US
MANTAAPP GOOODD
Where is it?
I'll be honest, I really expected a lot more from Mercedes, I'm a DAF man always have been always will be , but we're talking Merc money here
21:11 that gearshift was very sketchy indeed.
we have a similar gearbox in coaches .Its called an As-tronic and is an awful box for hesitating . Mercedes Coaches have a powershift gerarbox its an 8 speed and is bad for hesitating as well...give me either a manual box or a full ZF push button auto
Yeah !! Nicejob now get some cars for reviews
And also make a review on ur BMW
He drives a Honda Civic
i would love to learn drive actros.atego and 2544 and atego
Thats a fantastic mpg pity merc wont adress the sluggish engine and gbox issues.
Hi i'm stavros! :)
What county are u from
Mp2 what or
I like how he does the truck rewiew...complains about the gearbox(yea..that should change)but doesn’t talk more about the economical side of the truck..the key side of Mercedes...being as the Mercedes has the most economical engines
I saw you on Daf UK’s Instagram!!
Yo stavros do some more MAN trucks too
Yeah man Scania same thing VW owns them all
My dad is driving a MAN kroll sewage tanker it's a tgs 440 manual it's a day cab and still has more room than some sleepers
RedForge Tools ltd R deffew Just because they’re owned by the same company doesn’t mean they’re the same thing. VW also owns Bugatti but you would never say a VW beetle is the same thing as a Bugatti Chiron.
Love the Merc Actros, thanks for vid Stavros.
Hey gang can someone explain what the 18 in the 1845 mean. 45 is engine size right? Cheers
the 45 is the engine power. In this case,450 hp.18 stands for 18 tons chassis iirc.
Thank you
Virgo91 It’s not the chassis weight, it’s the total permitted tonnage
@@rryankellyy Oh,thanks for the correction.
انا يزينها انشالله اشتريها بعد ١٠ سنوات
Good... afternoon?!!
nice
how much is that truck worth
So it has the same mpg as an rx7 😁
Not too bad
Right hand side steering wheel
Very nice truck Mercedes actress my favourite truck Scania R450 truck Mercedes actress 1845 truck