SMRT tenders for 66 new 12m buses
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Isuzu bus and Hino bus do have euro 4 some private bus operate have order for the chassi. I think the japenese chassi will arrive in singapore around march or april. Why not they buy Mitsubishi? Japenese bus spare part are cheaper than euproean bus.They can buy more japenese busOriginally posted by Scania N113CRB luver:Why everything Nissan? Why not Hinos or Isuzu? I rmbr the newspapers advertised that Isuzu trucks(should be Isuzu, cant rmbr clearly.
) now has an EuroIV diesel engines. If their trucks can be EuroIV, i believe their buses would be EuroIV too. 
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Didnt PTC Say that PSV must be auto? There's not even auto Mitsubishis in Singapore yet! All the Mitsubishis buses here are all manual.Originally posted by MitEvolution:Isuzu bus and Hino bus do have euro 4 some private bus operate have order for the chassi. I think the japenese chassi will arrive in singapore around march or april. Why not they buy Mitsubishi? Japenese bus spare part are cheaper than euproean bus.They can buy more japenese bus -
Didnt PTC Say that PSV must be auto? There's not even auto Mitsubishis in Singapore yet! All the Mitsubishis buses here are all manual.
oh ya i forgot sry
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You cannot install a ZF gearbox on a Mitsubishi engine meh.
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Dont have doesnt mean it will not happen. Think about it..Originally posted by swee_heng:Didnt PTC Say that PSV must be auto? There's not even auto Mitsubishis in Singapore yet! All the Mitsubishis buses here are all manual. -
Ya loh. Can always have special requests the mah, since "customers are always right!'.Originally posted by SBS9818A:You cannot install a ZF gearbox on a Mitsubishi engine meh. -
Hmm, I wonder how long does a ZF or Voith gearbox last before they need reconditioning. I understand auto transmissions need lots of TLC.
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I've seen one Mitsubishi coach with a ZF Auto transmissionOriginally posted by swee_heng:Didnt PTC Say that PSV must be auto? There's not even auto Mitsubishis in Singapore yet! All the Mitsubishis buses here are all manual. -
In Singapore? Wat rego?Originally posted by carbikebus:I've seen one Mitsubishi coach with a ZF Auto transmission -
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SMRT has posted a invitation for tender for the 66 12-meters buses on their websites, cut off date is 27 feb 2007. Would be interesting to see who won the tender after that date.
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Have they got any old Coasters in the fleet?
If so what do they do with the old ones?
I want to buy a Coaster in Reasonable Condition.... any suggestions? -
Dun think they got old Coasters , the coasters is on Busplus.. still okOriginally posted by nickrienstra:Have they got any old Coasters in the fleet?
If so what do they do with the old ones?
I want to buy a Coaster in Reasonable Condition.... any suggestions? -
Yea ... Busplus have got a lot of old green and black Coasters down at the depot at Lorong 1 Geylang... But the drivers tell me that they havn't heard of a second hand Coaster for a long time....
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Hmm do you think SMRT might consider the B7RLE? I think that the B7RLE is quite a good bus after all.
Anyone here dont like the B7RLE and can tell me why? -
They should consider the B7RLE...... As long as....Originally posted by Scania N113CRB luver:Hmm do you think SMRT might consider the B7RLE? I think that the B7RLE is quite a good bus after all.
Anyone here dont like the B7RLE and can tell me why?
Someone submits the tender for it..... -
i think comfortdegro may tender, 66 buses, big project boy
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Hmm.....B7RLE,
Ample horsepower, with one of the torque-est engine around, 1200nm. Quite high for a city bus.
Suspension quite comfortable, overall good...
But i think we guy forgot something..
RATTLING!
The sentosa's B7RLE rattlings like hell, just like the ELBOs.
Btw are the Sentosa's B7RLE EuroII or EuroIII ? Everytime the bus moves off, the exhaust always got a alot of black smoke one, dunno why.
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There was once i took the Sentosa Bus (not sure of the rego) on Yellow route , it rattles , makes me dizzy ... but the bodywork is niceOriginally posted by Scania N113CRB luver:Hmm.....B7RLE,
Ample horsepower, with one of the torque-est engine around, 1200nm. Quite high for a city bus.
Suspension quite comfortable, overall good...
But i think we guy forgot something.. RATTLING!
