Matty
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Post by Matty on Oct 18, 2009 18:53:52 GMT 1
The other day I got on a Plaxton President and I noticed it had a Voith Gearbox fitted and the performance on the bus was a lot faster than the ones without mostly uphill, have these gearboxes newly been fitted or have they always been like that since new?
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Post by timelesstable on Oct 18, 2009 19:45:08 GMT 1
I'm not sure Arriva would fit a replacement gearbox to any of these unless the existing one suffered a major failure.
If Arriva really wanted to improve vehicle perfromance I'm sure they would have started with the recently re-furbished DAF ALX300's. Those really do have a gearbox which wants sorting
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Post by nickfoster on Oct 18, 2009 23:09:50 GMT 1
I reported in the breakdown thread that a President had broken down a few weeks ago whilst on the 212. The bus had to be towed away, I can only assume that the bus in question is the same one with a new gearbox fleet 696.
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Post by Jack on Oct 18, 2009 23:32:54 GMT 1
The other day I got on a Plaxton President and I noticed it had a Voith Gearbox fitted and the performance on the bus was a lot faster than the ones without mostly uphill, have these gearboxes newly been fitted or have they always been like that since new? The Presidents have always had Voith gearboxes. Most B7TLs Arriva have, have got Voith drive trains. |
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Post by Matty on Oct 18, 2009 23:43:51 GMT 1
Well the ones I have been on in the past have just sounded like a normal First Gemini and really slow but the one I got on sounded similar to a Lowlander and was incredibly faster I think it had a Voith Retarder too.
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Post by billycarne on Oct 23, 2009 1:13:46 GMT 1
hmmm. the presedents at selby seem very slow, especially on hills. in fact i was one one, the driver had foot to floor on a hill start and the bus bearly even moved. they also seem to be speed limited lower then most buses
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Post by Matty on Oct 23, 2009 18:44:10 GMT 1
Yes that's what I thought they were like but the one I got on accelerated really fast and could achieve creditable speeds.
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Post by timelesstable on Oct 23, 2009 19:03:12 GMT 1
Yes that's what I thought they were like but the one I got on accelerated really fast and could achieve creditable speeds. Was it one of the 9 based at Heckmondwike 687-689, 691-696 you were on?. |
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Post by Matty on Oct 24, 2009 17:58:27 GMT 1
It would have been because I was on the 229
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Post by timelesstable on Oct 24, 2009 19:29:21 GMT 1
It would have been because I was on the 229 Misallocation then, should have been a branded Spectra |
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