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Driving impressions
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• The Allison-equipped dray enables the driver to concentrate on the road better when driving in stop/start urban traffic. At 641 2,000rpm at 80km/11 (50mph); comfortably below the 2,700rpm rated speed. It was in manoeuvres that the rear-steer system came into its own. Carlsberg's drivers have to deliver to many sites with difficult access and the rearsteer system gives the Cargo a tighter turning circle. According to fleet engineer John Jackson it has also reduced rear tyre wear by some 25% and he reckons that this could be a conservative estimate. One thing we noticed was a slightly heavy and dead feel around the straight-ahead position and a reluctance to self-centre when coming off lock with the rear-steering system operating. A brief drive in the CocaCola Mark II vehicle showed that the heavy feel and lack of self-centring action had disappeared. This vehicle also gave the option of locking the rearsteer axle—alternating between locked and unlocked showed us how much tighter the vehicle turned with the rear axle steering. lyecds own figures show that the turning circle is cut from around 19.85m to 17.3m; a reduction of around 2.5m.Tags