Fairfax County VA

[dawson_fire]

For those that know me my contempt for the Velocity and Impel is second to none so a unbiased opinion is not likely but here are my thoughts.

My department owns 2 Dash's and 1 Saber which have performed very well. The Dash's have a good deal of plastic control panels much like the Velocity and the Saber the switches are mounted in a more solid substance(sorry I didn't tear it apart to see what) with the Saber having less room and horsepower being the biggest differences.

Now after driving the Arrow XT in my opinion the construction of the cab is laid out better and there is less plastic parts in the cab than any of the Pierce chassis. It gave a solid ride and was fairly quiet and handled well and it had plenty of room for metal map boxes and any other features that needed to be installed. I liked it better than our Dash's !!!

Now for the Velocity I think most people don't like the looks,mirrors and the plastic on the inside not necessarily in that order. The mirrors are really the only thing that can be changed. My opinion for what it is worth is that Pierce is trying to make things easier but making built in map boxes and cubby holes for things because that is what people are asking for but they did not have to re-invent the whole truck to get the things that the new chassis does well.

Sorry about the long reply,lots of words for a few short thoughts...



Terry