Originally posted by sbst275:
There's 2 ways to look at it... 1) Citaro has the power, provided by the higher revving of the engine... gear will wear off nia.. 2) Citaro does not have the power.. BC has to revv up the engine to get the power and acceleration needed... Both still lead to the same conclusion abt the fact engine has to revv up... The problem w/ vehicles at high rpm is whenever you're braking... there's still engine revving momentum, making braking very heavy for those whoever that's standing...
Every bus models have their pros and cons.
The Scania KUBs are non the better. Can see them trying to rev very hard sometimes while accerlerating, and is struggling to keep at high speeds. And their vibration of the whole bus deteriorates the bus much faster.
But at least I am contented that SBST at least try to maintain most of their buses well. Come on, they are just buses. Citaro or KUB, at least we have new buses on the roads now.
Originally posted by sbst275:The KUB’s vibration reminds me of the CRB… But, true… The vibration is also likely induced by some design conditions…
The KUB can pick up speed steadily under the typical acceleration…
I dunno, even when I drive I dun heavy accelerate..
Look at the CRBs' conditions after 17 years and you know it. However it is still one of the quietest buses in SBS before they deregistered in 2009.
Many times, I observed many BCs are trying hard to accelerate on the KUBs, as compared to the B9TL Wrights and Citaros which are smoother.