I'm not sure if it's the case for the rest of the SBST Citaro
fleet, but did anyone notice that the BCs driving the Citaros no
longer floor the buses to activate the kickdown (aka the turbo
boost sound) in the 1st 2 gears anymore?
I'm asking because over at my side, it seems so for all the Citaros
i've sat or seen in the past month alone. Even the usual BCs who
like to floor the Citaros usually on Sv 53 or 109 no longer do
so..so I'm thinking did MB issue some directive to ban the
practice?
Interesting observation there. It's unlikely that MB issued any
directive to disable the kickdown since there is no reason for them
to do so unless it causes fire, or loss of control, etc.
But sbst can perform this setting electronically to it's fleet
of citaros if it is found that the kickdown results in bus captains
being overly aggressive when driving.
