Not only that. This bus is one of them which still have blue
seats and that the interior clips in bad condition.
I think a bus with worse engine and will DEFINITELY not extended
is SBS1952Y. It has this really roaring sound that
is REALLY hard to tahan, and it happens ALL THE TIME. You can even
hear it one street away outside. It was the grace of my life when
it left 156, knowing that I dunnid to take this bus everytime I go
to the library.
But I guess the replacing citaro, SBS6106R, is like the same
case anyway...
Actually there's a significiant number of Mk4 Striders that are
still in blue seats or even suffer from that roaring sound..but the
roaring sound has to do with the radiator working over-time I
think. 1915E's not roaring sound, it's seriously like a mix between
a truck and some antique airplane.
But interior condition wise, from my side, 2622T (BN
518)'s interior condition honestly isn't that bad
considering the load on 518 it has to do everyday. Even those
Striders in yellow seats might not be exempted because some of
those are refurb-ed during the IMF conference period years
back..
I know that 2622T will likely not be extended because its
mileage is really significantly high. Its siblings that did 518
before the Citaros came in (890Z, 1896B, 1936U, 2620Z) all left for
other services that are shorter in distance now, only left 2622T
still doing 518 everyday. I think BNDEP has kinda given up on that
bus, they haphazardly repainted the rear a month back instead of
repainting the body entirely.
