Which age are u when u start to love buses or bus routes?

last SG · 2006-10-01T09:58:09+00:00

Great! I was once from HK too, but moved here at a very young age. I too have a NWFB Dennis Trident ALX500 bodied model, commemerating year 2000. One more is...

tanjun SG

Just curious to know which age do u all realise u like buses and make bus spotting a hobby and the incidents that cause you to like buses?

For me, I only realise that when I was 11. I recalled reading transitlink bus guide 1992 when I was in pri 2 and unknowingly memorise some of the bus routes because of the pictures in the guide itself that make me interested in this book.

Lord_Of_Hayan SG

I started to like bus i think when i was in p4 or 5. That time still got the MB0305 era (the only significant model i remember) plying Bukit Batok (was living there). Ah yes, i forgot to add, i cant really remember the year, maybe someone can help me? lol.

And i liked the bus when i see the design....of the wheel rims. That time i little, then i imagined that each wheel rim design has its own "facial expression". Like the Volvo MKII or IV that wheel rim style, i think of it as serious. Shocked Then the MB0405's wheel rim style is carefree.... Then the Hino and Nissans wheel rims have that big "father" style, very experienced, very matured. Something like that.

Then later i started to like the body. Then finally the whole bus. Then ultimately what im here today! Wink

Volvo Olympian SG

If i remember , I started to like bus when i was about 6 years old. At that time when i was living in Woodlands , I use to go to the Woodlands Regional Int and see those Hino NAC and so on , when the Bendies was Introduce to Woodlands , I like to see especially the wheels etc. I persuade my mom to board one on Service 960. My Favourite Bus route last time was the old Service 181 and 960.

Lord_Of_Hayan SG

hey, same here! Read my post above.^^^^^^^

Volvo Olympian SG

Hehe , I also like the way the bendy bus moves last time , how bouncy

tanjun SG

Ya. Me 2. I like the part when the bus turns a sharp left or sharp right. Then the "basket" will rotate. Besides, last time, I did not really expect bendy buses to be deployed on feeder svcs because these svc will probably pass by narrow roads which probably the bendy bus was unable to turn due to its length. Looks like I'm wrong.

Lord_Of_Hayan SG

Going over a hump/hill at high speed and you sit at the rear of the trailer part (essentially, the very rear seats.). Shiok. You'll experience negative-g forces for 1-3 seconds without being in an aircraft.

Volvo Olympian SG

I also like to stand at the ''basket'' area too. But sometimes u feel dizzy when the bus bounce too much ..... use to experience this on Sv 190.

stooper SG

I used to like planes and trains when I was young... But maybe because I was exposed to too much buses, I started liking buses at around Primary 3. I recorded all the then 199 (& 242) buses. When I re-read my records a few months ago, I realised that I had also stated which buses were 199 to 242 and to 255 x-overs! Shocked Shocked
And I somehow managed to differentiate between the A/P & S shift buses...

Lord_Of_Hayan SG

Cool Cool

jetabt767400 SG

Svc 106, and 857 also got some bouncy effects, also known as jack-knifing effect, huh? Yeah...
106, under PIE flyover towards Clementi and after Ulu Pandan Refuse Incineration Plant. After Farrer Road, that one everyone knows, and on svc 75/77 can also feel. 105 as well.
857, on CTE towards Yishun, I could remember on TIB861P (WL SP), whole bus jerk violently and BC slammed the brakes, maybe he forgot the bump.
And sometimes, BC in hurry, whether on 187/188 or rarer, 985, cross the raised pedestrian hump at Bukit Batok West Ave 4, can bump you off the seat. Once, TIB1082P on svc 188 broke down after the hump, well, you know what happened.
The rear bumper got torn off the bus, and water tank 'kenna', so water was everywhere. That bump has clearance for bendies at 15-20km/h, about 20cm, and higher speed sure 'kenna'.
Talk about some bumpy rides...

Lord_Of_Hayan SG

So when you start liking buses? Cool Slightly off-topic.

Apex-LW'21 SG

Started to love buses when I see many old buses that were still operating in 2000, mainly LO2x / LAs / MB O305 DDs and some SD buses like the Mk 2/3/4s.

stooper SG

There's a big hump along Boon Lay Way, next to the Science Centre and Library... Laughing

There also is a hump before the entrance of the Temp BNL Interchange. Last time 179 used to go over it when the old BNL was open. Now, it doesn't cover the hump anymore and you cannot experience any 179-style driving LO3x bounce... But you still can experience big jumps when the drivers continue accelerating over the hump next to Hall 4. Twisted Evil

