Favourite bus engine sound?

• Halide

  5 Jun 05, 20:57

  SMRT's Hispano 0405s, V03Xs, SBST WA/DM 0405s(just like to hear the them take off from bus stops at full gas)
  
• 105090

  5 Jun 05, 21:02

  VSO when they are braking, MB 0305 when braking as well, and LO2x when accelerating, and also Scanias sound
• tranquilice

  6 Jun 05, 00:00

  Dennis Lance UMW.
• SBS3624G

  6 Jun 05, 11:11

  VO3X. The sound can cause vibrations on the road. Coupled with the turbo-charger whistle, they compliment each other damn well.
• Volvo Olympian

  6 Jun 05, 11:20

  I like Voith and ZF Gearbox
• khk

  6 Jun 05, 11:23

  MB O305...esp at nite, w echo from quiet surroundings...coupled with the passing breeze...
• SBS9828X

  6 Jun 05, 13:59

  VO3X very low
  
  and sometimes i do like VSO's acceleration esp 9828's (dont flame)
• ZYX2005

  7 Jun 05, 00:50

  let see fav bus engine sounds -
  
  easy low bellows like lance and B10BLE
  perhpas showing that they r of above euro 2 std. at any rate the B10BLE SBS1688K certaintly sounds like a lance to me
  
  Scania L113CRl, N113CRB, L94UB
  scania K113 etc coaches.
  scania truck
  
  ZYX
  
  
• SBS3624G

  7 Jun 05, 09:05

  Ah....... I remember I also like the mkIIIs and mkIV dms with voith when they rev up to high rpm.
  
  PS: If you guys really think mkIIIs are insipid, I can only say that its the BCs that decide.
• Airbus330Captain

  7 Jun 05, 12:06

  My favourite is the VSO. The sound of her acceleration and braking is music to my ears.
  
  Scania L113 and Volvo mark 2 is not bad .
  
  
• sBs_boy

  7 Jun 05, 12:36

  My fav. Bus engine sound..
  
  - SMRT Merdz 0405
  - Scania N113CRB (SBST)
  - Dennis Trident
  - VSO
  - Merdz 0305
  - Leyland Olympian
• muziq bus

  7 Jun 05, 15:51

  MB o3o5 and Vo2x...
  they have great "voices"...
• Acx1688

  8 Jun 05, 22:16

  VSOs coz they wake me up every morning...
• carbikebus

  9 Jun 05, 14:52

  SBST
  Scania N113CRB
  Mercedes Benz O405 especially when deceleration
  Volvo B10M MKIV DM3500
  Volvo Super Olympian
  Dennis Trident
  Leyland Olympian 3x especially those with whistling when fully press
  
  SMRTB
  Mercedes Benz O405s
  Mercedes Benz O405Gs
  Dennis Lances
  Scania L113CRLs
  Hino HS3KRKA
• sbs&tibs

  9 Jun 05, 18:07

  - LO3X
  - VO2X (the acceleration sound is softer than VO3X)
  - MK IIs
  - VSOs (when accelerating)
  - SMRTB MB O405
  
  
• SBS3624G

  10 Jun 05, 11:48

  SBST MB0405s when their BC decides to shoot off from the bus-stop, great show of power. Even better when on rare instances, the bus drags the gears.
• SBS9845X

  11 Jun 05, 09:51

  Engine sounds I like:
  
  SMRTB:
  Mercedes Benz 0405 Volgren (Because the engine is better!)
  Mercedes Benz 0405G
  Scania L113CRL
  
  SBST:
  Volvo B10M Mk4 DM3500
  Volvo Olympian 3 Axle (I only like 96XX engine sounds, as they sound more powerful)
  
• SBS3624G

  11 Jun 05, 21:55

  VO2X and LO3X, they sound smooth.
  
• ah_kwang

  18 Jun 05, 17:31

  I prefer the Volvo mk4s DM especially when the driver is a speed demom And some Mk3s. Dennis Lance and Tridents
• SBS9828X

  18 Jun 05, 22:17

  Originally posted by Acx1688:

  VSOs coz they wake me up every morning...

  and at nite too
• Acx1688

  18 Jun 05, 23:19

  Originally posted by SBS9828X:

  and at nite too

  Eh, my sv76 & sv31 VSO not tt noisy so can ZzZz...
• CAIX

  20 Jun 05, 17:15

  My Choice:
  
  Volvo B10M-60 MKIV DM3500
  Scania N113CRB
  Leyland Olympian
  Volvo Olympian
  Volvo Super Olympian
  
  They sound smooth and their engines are quiet too!
• SBS3688Y

  20 Jun 05, 21:49

  Scrapped buses :
  - Albion Viking
  - Mercedes Benz OF1413 (silent engine)
  - Mercedes Benz O303
  - Leyland Altantean
  
  SBST :
  - SCANIA 113 CRB
  - Mercedes Benz O405
  - Volvo Olympian 2 & 3 axles
  
  SMRTB :
  - Mercedes Benz O405 / O405G
  - Hino Volgren
  
  
• hseochin

  21 Jun 05, 01:41

  The Albion Viking was a perpetual screamer..can hear from miles away !!
  Major noise pollutor in its day, i'll say.
  
  M-B OF 1413, the cc is small, so the 'sound power' from the engine is lesser so appears quieter. But can be quite harsh & loud when revved hard, which happened quite often simply because of its very limited performance ! Only when later retrofitted with automatic then became 'quiet' for its time.
  
  M-B O 303 ?? There was never any O 303 in Singapore, except perhaps only 1 LHD unit which i saw from Germany in transit in C&C in Singapore years ago !
  Reg. plate i think was 'PA-PA 16'. Was told it was on a round-the-world trip !!
  That's the real original coach & Singapore didn't seem up to the standard to afford a coach of such class !! Those which SBS used in its air-con service route 168 were O 302 & even then maybe the coachwork wasn't the original M-B O 302 coachwork but possibly only an OF 1413 with a close copied coachwork of the real O 302 !! Tell tale signs to me would be the Nissan rear lampset & the driver door handle not using the curved handle which the real O 302 would have used. I recall the glass was from Dumrong Thailand instead of Selkurit or Sigla if a real M-B original coachbody.
  
  

  Originally posted by SBS3688Y:

  Scrapped buses :
  - Albion Viking
  - Mercedes Benz OF1413 (silent engine)
  - Mercedes Benz O303
  - Leyland Altantean
  
  SBST :
  - SCANIA 113 CRB
  - Mercedes Benz O405
  - Volvo Olympian 2 & 3 axles
  
  SMRTB :
  - Mercedes Benz O405 / O405G
  - Hino Volgren
  
  

• hseochin

  21 Jun 05, 05:16

  My choice would be topmost those with V8 engines, like M-B OH 1627 L.
  Such engines sounds more 'solid' although more rough running than in-line 6 cylinders they can be much quieter too when crusing to the point like being 'soundless' !
  
  Next would naturally be those with in-line 6 engines from O 305 & MAN.
  I find these more smooth running than any other in-line 6 i've known & these sound like BMW in-line 6 car engines only louder especially those from MAN !