Single deckers

SBS9816E SG

Hey folks! What are your favourite single deck buses?
For me, my favourite buses are:
SBST:
Volvo Mark 2 (Powerful old horses), Volvo Mark 4 Strider, DM 3500, Scania 35XX-37XX, MB O405 (DM, WA), Volvo B10BLE, Scania L94UB (Haven't board it) Sad

TIBS:
MB0405, MB0405G Volgren, MB O405G Habit, MB O405 Volgren, Scania ELBO (2 a certain extent)

off_service SG

Scania ELBO of TIBS are fire prone. A few have sinced caught fire, twice at Geylang Lor 1 Terminal.

Best are SBST MK4 DM buses. MB Volgren of TIBS are the best.

kohanson SG

I prefer TIBS buses.. not sure what’s their brand and models.

Airbus330Captain SG

I prefer SBS buses .

My favourites are Mark 2 , Mark 4 strider , FS "Mark 5" , Volgren mercedes bus and thats it I think .

xin1jun2 SG

my fav single deckers will be:

DAF SB220
DAF alexander
Scania L94UB
Scania L113 elbo Laughing
Scania L113 alexander / soon chow-PSV
Merc 0405 volgren body
Scania N113CRB
Merc 0405G hispano mark 1 / 2, habitbus, volgren

ZYX

oliver_yuen87 SG

I'll give comments for every bus, but my favourtie is Tibs MB O405

SBS
Mk2 -- powerful.. i like. but seems to deteriote with age.. sometime wrong with the tyres...
Mk3 -- very good when first introduced, but sucks now.. a/c not cold, engine no power
Mk4 -- only like the DM bodies with pink seats
MB O405 -- leaky air-cons.. argh// Evil or Very Mad noisy too

Tibs
MB O405 Hispano -- very good, even after 7 years... my favourite
DAF -- very noisy, but can go very fast eh?
MB O405 Volgren -- nice design, but i think suspension too soft and the window seems to have static when the bus goes over a hump... bus seems to be unable to go fast.. seems bulky
Scania -- fast, but MB would be better

Windy_hates_B10TLs SG

Here are my favourite single deck buses....

In service:

Merc O.405s with the ZF 5HP 500 gearbox, not the MB W3E.080 gearbox; Scania N113CRBs, Scania L113CRL's of SBS Leisure, O.405G's with ZF gearboxes, and with Hispano bodies (Scrap any Hispano Habit body); M.A.N 16.240 HOCL's of SJE; UD U31RCN, UD U31SCN.

No longer in service:

Volvo B57's, Merc OF1417, Merc O.303 coach, Leyland Victory.

Windy.K. 2003.

SBS9818A SG

I like the Scania N113 series of buses, the DM3500 Mk IVs, practically anything except I have dislike for certain bodywork.

SBS9816E SG

Wah ha! Volvo B57 is my fav while I was young. I really love this old horse. OF 1417 is rather noisy when it's decelerating.

Windy_hates_B10TLs SG

My oath they were noisy! Very Happy

I loved the bellow of the exhaust brake as they slowed down, it would send shivers down my own spine (as well as a tremor thru the bus itself Razz )

Airbus330Captain SG

Leyland Victory is frightening , the noise of the engines hurt my ears big time .

oliver_yuen87 SG

What happened to the SBS Volvo Sentosa coaches? Are those Mk4s?

Airbus330Captain SG

No , those are mark 3 buses . They are now scattered around Hougang and Tampines area .

oliver_yuen87 SG

Scattered there as public bus?

SBS9816E SG

I see. But how abt the present ones? I think they are Mark 4s.

oliver_yuen87 SG

If you haven't been to Sentosa recently, SDC has changed a different bus provider...

oliver_yuen87 SG

If you haven't been to Sentosa recently, SDC has changed a different bus provider...

you mean there are mk3s and mk4s? i saw there are different seats on the SBS coaches. some had those seats with the thick, round grab bar (like the seats on mk3s). the oher with the new grab bar (like seats on mk4s)...

off_service SG

If you are talking about the ones with digital destination board, I think they are MK4.

Superbus SG

The ex-Sentosa Volvos are Mark 4s, note that the radiator is now placed on the nearside. However, I agree with Charles saying that some Mark 4 Volvos with DM body do sound like a Mark 3 Volvo, particularly with regos SBS89X.

Cheers and warm regards

SBS9818A SG

The ex-Sentosa B10M-61s are Mk IV buses, seen from the radiator mounted on the nearside. Before SBS Leisure was appointed to serve Sentosa, SBS had used Mk III buses before, one was SBS 635U(believe it’s still with Sv. 156)