Your favourite buses

• TIB 501 D

  6 Jul 12, 21:33

  So yeah post your favourite buses,also post reasons,mine is the Habit,bendys are more iinteresting and Habits look unique,and I hope they bring in the Citaro G's

• SMB228X

  6 Jul 12, 22:30

  Yes!!! Citaro is most comfortable luxury safest bus!!!

  SBS and SMRT should get 800 new Euro VI Citaro and Citaro Gs!!!

  

• TIB1218R

  7 Jul 12, 04:58

  Me

  Single deck:
  MAN A22 - Fast acceleration, comfortable, exterior looks awesome!
  Mercedes OC500LE - Fast, comfortable, Aircon very good!
  Volvo B10M MK4 DM3500 - comfortable seats, quiet engine sound!
  
  Bendies:
  Mercedes-Benz O405G Hispano Habit - Fast, Comfortable and Nice Exterior and Interior design!
  
  Double deck:
  Leyland Olympian 3-axle - Fastest DD bus i've ever taken, Comfortable and the Alexander Royale Bodywork looks nice!

• SBS9C

  7 Jul 12, 11:29

  As for me I like anything that is Volvo made.

  B10M MK2: Nice engine sound, good performance, retro design (WA PS-type)

  B10M MK3: Nice engine sound, solid bodywork

  B10M MK4: Unique looking(SC), nice engine sound(ZF 4HP500), striking design(WA Strider), quiet engine sound(DM 3500)

  B10M MK4 Superlong: The first and only 14.5m public bus in Singapore

  B10MA MK4: Asia's longest bus!

  B10BLE: Unique design(SBS1688K), most comfortable seats(CNG)

  B7RLE: Nicest looking bus in SBS fleet, unique interior

  VO2X: Last NAC buses

  VO3X: Superbus

  B10TL VSO: Nice engine sound, comfortable seats

  B9TL: Powerful, nice design(Wrights)

  The only thing I didn't like about the CDGE B9TL is the loud and noisy raidator. Hope SBS can consider the Volvo B9Ls.

• iveco

  7 Jul 12, 11:36

  Nobody likes N113 (ALexander PS)? Am I the only one.

  For me it is the quiet engine and rapid acceleration that I like most. These buses were like the queen of the fleet.

• TIB 501 D

  7 Jul 12, 14:00

  Thank you for sharing your thoughts,I secretly like Man A22's as many people dislike them.But my all time favourite single deck is the SBS 0405. It has the best engine and the best acceleration.

• TIB 501 D

  7 Jul 12, 14:39

  Those posts were from my friend as we share the same account

  Here's my list

  SBS 0405(1st prize)- Although noisy, it has a very good transmission, especially when decelerating

  SBS Citaro(5th prize)- Though I prefer zf to voith, citaro's voith is unbeatable!

  SMRT Citaro(4th prize)- Same reason as SBS Citaros, except that SMRT has Voith, ZF and SMB136C. Like SMB136C the best as it has excellent transmission, although 136C's doors are annoying and are not outswing plug doors.

  Habit bendy(2nd prize)- Fast, good acceleration and ZOOMS on BKE on 190!!!

  Volgren bendy(3rd prize)- Even though it's not as good as habits, it's still fast and still accelerates well!!

• TIB1218R

  7 Jul 12, 20:10

  Originally posted by iveco:

  Nobody likes N113 (ALexander PS)? Am I the only one.

  For me it is the quiet engine and rapid acceleration that I like most. These buses were like the queen of the fleet.

  I also like Scania N113CRBs! Very powerfull bus, quiet engine and good aircon..   
  
  Volvo B10M MK2 also. Fast acceleration and the unique 'cat' sound 
  
  Off topic: Buses that i hate,
  SBS Mercedes-Benz O405 Walter Alexander and Duple Metsec - Slow, Bad Aicon, Less seats, Noisy... 

• TIB 501 D

  7 Jul 12, 20:12

  L113's are good...I like them

• TIB1218R

  7 Jul 12, 20:16

  Originally posted by TIB 501 D:

  L113's are good...I like them

  Yeah.. Very quiet and smooth at expressways.

• Blackerol

  7 Jul 12, 21:35

  Voith Habits, I love the sound.

• TIB 501 D

  7 Jul 12, 21:52

  Yeah me too :P

• SBS3688Y

  7 Jul 12, 23:02

  My favourite retired buses: Mercedes O305 double-deck, Albion Viking, Scania N113CRB, Hino BX341E(CSS), Hino RK176(Tibs). My current favourite buses: MB OC500LE, Leyland Olympian, VSO, SBS7888K, Volvo B7RLE(Sentosa), MB Volgren (rigids+bendy), Dennis Trident.
• SBS 1000U

  8 Jul 12, 01:59

  Favourite SBST buses still in service currently:

  All Volvo B10Ms, in fact best buses in Singapore bus fleets.

  Volvo B9TL Wrights.

