Having blogged on the subject of 'Only Fools and Horses' and Del Boy I am grateful to Richard Kingston, Daf's demo supremo for sending me this picture. A couple of years ago Daf had an LF45 decalled up in the livery of 'Peckham Parcels' as the truck appeared in an episode of OFAH--I think it was the Xmas issue. However, it also put the truck out for roadtesting with the trade mags including Commercial Motor and yours truly drove it.
Now click through here to see what I thought of it...
As I recall it did rather well not least fuel-wise, although much to Richard's annoyance I did describe the brake pedal as lacking in feel...or as I put it 'like having a dead hamster under your right foot.' The trouble with air-operated disc brakes on light middleweights is that they tend to be either full on...or full off, with not much in between. However, he assures me the latest version has a much better brake feel...like a 'live' hamster perhaps?
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