SCHOOL REOPEN MEANS LELONG LELONG CRAPBOX

• 16/f/lonely

  30 Nov 08, 22:07

  Thought you went to do bus-spotting today?

   

• QX179R

  30 Nov 08, 22:09

  i did but from the comfort of my own hse..

  did ambulance spotting oso..

• 16/f/lonely

  30 Nov 08, 22:11

  Originally posted by QX179R:

  i did but from the comfort of my own hse..

  did ambulance spotting oso..

  
  Cheh.........

  Saw KUB on 15 though......is it newly-deployed or what?

• QX179R

  30 Nov 08, 22:13

  simi rego..

  svc 15 gotch 7 KUBs..

• 16/f/lonely

  30 Nov 08, 22:13

  Originally posted by QX179R:

  simi rego..

  svc 15 gotch 7 KUBs..

  
  I dont look at regoes now....

  So all KUB rego look the same.

• QX179R

  30 Nov 08, 22:15

  then paiseh i can't ans ur previous question liao..

  if u let me noe the rego then i can go see if its perm or cameo..

• 16/f/lonely

  30 Nov 08, 22:17

  Originally posted by QX179R:

  then paiseh i can't ans ur previous question liao..

  if u let me noe the rego then i can go see if its perm or cameo..

  
  So I take it as nothing special lar.

  Anyway the B9s don't look like they can hold up another 15-16 years....on the whole they don't seem very well-mantained.

• QX179R

  30 Nov 08, 22:21

  aiyah, i posted over at the buses forum on an article from stomp regarding the a/c not working on a b9..

  things when new are gd but after some usage it tends to get somewat old..

• 16/f/lonely

  30 Nov 08, 22:24

  Originally posted by QX179R:

  aiyah, i posted over at the buses forum on an article from stomp regarding the a/c not working on a b9..

  things when new are gd but after some usage it tends to get somewat old..

  
  But the rate at which the B9s are getting worn down is a bit too fast for comfort.

  Just 1 month into service....start roaring..

  Some are starting to show a bit of problems with gearbox.

  Others have not-so-good engines.

   

• QX179R

  30 Nov 08, 22:31

  come to think of it, its running almost every single day & some trips are long distance..

  its either the BCs themselves or with the CDG maintenance pple..

• 16/f/lonely

  30 Nov 08, 22:43

  Originally posted by QX179R:

  come to think of it, its running almost every single day & some trips are long distance..

  its either the BCs themselves or with the CDG maintenance pple..

  
  I think it may have to do with the ridiculously tight 6th gear.

  Most B9s run around at 5th at unhealthy rpm which is not good for the engine and gearbox.

• QX179R

  30 Nov 08, 22:48

  at most is just breakdown lor..

  but pray that you're not in that b9 when it happens..

• 16/f/lonely

  30 Nov 08, 22:51

  Originally posted by QX179R:

  at most is just breakdown lor..

  but pray that you're not in that b9 when it happens..

  
  Wah.

  Breakdown.....so much inconvenience.

• QX179R

  30 Nov 08, 22:53

  at least u get a breakdown ticket so ur next ride is foc..

  2nd can snap pics of the breakdown bus..

• 16/f/lonely

  30 Nov 08, 22:55

  Originally posted by QX179R:

  at least u get a breakdown ticket so ur next ride is foc..

  2nd can snap pics of the breakdown bus..

  
  I ish notch brush-fanny.

• jayh272416

  30 Nov 08, 22:57

  Originally posted by 16/f/lonely:

  
  I ish notch brush-fanny.

  
  den take breakdown ticket and ZAO.

• QX179R

  30 Nov 08, 22:57

  ok, then option one suits u more..

• 16/f/lonely

  30 Nov 08, 22:59

  Originally posted by QX179R:

  ok, then option one suits u more..

  
  the last time I kena something like that was a VO3X on 147.

  My first thought was shit, I should have taken smb1h.

  My next though was great. ZF again.

• QX179R

  30 Nov 08, 23:01

  haha, its all fated lah..

  no one will noe when a breakdown will occur..

• jayh272416

  30 Nov 08, 23:07

  Originally posted by QX179R:

  haha, its all fated lah..

  no one will noe when a breakdown will occur..

  
  haha yeah. i was in the 8031J bdown =P

• 16/f/lonely

  30 Nov 08, 23:07

  No voith has failed me before.

  ZF is more prone to faults.

  Worst is the W3E.

• QX179R

  30 Nov 08, 23:08

  so far no encounter with any breakdown..

  but still hoping will kena someday..

• 16/f/lonely

  30 Nov 08, 23:11

  Originally posted by QX179R:

  so far no encounter with any breakdown..

  but still hoping will kena someday..

  
  I kena more than 3 times already I think.

  I still remember one was W3E failure on a NAC 0405, another was door failure on a VO3X.

• QX179R

  30 Nov 08, 23:13

  dunno if i shd call u suay or lucky..

• 16/f/lonely

  30 Nov 08, 23:16

  Originally posted by QX179R:

  dunno if i shd call u suay or lucky..

  
  Farking suay!

  Both were on my way to school.

  The worst was when the train derailed at YCK years ago.

  I was forced to take 169 from woodlands to amk!