The sentosa's B7RLE rattlings like hell, just like the ELBOs.
Btw are the Sentosa's B7RLE EuroII or EuroIII ? Everytime the bus moves off, the exhaust always got a alot of black smoke one, dunno why. -
I love the interior! Feels like B9TL.Originally posted by Volvo Olympian:There was once i took the Sentosa Bus (not sure of the rego) on Yellow route , it rattles , makes me dizzy ... but the bodywork is nice -
The Vogelsitze seats especiallyOriginally posted by Scania N113CRB luver:I love the interior! Feels like B9TL. -
YA!!! Also the plastic interior.Originally posted by Volvo Olympian:The Vogelsitze seats especially -
Plastic sucks, should be more traditional style, more metal.Originally posted by Scania N113CRB luver:YA!!! Also the plastic interior.
The B9TLs are by far the most plastic bus I have ever seen.
B9TLs seats are more comfortable, not too soft and not too hard, the ones the Habits have are too hard. Rather use vinyl seat covers than cloth. -
The Bendy Batch 2 seats some are harder , and the colour becoming weirder , hmm..Originally posted by Scania:Plastic sucks, should be more traditional style, more metal.
The B9TLs are by far the most plastic bus I have ever seen.
B9TLs seats are more comfortable, not too soft and not too hard, the ones the Habits have are too hard. Rather use vinyl seat covers than cloth. -
Ya exactly. Last time took a B9TL a i find that the bodywork is too simple. Look at the sealing of the windows and joints and you will get what i mean.Originally posted by Scania:Plastic sucks, should be more traditional style, more metal.
The B9TLs are by far the most plastic bus I have ever seen.
B9TLs seats are more comfortable, not too soft and not too hard, the ones the Habits have are too hard. Rather use vinyl seat covers than cloth.
Metal? Try the Hispano OAC/CAC merc. The sidewalls are metal, made of aluminium i think? Air-con duct also metal, only opening plastic. Infact, i think Hispano uses very little plastics leh. So maybe you maybe want the Habit bodywork?
Hmm.....cloth or rather fabric as VogelSitze calls them, are better at "gripping". There are more friction as compared with vinyl covering. Try the MRT seats(oso plastic mah). When the train brakes and you are wearing polyester made clothing, you will slide on the seats.
The fabric seats i dont have such problems leh.
Softness is maybe due to the hard sponge that Vogelsitze uses, the first batch of Habits the seats are rather soft, until the 2nd batch comes along. Also, the production plants of the B9TL seats and the Habit's are different. B9TL's is from Malaysia , the Habit's are from Spain, since the Habits are directly imported from Spain right? So maybe the sponge used is slightly different i think. -
When did you take a B9TL?Originally posted by Scania N113CRB luver:Ya exactly. Last time took a B9TL a i find that the bodywork is too simple. Look at the sealing of the windows and joints and you will get what i mean.
Metal? Try the Hispano OAC/CAC merc. The sidewalls are metal, made of aluminium i think? Air-con duct also metal, only opening plastic. Infact, i think Hispano uses very little plastics leh. So maybe you maybe want the Habit bodywork?
Hmm.....cloth or rather fabric as VogelSitze calls them, are better at "gripping". There are more friction as compared with vinyl covering. Try the MRT seats(oso plastic mah). When the train brakes and you are wearing polyester made clothing, you will slide on the seats. The fabric seats i dont have such problems leh.
Softness is maybe due to the hard sponge that Vogelsitze uses, the first batch of Habits the seats are rather soft, until the 2nd batch comes along. Also, the production plants of the B9TL seats and the Habit's are different. B9TL's is from Malaysia , the Habit's are from Spain, since the Habits are directly imported from Spain right? So maybe the sponge used is slightly different i think.
You won't slip on the vinyl seats. Even on usual SBST (red) vinyl seats, you won't. The seats SMRT uses are so hard because their fabric simply isn't as flexible as vinyl. MRT trains use what? Plastic, different from vinyl, so its more silppery.
The sponge used on SMRT buses isn't hard, its the fabric which makes it hard.
Habit's interior? The air con duct needs redesigning, they should have some holes for the air con outlets.
The B9TL's interior isn't very simple, its too plastic.
I would rather get Soon Chow than to get some Spanish bodywork which leak to body a bus. Maintenance do play a part, but the initial design is crucial so that that the buses don't leak.