I do love the smell of a new Kenworth in the morning. ❤❤

Had a blast thanks for letting me co pilot Mike!! Thanks to Colby and Ryan with KENWORTH!!

990 is the nicest looking new truck. Future classic!! It reminds me of the first time I saw an Autocar AT64F in the 80s. Sexy!

Mike, I started hauling dirt with B-81 around the North East back in the Sixtys. I have been driving a new Pete and sometimes a new tri axle Mack. Both Automatics around the city. Trust me , it’s like being on vacation!!!!! I shifted so much I had to have shoulder surgery.. love your videos. Keep it up .. Jim

I would be the exact same way. Mike is an old school trucker. Never heard of an automatic will never own one. Same!!!

Hi Mike, I drive a 21/22 T880 with a 18 speed mantran. The jakes come on when it goes 5 over the set cruise mph. It also has 46 rears. Been buried to the frame in mud. Yeah it’s a logging truck. Still hasn’t missed a beat. For sure a good truck

Nice Kenworth. I like the flat floor . My 660 had that step down into the sleeper. Not a fan of automatic transmission. Just had a starter issue the other day and was able to pull start it and get home. Automatic transmission would have been a tow bill . Have a great week.

Really enjoyed the video. You would look good sitting in a W990 back in Boston with that shiny East dump trailer behind it.

Mike was being nice he really doesn't like automatics 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 A real trucker!!

That 990 looks great

Looks beautiful

So cool.video.and I always like to meet Ingrid someday as well!! And I drive the same automatic and same engine!! hahah what a fun splashes of this video

I really enjoy watching your channel and I also have a kenworth w990 with the 605 Cummins 18 speed trans MANUAL [CLUTCH) I have been driving since 1986 and this is the best riding truck I have ever bought and I have always purchased PETERBILTS no more for me I'll die with this truck it's my last new truck. Thanks for what you do for us truckers. Keep up the good work you put in on your channel. Thank you BOSTON TRUCKER STYLE

Thx Mike......I'm still a W900 guy👍🏻👍🏻.....is that Ingrid Brown from the Boone NC area????

Thanks Mike for the Zimmerman shout-out...😂 Boston Trucker Style....

Wow I’m not an automatic guy, I do think it’s the way to go with traffic. It looked as if you were driving the family car. Maybe the auto cuts back on fatigue. I’m still a shifter at heart. Thanks Mike.

I'll take the 900L ,18 sp.,old school any day. Thanks for the video Mike

You look good in that truck

Raining, people walking out everywhere, cars pulling out from both sides , crazy side roads , 3 instructors, and,,oh by the way there is 45,000 lbs in the trailer 😳 Wow Mike,,

Beautiful but I’ll stick with the trucks that don’t have to have all those emissions garbage that keeps us from making money

Hey Mike, my truck, Goliath was on your right in the background starting at around 13 minutes and 22 seconds, until about 13 minutes and 33 seconds. You could even see him through the side window in the bunk when the cameraman flipped the camera around.

I like that lady. Seems like a great person to hang out with.

Don’t worry, I don’t know how to drive an auto shift either. 🤣🤣🤣

O-H-I-O Porter greetings 🇺🇸 I was just NOT able to go this year. That 990 was already running when you got there & so we’re the others. Don’t they have the no idle system installed? Or is than an over ride for that now? Did you have fun driving that big automatic 18 speed KW? Automatic transmissions have their place in the world, especially city driving, but I’m sure they take time to get used to. My brother had a cabover Pete that had 13 auto. He loved it! I just wasn’t thinking that Kenworth was 100 years old yet. I know better. It just wasn’t on the top of my thoughts though. Gonna have to check them out. I’m just not a DEF lover & all this regen stuff! I do love a good hood. Blessings! 🥰😎✌️

No disrespect, but I am not exactly feeling automatic transmissions.

Uufff 💯

Western Distributing in Denver has the very first production W990 . It’s a day cab. I had a chance to have one, but that hood is so friggen wide. Interior is nice though. So I opted for the 389 Pete instead.

990 is sharp.

I’d be interested to know your real thoughts that only you had on the 990. I’m currently renting a 680 and it’s a throw a way. I have no desire to be in the new cab. Cheap and very unrefined.

If you had that truck you might be wanting to go back on the road Boston Trucker Style 😂😂😂😂

Make sure you go say hi to Charlie Trucker

People get so conditioned to the same thing year after year. The way I look at it, that 18-speed transmission doesn’t earn you any more money than the new school automatic transmission. The 18-speed pays $180,000.00 per year as does the automatic

I didn’t know they were doing demo drives, was it open for everybody or just famous KZfaqrs like The Boston Trucker? I would’ve loved the opportunity to drive to 990.

I am sorry but that takes all of the fun out of driving TRUCK'S no automatic for me😊

Surprised it didn't derate by the second lap.

Love your videos!

That's right! It's a "fridgerata" (Baltimore native here)

We say fridgedar in Northern NJ

Looks like musical chairs

Woah woah woah… Mike in an automatic?!

I'm guessing that 001 of 900, has an 86" sleeper instead of 72"

But does it drive like an RV?? Like the star car?

I love my 990. 565 x15 18 speed with 3:90 rears. The only thing I don’t like is that stupid seat.

Let me try and think about all the things I love more than having two 30 something salesmen backseat drivers tell me all the awesome things about an automatic transmission that was engineered to perform like a manual with a competent driver... 1) Shifting my own gears...

Big frig??? Where i saw a cooler with a pretend frezzer. Kenworth needs to step it up big time to be called the worlds best.

Means it has 3 pedals and a shifter stick

Did you de-louse after that automatic??

mike she didnt have to twist your arm for another lap!

old school you had to man handle it new school it drive its self

I would love to have a bunk that big but I would lose cars

I call it a fridge

That w900 is the 86" studio not 72" Got me wishing, as a judge Mike you need to know your trucks bud,

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