Least Favourite Bus (NXWM or Otherwise)

[Tony]

B6s were absolute beast. Some people may differ, but 7164 ( R164 RSN ) was the best.
I also liked the Excels, 7211 the best. But of course that was back when the "better" Dundee routes existed.

I always loved B6s and still do. I had a ride on 680 earlier, every time the driver used kickdown it went like excrement off a shovel, so to speak. Great bus.

B6s do not have kickdown

This one did!

Kick down is where a driver can push the pedal just past the normal maximum and the bus will change down as long as it does not mean the engine over-revving. It is not fitted to B6s

[nitromatt1]

B6s were absolute beast. Some people may differ, but 7164 ( R164 RSN ) was the best.
I also liked the Excels, 7211 the best. But of course that was back when the "better" Dundee routes existed.

I always loved B6s and still do. I had a ride on 680 earlier, every time the driver used kickdown it went like excrement off a shovel, so to speak. Great bus.

B6s do not have kickdown

This one did!

Kick down is where a driver can push the pedal just past the normal maximum and the bus will change down as long as it does not mean the engine over-revving. It is not fitted to B6s

Yeah, I know exactly what it is, this one really felt like it had it, but you know best!

[Liverpool Street]

B6s were absolute beast. Some people may differ, but 7164 ( R164 RSN ) was the best.
I also liked the Excels, 7211 the best. But of course that was back when the "better" Dundee routes existed.

I always loved B6s and still do. I had a ride on 680 earlier, every time the driver used kickdown it went like excrement off a shovel, so to speak. Great bus.

B6s do not have kickdown

This one did!

Kick down is where a driver can push the pedal just past the normal maximum and the bus will change down as long as it does not mean the engine over-revving. It is not fitted to B6s

I think your driver Matt just timed the gear changes correctly so the auto box dropped down
Yeah, I know exactly what it is, this one really felt like it had it, but you know best!

[Bob]

Anyone remember the kick the metrobus gearbox used to have when going into top gear, even more so when not accelerating eg going downhill?  More noticeable on mk1 & earlier mk2

[nitromatt1]

Anyone remember the kick the metrobus gearbox used to have when going into top gear, even more so when not accelerating eg going downhill?  More noticeable on mk1 & earlier mk2

God yeah, F313XOF gave you whiplash doing that!

[Liverpool Street]

B6s were absolute beast. Some people may differ, but 7164 ( R164 RSN ) was the best.
I also liked the Excels, 7211 the best. But of course that was back when the "better" Dundee routes existed.

I always loved B6s and still do. I had a ride on 680 earlier, every time the driver used kickdown it went like excrement off a shovel, so to speak. Great bus.

B6s do not have kickdown

This one did!

Kick down is where a driver can push the pedal just past the normal maximum and the bus will change down as long as it does not mean the engine over-revving. It is not fitted to B6s

Yeah, I know exactly what it is, this one really felt like it had it, but you know best!

I think your driver Matt just timed the gear changes correctly so the auto box dropped down

That's better.

Anyone remember the kick the metrobus gearbox used to have when going into top gear, even more so when not accelerating eg going downhill?  More noticeable on mk1 & earlier mk2

God yeah, F313XOF gave you whiplash doing that!

Love it! I remember when 2811 was on the 49 of a late evening many years ago, when the driver used to spin it around on Callowbrook Bridge feathering the throttle, the gearbox didn't know what to do, even from 1st to 2nd it was shaking the body like mad. Good times!

[Trident 4609]

4587. It is an absoloute snail! It it slower than all the other WN tridents.