Originally posted by SBS9818A:
You do mean the bodywork designers do you? They are both by Duple
Metsec coincidentally. My theory is that the seats in the Lance 211
were [b]NOT meant to be put so close together, they were
meant to match the air-con openings but TIBS like to squeeze more
seats into their buses.
Anyway TIB 1007H was much much better than the other Sv. 852 bus I
took, TIB 715 I think, insipid DAF. It couldn't speed along Lentor
Ave.[/b]
I disagree with you. I had taken service 852 since January and
there are 2 speeding stretches: Lentor and Lornie. MAybe TIB 715
turned out to be a snail that day, but the other DAFs, especially
TIB719T and TIB712, are much faster than the LAnce 211s. I guess
that the speed limiter buzzer comes on at about 50 kmh, and in the
morning and afternoon, the buzzer is on for most of the stretch in
the 2 roads. All I can say that is that the DAFs are speedy buses
in the hands of the right driver, and its a pity ( or is it Thank
Goodness? ) that most of these drivers are driving the DAFs, not
the LAnces. For example, TIB 1008 was practically crawling along
Lornie yesterday evening at 2nd gear, and no, I did not count the
gear wrongly, and by the time it reached the MAcRitchie bus stop, a
165 Strider and 855 MB0405 had already zoomed past it. The Volvo
2-Ax that was in front was also nowhere to be seen. To add to the
discomfort, the bus was packed and I was standing
