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Noisy engine? It can't be the Euro V buses
WE ARE surprised by Mr Michael Lim's feedback regarding our
EuroV buses ('New buses', Aug 4).
SMRT launched South-east Asia's first Euro V bus in May last
year, a vehicle chosen for its eco-friendliness, comfort and quiet
engine. In fact, based on a sound level test, it emits the least
noise among all types of buses we have in our fleet.
We would like to invite Mr Lim to contact our customer relations
on 1800-336-8900 or e-mail corpcomms @smrt.com.sg with details of
the buses in which he had experienced such noise and vibration, so
we can investigate.
Bernadette Low (Ms)
Manager, Corporate Marketing and
Communications
SMRT Corporation
I agree to a certain extent. However some OC's are having
problems for now. Especially some strong vibration when the bus is
at maximum permissable speed of 65km/h. This could be due to
reliability problems back at MB's design and production facilities.
Nothing to do with SMRT. Im not sure about bus maintenance, but if
a bus requires new parts and full servicing once every month, the
costs would be substantial already.
The 2nd batch OCs are the quietest buses i've ever taken, and
definitely the most powerful and smoothest one around. Took 84T on
970 and at HIllview, it kicked down with ZERO jerk and just
accelerate up the hill with minimal noise, compared to a regular
0405. Can feel the power of the engine, the engine doesnt display
any sign/sound of heavy stress. The power band curve of the
OM457hLA engine is truly marvelous.
