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The F90 cab's single bunk is raised high off the floor of the cab leaving plenty of room below for an overnight bag or suitcase and sleeping bag. Curtains, tucked away neatly in the header-rail centre box, enclose the front and side windows.
When the passenger seat is pushed back there is ample space in front to stand and undress for the night, although head room is restricted, and then both seats have to be moved forward to give clearance for the bunk to fold down. Alternatively you can sit on the bunk as the gap between the two seats is quite wide and the top of the engine cowl is fiat.
Bright roof lights on both sides make it easy to see what has been left out of the overnight bag. Once installed in a sleeping bag the bunk area can be enclosed by a further set of curtains to keep it cosy, but the heater control is a good arm stretch away on the fascia and the radio is even further away in the header rail above the steering wheel. However the stalk SP lamp over the bunk is bright enough to read by.
TEMPERATURE
Once up to temperature the cab remained warm all night and there was no need to switch the heater back on next morning. Like the seats the bunk is very firm and not conducive to a good night's sleep—or maybe that was more to do with
the age of the occupant! MAN's cab may not be as visually exciting as others in this year's test group, but it does look set for a long service life thanks to some typically solid German engineering.