jetabt767400 SG

Loved buses since maybe born? 'Cos its always bus rides and bus rides, non stop. We dun take the taxi, not always, so the bus became staple of life. Remebered the Volvo B57, or not, on Bedok feeders. Moved to Bukit Batok soon after they are retired. Then the Leyland Antleans on svc 189, before they are phased out and Volvo Olympian 2X came in, plus the present JB MKIII, and Striders. Since then I have started noticing svc 189, and till now! SMRT took over, some stunts with DAFs, Hinos, and Citaro bodied 0405G, the TIB988H, which attempted many stunts inside BB Interchange, parking at the inside area, at the last bus bay. To think how to turn in is already a wonder.
Soon 988H went to CCK, and peaceful with 0405 again, until one morning this year, TIB1031L came with news, Habits on 189!
I really wondered how they turn this time, the bay is at the middle, so...
So they changed the bus bay now.
Now TIB1162S and TIB1224Y are perm on 189, what's next?
Compiled fleet list of 189, plus buses which tried for a period, not counting 'cameos', or temp buses as I call them.
TIB425R
TIB426M
TIB475X
TIB516L (perm now)
TIB517J (perm now)
TIB519D (perm now)
TIB520Z (perm now, ex 989)
TIB544E (perm now)
TIB592R (perm now)
TIB597C (perm now, lengendary fastest bus according to BCs in BB Interchange)
TIB605M (perm now)
TIB633G (perm now)
TIB634D
TIB966X (ex-perm, now should be with svc 77)
TIB988H
TIB1162S (perm now)
TIB1224Y (perm now)

Some memorable temp buses
Some DAFs which drove very very fast, multiple regos.
TIB905Y, got smell...
TIB947B, drove 60km/h past Ginza Plaza, then 'kenna' bump, boom!
TIB1031L, of course, my first bendy ride of 189 since 6 years, and first Habit on svc 189 for same period of time, according to BC.

Just some of my observation of svc 189 since started taking in 1997, 9 years past.

Lord_Of_Hayan SG

What the..popcorns.... longer then me (-_-)'''

SBS9889U SG

I started taking buses when i was still baby. My mother told me before that she everytime carry me take CSS 8 to Upp Cross St. I can still remember i started playing toy bus at about 2 - 3 years old(Only had 1 bus back then and it is in a terrible condition now)(Terrible condition = wheel drop off, DD became SD but it can still be fixed for the wheel part). When i was 4 years old, i remember taking the Volvo B57(Or was it something else?) on then 385 and that was when i started collecting tix. Later, i no longer took CSS 8 and took 2 and 51 to Chinatown rather frequently and the journey is about 1 hour or more hence sometimes my family decides to take taxi. When 168 was introduced, it was the 1st time i went to Woodlands. Finally, on 21 January 2005, Chinatown Direct came into the picture. Hence i have 2 direct choices to Chinatown (51 and CT1 Cool and on seeing that CT18 duplicates exactly with the route that taxi takes, i decided to try CT18 on the 2nd day of service and it took only 17 mins on my 1st ride (just a few minutes slower than taxi YET much faster than 51 or 2). At that time as there was a "free ride home" promo, hence the original $1 a trip became $1 for 2 trips, only 10cent more for me as compared to 51 but for my parents, $1.80 for 2 trips is CHEAPER than 51 Very Happy as 2 trips on 51 would cost $2.20 or around that. However, that promo ended soon. Right after CNY, another promo (Lucky Hongbao) came and it was cutting some coupon from Sin Min or Lianhe Wanbao and give the driver(paid trip) in order to receive a Red Packet that has a coupon or something like that. The next promotion after the CNY promotion was the Mid Autumn Festival Promo (1 cent tix). That promo i missed out almost totally except i got 1 X 1 cent tix. At the same time, there was another promotion with Chinese Garden (Service 154). I took many many trips on 154 but don't have the coupon until i encountered one Mercs and got 4 of them. This year, Lucky Hongbao Promo was back again and this time round only need to fill in a form and give the driver(paid trip). This time round i got 10 blue dogs(Exchanged away), Organics Shampoo, some polished diva thing (gave other ppl) but sadly dint get red dog Crying or Very sad . The next promotion was Chinatown Dumpling Promotion. This time round i also took a lot of CT18 but then i dint see any promos on any CT18 perms but luckily spotted some at Kreta Ayer Square (After 3PM near a box)(Before 3PM dun haf) but this time round i only wanted to collect tix Laughing
Now Mid autumn is nearing but no promotion yet Confused

Anyway, some of the regos of buses that did/perm on 385 before:
SBS 796 M (Cameo)
SBS 1711 B (Perm)
SBS 1734 K (Perm)
SBS 1754 C (Perm)
SBS 1764 Z (Perm)
SBS 1768 M (Perm)
SBS 1795 J (Perm)
SBS 1799 Z (Perm)
SBS 1810 Z (Perm)
SBS 1811 X (Perm)
SBS 1812 T (Perm)
SBS 1823 L (Perm)
SBS 1828 Z (Perm)
SBS 1890 S (Perm)
SBS 1989 S (Cameo)
SBS 3790 J (Perm) (NAC Mercs))
SBS 3793 B (Perm) (NAC Mercs)

alexkusu SG

18 Embarassed

choww SG

I started to love bus at around 5 or 6(93/94)..Love even more when service guides are produced(in 1999).. Very Happy

tanjun SG

Just wondering whether bus spotting or having the passion of buses is inborn? Looks like it is since many of us like buses since we are young. But for me, it is rather mysterious because both of my parents rarely take buses and if you ask my parents to travel from a place to another place by buses only, they wouldn’t know. They just said, take bus 25, 74, 76, 132, 165 to AMK and take MRT lor.