  Mercedes Benz Citaro

  Volvo B7TL demo

  Dennis Tridents

  Volvo B10BLE CNGs

• SBS2656X

  8 Jul 12, 09:13

  I like B10M Striders and DM3500s, Those long lost MkIII B10Ms, Mercedes O405, Dennis trident, Wrights, K230UBs, Volvo B7RLE, B10TLs [ Both volgren and SBS9889U ] and Volvo B10M SUPERLONG.
  
  Striders : Awesome windows and air-cons, awesome for sighteeing.
  
  DM3500s : Nice suspension, smooth gears and relaxing interior.
  
  MkIIIs : The speed and cold air-cons.
  
  Merc O405 OAC/CAC/NAC : Cold air-cons too.
  
  Dennis Tridents : The uniquely Hougang buses, awesometastic aircons and speed.
  
  Wright Batch 1/2A : The aircon, the speed and the stability.
  
  Wright Batch 2B : The ever awesome air-con, the stability and suspension.
  
  K230UBs Batch 1/2 Euro IV : The super cold air-cons and suspension.
  
  K230UBs Batch 1/2 Euro V : The forever cold air-cons and the speed.
  
  Volvo B7RLE : WORDS CANNOT DESCRIBE THIS BUS.
  
  B10TL [ Volgren ] : The awesome seats and air-cons.
  
  B10TL [ CDGE ] : The awesome seats, air-cons and SPEED.
  
  Volvo B10M SUPERLONG : A picture says a thousand words.

• SBS2656X

  8 Jul 12, 09:14

  Oh yeah, all of those mentioned belongs to SBST. I didn't mention any SMRT buses :|
  The Merc O405 are from SBST but was deregistered, not those from SMRT.

• SBS2656X

  8 Jul 12, 09:18

  Originally posted by SBS 1000U:

  Favourite SBST buses still in service currently:

  All Volvo B10Ms, in fact best buses in Singapore bus fleets.

  Volvo B9TL Wrights.

  Mercedes Benz Citaro

  Volvo B7TL demo

  Dennis Tridents

  Volvo B10BLE CNGs

  We don't have a B7TL demo...
  SBST havent brought that new Double Deck. We only have B9TL...
  Or you mean SBS8030L the B7RLE demo? SBST have that.

• TIB1218R

  8 Jul 12, 11:26

  Originally posted by SBS2656X:

  We don't have a B7TL demo...
  SBST havent brought that new Double Deck. We only have B9TL...
  Or you mean SBS8030L the B7RLE demo? SBST have that.

  IMO, KUBs are better than B7RLE..

• Gus.chong

  8 Jul 12, 11:52

  Originally posted by iveco:

  Nobody likes N113 (ALexander PS)? Am I the only one.

  For me it is the quiet engine and rapid acceleration that I like most. These buses were like the queen of the fleet.

  I like the Scania N113CRBs as well especially when most of them were NACs.

• SBS 1000U

  8 Jul 12, 13:15

  Originally posted by SBS2656X:

  We don't have a B7TL demo...
  SBST havent brought that new Double Deck. We only have B9TL...
  Or you mean SBS8030L the B7RLE demo? SBST have that.

  
  Ah ya, I meant the B7RLE demo.

  SBST should have brought in more B7RLEs than the K230UBs that time. B7RLE is much smoother than the KUBs.

• SBS2656X

  8 Jul 12, 13:21

  Originally posted by SBS 1000U:

  
  Ah ya, I meant the B7RLE demo.

  SBST should have brought in more B7RLEs than the K230UBs that time. B7RLE is much smoother than the KUBs.

  I know you like to see some B7TLs in Singapore 
  But I don't think SBST will buy B7TLs as the new DD...
  

• TIB1218R

  8 Jul 12, 14:06

  Originally posted by SBS 1000U:

  
  Ah ya, I meant the B7RLE demo.

  SBST should have brought in more B7RLEs than the K230UBs that time. B7RLE is much smoother than the KUBs.

  B7RLE has a slow acceleration. Is there something wrong with that bus? 
  
  But when the BCs floor the accelerator, B7RLE will go faster. Its useless since SBS BCs drive slower nowdays..

• SBS 1000U

  8 Jul 12, 14:16

  Originally posted by TIB1218R:

  B7RLE has a slow acceleration. Is there something wrong with that bus? 
  
  But when the BCs floor the accelerator, B7RLE will go faster. Its useless since SBS BCs drive slower nowdays..

  Some bus services are actually going faster.

  I think the B7RLE demo transmission has been tuned and locked up. Else, it can be a very good bus.

• vicamour

  9 Jul 12, 00:30

  Originally posted by SBS 1000U:

  Some bus services are actually going faster.

  I think the B7RLE demo transmission has been tuned and locked up. Else, it can be a very good bus.

  
  SBST can now only bring in the Volvo B9L since the law of full low floor buses are allowed.

  Volvo B7TL has ceased production anyway.

• carbikebus

  9 Jul 12, 04:54

  Problem for B9L as the rear exhaust pipe design is all the way up to the roof.Rear can have 3 seats max.