Yup you are right, the Dennis Lance is just horrible, engine not
good, doors are lousy slamming everytime. Aircon is totally not
strong and cold at all, esp during hot afternoons the buses can
just be like fernance and the aircon ducts are just way too high to
reach especially those sitting at the seats located before the
backdoor mean the front half of the bus, i just cant even reach to
adjust and check if got aircon anot even though my height is like
178cm..
Even the UK Lance aircon duct is way up the roof and the engines
are not efficient sometimes, slow. Look at the all the Lances, TIB
1010Y for example, kenna so many accidents until the whole bus is
disfigured and all are "plastic surgeried" parts and even the back
engine cover also become got ventilation holes drilled and back EDS
gone. Interior painted to green color instead of its orignial.
Many lances also gone thru "plastic surgery" as most of you can
see thats why they are all so ugly. And lastly, seats are all so
cramp more to the back.. Oh man.. I wonder why did TIBS buy lances
in the 1st place?
Somehow I hope that SMRT can sell off their Lances to other
private bus companies in Singapore when all the 200 new MAN A22s
arrive by next year.
Feel that services like 980 should undergo fleet revamp. This
service had been sticking to its Lances for a decade liao and
furthermore AMDEP always tend to neglect this service when come to
upgrading of new bus fleets.
I still remember 970H was one of the most unique perm that 980
ever had but replaced by those boring Lances when 970H got
transferred to WLDEP.
Whereas look at 852, ever since AMDEP took back 5 duties from
WLDEP, the situation improved much better. Now got perm OC500LEs
and Citaros. In the past 852 also had a full Lance fleet from
AMDEP. If only 980 can also follow 852's footsteps.
