Which bus in the service is the best maintained?

Donavan SG

SL 334 and SL 97 seems to have well-maintained fleets. (including the crossovers, and 97e)

BB 99, the VO3x Batch IIs are OK. 9225K and 9227E are in sorry states. No way for comparison.

SL 52/AM 52, both seem ok. When SL 52 got their first buses, they all seemed to be in sorry states. Today, most of them improved. AM 52 also got an improvement. However, don't look here for a broken speed limiter.

BB 156 is in a sorry state.

BR 143 looks pretty much OK.

AM 162 looks average at best. Recommend me 2804? Ok. I'll try. 2801 to me is average at best.

BN 66 is disgusting. "Burnt" Striders, "burnt" MK IIs, what more?

HG 80's maintenance looks pretty decent. Whether it's truly ok is a different story; I haven't really taken them.

HG 105 is ok, but not what you call impressive.

The DTs on HG 62 seem ok. Controllable.

HG 27, in the times I've taken, don't seem to be very well-maintained. Fuming air-conditioner, and fanbelts, but the fanbelt problem is not very serious on HG 27.

My best-maintained criteria:
1) structural integrity of the bus.
2) ability to CONTROL. (not speed. Speed then crash?)
3) The presence of a speed limiter (if it's broken, what maintenance is that?)
4) The amount of patchwork done on the bus. (if there's a lot of patchwork compared to ordinary flaws, it shows the depot is effective in patching, even if the colour may not be correct. Recall the R on reuse and R on recycle?)

With regards to flaming, why flame? There're people around who are living in the very estates which you're criticising about, but you don't see them getting their face black and bombarding you with barrages of questions on "Why?"

My residence allows me to experience a little of Soon Lee, Hougang, Bedok North, Bukit Batok and Ang Mo Kio. You can say negative things about other buses. Just accept it and consider them. That's all.

SBS1985C SG

Originally posted by Donavan:
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BN 66 is disgusting. "Burnt" Striders, "burnt" MK IIs, what more?
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You mean Burnt as in literally or ?

chickenlittle2 SG

Oh really.. It is when the bus get lock up at the first gear that you cannot feel the jerk? Btw, like wat I always say, try the all MB 0405 on Express 502..

1) No hard jerking
2) Super Cooling Air con
3) Clean seats , no black stain
4) Clean ceiling

Others would be all the MB 0405 on Service 242. Except SBS 315T, SBS 341S and SBS 3755L..

kenn3th SG

sv242 still not that well mantained, i know cause i norm sit on 242s when i go home.

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carbikebus SG

Most 502 MBs speed well,My BC friends told me so.A lot of SL Merc can run.HG B10Ms also.

To Patdog 112
Some buses with condense windows doesnt mean the AC are too strong,The drivers didn't bother to switch off the engine during breaks.This is common on Night buses and last buses.
Currently the worst maintance buses from SMRT are AMDEP ones.Need more feedbacks from public

BusSpeeder SG

52 used to have MKII, which i think is not suitable, what i find weird was all the new bishan services (52,57,58,59) all have MKII during the start, now 52 is quite a good one. SBS 2801T is good, but i will not really like it, this bus is the bus on 162 which breakdown easily, good thing about SBS 2801T is that this bus comes 5-7 mins right after SBS 2800X, but after this bus goes, SBS 2802R will come 20-30 mins later, pathetic frequency. SBS 2804K is one of the best. If you do not manage to take it, try SBS 2799S, another good bus, but i think it has vandalism on it. if you take 162, avoid SBS 2808A and SBS 2715J. SBS 2808A, if i remember, has alot of vandalism, SBS 2715J gears up very different and is much slower

chickenlittle2 SG

Ya, some of them may have dirty seats but they do not have the hard jerking and also the air con problem..

Donavan SG

Their exterior is literally dirty. So dirty, filled with I don't know what, that the windscreen and desto area look like it's being burnt, with carbon renmants left behind.

SBS1985C SG

I see... thanks for explaining.

Donavan SG

I still remember the horror buses SBS 1708 L and SBS 1717 K. SBS 1708 L's door will open up halfway on the PIE, without any interference, while SBS 1717 K's fanbelt will screech when the bus stops, or is travelling at a low speed.

Not weird, not enough SPs, deploy MK IIs lol. SBS 2801 T to me was average. Sad
SBS 2799 S, I think I took it before, also nothing spectacular. Sad

SBS 2715 J gears up differently? Possible to describe?

Donavan SG

I still remember the bus with the IDD ad. Apparently, that one was really dirty. What was intended to be an eye-catching advertisement apparently failed. That bus is a rather dirty one. Got to keep an eyes for it. Hope for the ad to be TAKEN DOWN soon, together with all the dust. Has the IDD ad expired?

Hmmm, perhaps my few cents.

Best-maintained? I find SBS 9815 H rather well-maintained from BR 143 (former fleet, when the B9TLs were still out)
The CNGs seem to be pretty well-maintained. A pity, however, is the difficulty in having to sweep the floor of tickets, it's difficult to sweep some areas, and hence the HUGE amount of litter. Sad

Look out for SBS 2817 Z from HG 105. Interestingly maintained. Seats look good, exterior and driver cabin look good, but the interior advertisements are peeling away.

SBS1985C SG

SBS1989S? Its old IDD ad has been taken down months ago. Now it bears an updated version of the ad.

tintinspartan SG

Well-maintained bus for my service (913), i should compare TIB726Y with TIB1187. Look out for SBS7476R on 161. The cleanest bus on 161 in the exterior and interior.

patdog112 SG

which Nissan is currently the best maintained?

gorby107 SG

Try out SBS2670D(HG 82)

This bus can accelerate fast and the Air-con is strong. Even with those slow BCs driving that bus, it won't make me feel the bus that they are driving is slow. Laughing

Sv 27 buses also

like SBS1987Y, SBS959K, SBS2602B etc.

gorby107 SG

I Agree with that Very Happy

The bus acceleration and the engine sound is smooth and normal Laughing

BusSpeeder SG

if you take SBS 2715J, you will feel that it has a different gearbox, gears are higher than normal DM3500s, but it gears up in slow acceleration, the acceleration is deteriorating, that's why it can't overtake other buses. think maybe it has undergone gearbox changes? SBS 2799S is quite good, but is slower than SBS 2804K, good thing is that this bus, like SBS 2801T, has quite a low frequency after the next bus.

carbikebus SG

Almost all of S27 fleets are powerful,HG maintance B10Ms MKIIIs/IVs well than any other depot.

Quote from tintinspartan:
Well-maintained bus for my service (913), i should compare TIB726Y with TIB1187. Look out for SBS7476R on 161. The cleanest bus on 161 in the exterior and interior.

SBS7476R is too new lah dey,Still havent change engine oil/Top up AC gas etc.

BusSpeeder SG

i'll have to agree with car there. the B9TLs are new, of course it will be clean. go and take 88's B9TL, you'll find that they are also clean like SBS 7476R on 161.

TIB1049L SG

TIB1181L for Svc. 900/901

Repanelled when it was MIA for about a month. The plastics are still sparkling white unlike other Volgren Bendies which became grey. The only thing is that this seems to be the only Svc. 900 bus which broke down in 2006 and the issue is not really fixed properly. And if you are afraid of speeds this really isn't the bus to go to. This bus is driven by chiongster BCs

TIB1240A for Svc. 811

The bus quite clean, but since I only have taken a few of the AMDEP buses I am not really sure that is this the best

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