One of your "good" quality Enviro 500s taken when it was a month
old. Seems that your comment on things not being fitted properly is
applicable here.
I think you have to realise asthetics is a separate issue to the
structural issues that concern the buses. An Enviro may look nicer
than a Gemilang, but the E500 body structure just doesn't seem as
strong as even a China bus. Even China buses don't produce that kind
of creaks. The bus just doesn't feel as safe as it should be for
passengers.
Well, the Enviros are still new, we will see what kind of
condition they will be in when they are the age of the PSV (CDGE)
B9TLs. And The PSV B9TLs don't have that kind of creaks from the
body, its a strong body just that it has a vibration
issue.
I doubt the Enviro 500 body will last, structually that is,
regardless of who is assembling it. And have you seen the quality
of the roof sheeting from above, its atrocious, never seen a new
bus with such wavy roof before. You want to know why Gemilang and
Wright doesn't have this? Because Wright and GML don't roll the
roof sheeting onto the roof structure, the technology used by
Wright and GML are similar (if I'm not wrong, the Alusussie
technology), and involves properly and precisely (ie machine)
bending the metal to its required shape, instead of just rolling a
sheet of metal and affix it (most likely with SikaFlex) to the roof
structure.
Let's not talk about the
body structure etc., becus all the while I'm referring to the cheap
qualities from GML..
Comparing the quality of what you have mentioned "The
materials used on the Enviros look cheap", how come Enviros
interior parts can last longer than GML ones?
Tapes were also used for the cover beside the emergency first
aid kit area from A22s...
Look at A22, (random screen grab from Google, not sure where's
the photo I've taken) the circled area are starting to
"break"..shows the standard of GML bodywork. Just imagine when
things start to come apart, so will the things start to drop down
soon?
Even the black rubber strip on the OCs...it also came out
eventually. 