why interested in buses
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Must consider what kind of taxi !
Since the last 7 or so years ago, i got sick & fed-up with the Japanese breed of taxis so much so i hardly take such kinds of taxis anymore nowadays !! Even the sight of these pile of big junks on the roads is sickening enough ! Not even if they stop @ the roadside trying to entice me to board, which many do nowadays i observe compared to last times !
For me, nowadays when i want a taxi what i mean is i want an M-B taxi be it in Vito or E-Class form. These i don't get sick & fed-up of riding on ! Even my regular taxi driver seems to agree, as he's now into his 3rd M-B taxi !Originally posted by SBS9828X:i get taxi sick only... not cars
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i guessed u watch too much of discoveryOriginally posted by hseochin:For me the ultimate bus would be in coach form with 16-litre V8 charge-cooled diesel to Euro-4 or 5 with SCR @ 600 BHP & 2000 Nm no road speed limitation with full engine & transmission encapulation, all round full independent air-suspension with ABS, ASR, dynamic automatic 'real time' fine tuning of suspension damping / tyre pressures with electronic drawbar. Full leather interior with burr walnut woodgrain dashboard & panelling etc. With bed, kitchen & washing machine in the rear ! No way a car has the space or technical capability to support so many gadgets so well.
Result: like riding on air inside a noiseless air-tight bank vault @ 3-figure speeds on a highway with plenty of space to walk about & things to do ! Compared to a car where one's mostly strapped to their seats no space to move ! Can drive even around the world no need bother about hotels. No way a car (not even a 'stretched' limosine) can offer all that just as well !
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What is RV ? Recreational vehicles ? Usually much smaller & lighter & van based like caravans ?
What i'm referring to are based on the 'normal big' size coaches i.e. >= GVW 16 tons. I know of a German who converted the interior of a M-B O 404 coach to have kitchen, bedroom with washing machine & personally drove his coach from Germany to USA, using some ship to bring it across the Atlantic ocean. Apparently the Americans were surprised to see that a coach of such class (technical refinement etc. like an M-B V 140 series S-Class car) existed as original bodied M-B coaches weren't 'openly sold' in the USA, presumably because their high OMV's price them out of reach of the American mass market coach buyers.Originally posted by SBS9828X:i guessed u watch too much of discovery
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actual meaning, no idea. But they got show of transformation from just a bare chassis into a moving home... with 3 beds. A queen, and a bunk bed. Another 1 was used at race tracks by this super millionaire. He owns a CART race team. So every week, hes assistant will drive the coach to the track, park there and serve food to the drivers.Originally posted by hseochin:What is RV ? Recreational vehicles ? Usually much smaller & lighter & van based like caravans ?
What i'm referring to are based on the 'normal big' size coaches i.e. >= GVW 16 tons. I know of a German who converted the interior of a M-B O 404 coach to have kitchen, bedroom with washing machine & personally drove his coach from Germany to USA, using some ship to bring it across the Atlantic ocean. Apparently the Americans were surprised to see that a coach of such class (technical refinement etc. like an M-B V 140 series S-Class car) existed as original bodied M-B coaches weren't 'openly sold' in the USA, presumably because their high OMV's price them out of reach of the American mass market coach buyers. -
i more interested in the routes than real buses. since i primary school, i been reading singapore maps. dunno why also. the winding roads attract me?
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Some people like big powerful things to compensate for anything else that they might be lacking in their lives.
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Interesting comment.
In this world, everybody wants 'compensation' in 1 form or another !
Therefore nothing 'good' or 'bad, 'right' or 'wrong' even 'inferior' or 'superior' in so doing !
Just a person's way of using his money. Then again, why do you want money ?
If you don't use your money, why have it for ?!??
You cannot take your money with you when you die.Originally posted by charlize:Some people like big powerful things to compensate for anything else that they might be lacking in their lives. -
For me, I am interested on buses and to generalize about the past & present bus models & its bus routes.
For SBS...
From the Albion Vikings, MB OF1413, LAs with Metsec/Baco, etc. to the new VSOs, LO3x, VO3x, CNG-powered buses, etc.
For TIBS...
From the Hino RK176, Nissan Diesel U31F/U31RCN/U31SCN, etc. to the MB O405G, MB O405 & Dennis Lance, etc.
For CSS...
From the MB O309 & Bedford to the Nissan Diesel U31RCN & DAF SB 220 from TIBS (now retired) -
I wonder can zhng the bus to racing config or not? Like add sideskirt and spoilers. Then change the exhaust pipe to those type where u can put pineapple and papaya inside. Lol
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can.Originally posted by Halide:I wonder can zhng the bus to racing config or not? Like add sideskirt and spoilers. Then change the exhaust pipe to those type where u can put pineapple and papaya inside. Lol -
wait i find picture for uOriginally posted by Halide:I wonder can zhng the bus to racing config or not? Like add sideskirt and spoilers. Then change the exhaust pipe to those type where u can put pineapple and papaya inside. Lol 
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why are you interested in step penny sun and tanya chua?Originally posted by huaqing:newbie here.
just wondering, why are ppl interested in buses ar?