Favourite bus engine sound?
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Yes, I was referring to those first batch of A/C buses on svc 168 at that time.Originally posted by hseochin: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.
But the "Singapore Bus Handbook" by Danny Chan (pg 102 & 103) stated this model as MB O303....is that a typo error on the book? -
I'm 101 % sure it's typo/printing error or simply that Danny Chan wasn't too sure.
I looked up p.102 & 103 noted the exterior driver door handle were the original type used on the 'real' O 302. But the headlamps were totally non original, as with no. of other details of the coachwork as i could see on the photos in the book. Therefore my conclusion is that what's shown were either O 302 or (more likely) OF 1413 with O 302 'agar-agar' lookalike (of course non original M-B then !) coachwork.
The O 302 & O 303 had similar styling with the O 303 the more modern model with flat chrome driver door handle. To what i'm aware, all O 303 were air suspensioned, rear engined either V6, V8 even V10 with no in-line engine ever used, unlike perhaps the O 302 or OF 1413 which used the in-line 6 cylinders only & with spring suspension only. So from here it can also be deduced that those SBS ones shown cannot be O 303.Originally posted by SBS3688Y:Yes, I was referring to those first batch of A/C buses on svc 168 at that time.
But the "Singapore Bus Handbook" by Danny Chan (pg 102 & 103) stated this model as MB O303....is that a typo error on the book? -
I'd done the amendments to my book. thks!Originally posted by hseochin:I'm 101 % sure it's typo/printing error or simply that Danny Chan wasn't too sure.
I looked up p.102 & 103 noted the exterior driver door handle were the original type used on the 'real' O 302. But the headlamps were totally non original, as with no. of other details of the coachwork as i could see on the photos in the book. Therefore my conclusion is that what's shown were either O 302 or (more likely) OF 1413 with O 302 'agar-agar' lookalike (of course non original M-B then !) coachwork.
The O 302 & O 303 had similar styling with the O 303 the more modern model with flat chrome driver door handle. To what i'm aware, all O 303 were air suspensioned, rear engined either V6, V8 even V10 with no in-line engine ever used, unlike perhaps the O 302 or OF 1413 which used the in-line 6 cylinders only & with spring suspension only. So from here it can also be deduced that those SBS ones shown cannot be O 303. -
I vote for VO2X and unblemished mkIVs.
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Wads so nice about the VO2X's engine sound?
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From what i hear, not much 'real' engine sound, but lots of noisy fan sound instead !!
On those without the noisy fan sound, then the 'real' engine sound doesn't sound 'inspiring' @ all to me ! Sounds instead like some weak engine going to die off anytime, dragging its way down the road. Only the Leyland Atlantean's engine sound worse than this Volvo unit ! Atlantean i'll put right @ the bottom of the list !Originally posted by Halide:Wads so nice about the VO2X's engine sound? -
It does not sound as heavy as the VO3X. Hence the throbbing that can be heard on a lot of VO3X is not so jia lat.Originally posted by Halide:Wads so nice about the VO2X's engine sound? -
Ah yes! I like the sound of SBST MB0405s charging out of bus-bays, competing with cars. Shiok!
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The engine sound of the O 405 upon hard acceleration seems to remind me of their 4-cylinder engine sounds from their cars also upon hard acceleration ! Somehow there seems to me some 'coordination' between the M-B bus & car departments to produce vehicles with some similar sounding characteristics !Originally posted by SBS3624G:Ah yes! I like the sound of SBST MB0405s charging out of bus-bays, competing with cars. Shiok!
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Dennis UMW , Volvo Olypiam and Volvo Mk4 and Mb0405... actually all of the models
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Im starting to like Mk2 engine sound...previously when the bus was not yet air conditioned, can't really hear its engine well...so now being air-conditioned, i can hear "her" sound more smoother than Mk3s. Mk3s can really be put to shame.
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Originally posted by Halide:Im starting to like Mk2 engine sound...previously when the bus was not yet air conditioned, can't really hear its engine well...so now being air-conditioned, i can hear "her" sound more smoother than Mk3s. Mk3s can really be put to shame.
