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OAF XF95 Super Space Cab I The first thing that
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hits you about the itenor of the Super Space Cab is the uality of most of the interior fittings: yen though the dashboard is made of bviously fake wood, it's solid fake wood. is so fake that it almost turns the corner Ito acceptability. Almost—but not quite. eriously, though, this is a pretty well lade cab with some good design )uches and an air of practicality.
The practicality starts with decent :owage: three deep, tall overhead lockrs above the windscreen; a deep cubhole (with a lid) at the nearside end of le lower bunk; deeply-lipped shelves on oth sides; spaces under each end of le lower bunk (not as deep as the lercedes', but they'll do); and a pull-out idge under the middle of the lower ink. There's also a useful shelf on top of the dashboard, plus a rather flimsylooking pull-out tray. The Oaf is not the best on test for stowage, but it's more than adequate.
Although the overall internal height of the cab is impressive this is by no means a flat-floor design, but it does feel spacious. However, cross-cab access from the driver's side is decidedly poor, and you would do better to get in via the passenger side in order to get to the bunk more quickly.
Thickest mattress
The lower bunk comes in one piece, and the mattress is medium-soft—it didn't feel too promising at first, but it was the thickest mattress on test and in fact it gave a very good night's sleep. It helps that this is the also widest conventional bunk in the group (excepting the Scania's unusual bunk, that is) and that even with the upper bunk in place there is acceptable headroom, so there's plenty of space for changing clothes and moving around. Once you're in bed you find the heater, light and alarm controls at the offside end of the lower bunk. There are no remote radio con trols, but the radio is only a short stretch away.
However, the heater controls are not as straightforward as they could and should be. The heater itself is very effective (we achieved an astounding 40.5°C in the cab after a couple of hours) but you need to be sure that both the remote control (beside the bunk) and the dashboard switch are switched on; otherwise it just won't work.
Now, call us incompetent if you like, but our test sleeper didn't know this and relied on the bedside control. He simply didn't notice the dashboard switch, which has a
completely unrelated
symbol printed on it. OK, so you wouldn't make this mistake twice, but it is undoubtedly irritating.
Average performance
In our in-cab noise tests the Daf gave an average performance for tickover and at speed, but was the best performer of all when it came to noise ingress; good door sealing and effective sound insulation will make life that bit easier when you're parked up next to a noisy reefer unit. For a 4x2 tractor the Oaf's ride quality exceptionally good: it achieved the be marks of the lot for vibration isolation at th seat cushion and fc backrest vibration on th asphalt section. Floc isolation is less immec ate ly impressive (as ye would expect in compar son with the 6x2 units meaning the XFs seat i particularly well matche tote suspension.
Overall the Oaf i more than the sum ( its parts: this is a CUT fortable, quiet, spacious sleeper cab th2 will not disappoint any driver.