JB-regged MK IV DM3500 to replace MK III on 170/160?

• lemon1974

  2 Jun 11, 02:18

  2798 have it as well.

• SBS 1000U

  2 Jun 11, 11:49

  Originally posted by lemon1974:

  singapore is safe?

  
  Not 100% safe but still safer than Johor.

  My friend nearly got robbed in Johor months back. Luckily nothing was stolen but his car windows were smashed...  Luckily he don't drive a fancy car, else his car might be stolen as well and might have to walk back to Singapore.

• sbst275

  2 Jun 11, 12:00

  Originally posted by lemon1974:

  singapore is safe?

  
  I've not mentioned here wat goes on upnorth...

  1) Lorry appearing at neighbour's place macham looking as if ppl moving house. It's actually ransacking ppl's place.

  2) Kidnapping ppl in shopping mall in broad daylight

• Gus.chong

  2 Jun 11, 12:50

  Originally posted by SBS 1000U:

  
  Not 100% safe but still safer than Johor.

  My friend nearly got robbed in Johor months back. Luckily nothing was stolen but his car windows were smashed...  Luckily he don't drive a fancy car, else his car might be stolen as well and might have to walk back to Singapore.

  
  Heh heh heh. There's really someone who say that people had to walk back to Singapore.

• Gus.chong

  2 Jun 11, 12:51

  Originally posted by SBS 1000U:

  
  No, Citaros for Singapore use only.

  
  Who says Citaros can be used in Singapore only?

• Gus.chong

  2 Jun 11, 12:55

  Originally posted by MarcusJoshua:

  I have to diasgree with you. I strongly believe the Mark IV DM3500 & Striders are use as a stop-gap measure. Meaning to say that it's a temporary measure until a full fledge of 80-90(50 For 170, 30 For 160, 10 Spare in BBDEP) new & suitable bus model can be found for the 160/170. I'm hoping that the Citaro will do cross border in the future because it's really a good steady bus, vs KUB, somehow i feel the KUB bodywork is very light as compared to EVObus/mercedes Benz bodywork.

  For me I'm looking forward to seeing them go cross-border and hope there will be enough DM3500/Striders for both routes esp 170. The desto plate(old plate on MK 3 or the common font plates found on 74, 157, etc) and the new side rectangular plate will be something i would want to see as it comes on svc. Wonder how the Blue Side rectangle plate(For kranji mrt to Kota Raya) will look like ? 

  
  Actually if the Volvo B10M Mark IV (DM) were introduced later, I would wish for them to be doing 160/170.

  Now, actually it's time for 160 and 170 to have their destos changed, wish for red/white plates, and also the front destos with only numbers and words.

• SBS8675B

  2 Jun 11, 18:58

  Spotted SBS2726C with rear brake lights, as well as the black company label on the side and the Malaysia's rear speed limit sticker.
• Merczrox

  2 Jun 11, 22:08

  Originally posted by lemon1974:

  singapore is safe?

  
  Good question.

• Gus.chong

  2 Jun 11, 22:13

  Originally posted by SBS8675B:

  Spotted SBS2726C with rear brake lights, as well as the black company label on the side and the Malaysia’s rear speed limit sticker.

  Another DM3500 with brake lights!

• SBS 1000U

  3 Jun 11, 01:47

  Originally posted by Gus.chong:

  
  Who says Citaros can be used in Singapore only?

  
  Better to use them in Singapore. Cater the needs for the aging population.

• 105090

  3 Jun 11, 09:30

  no point deploying new buses on JB routes..
  they will be destroyed in a matter of months...
  deploy older buses.. at least the cost of repair or write-off will be lower
  
  1. nature of JB roads
  2. attitude of passengers
  
  the passengers profile and BC on 160/170/950 are different from local routes..
  

• sbst275

  3 Jun 11, 09:34

  170 has pure local commuters only bet Bugis & Upp Bt Timah.. further north mostly Malaysians

  160 local leg has some commuters bet Jurong East & Tech Whye/ Senja

• Gus.chong

  3 Jun 11, 12:16

  Originally posted by 105090:

  no point deploying new buses on JB routes..
  they will be destroyed in a matter of months...
  deploy older buses.. at least the cost of repair or write-off will be lower
  
  1. nature of JB roads
  2. attitude of passengers
  
  the passengers profile and BC on 160/170/950 are different from local routes..

  
  Yes.

• azharjj

  3 Jun 11, 19:49

  SBS2814G has it

• azharjj

  3 Jun 11, 19:51

  The MKIVs which has 3rd brake light installed
  
  MKIV Strider (3)
  SBS2685L
  SBS2686J
  SBS2688D

  MKIV DM3500 (37)
  SBS2696E - new
  SBS2697C - new
  SBS2707H
  SBS2711U
  SBS2712S - new
  SBS2718B
  SBS2719Z
  SBS2721R - new
  SBS2723K
  SBS2724H
  SBS2726C
  SBS2728Y - new
  SBS2731L
  SBS2733G
  SBS2734D
  SBS2736Z
  SBS2737X
  SBS2746U
  SBS2747S
  SBS2748P
  SBS2752B
  SBS2757M
  SBS2759H
  SBS2761A
  SBS2762Y
  SBS2766L
  SBS2767J
  SBS2775K
  SBS2780U
  SBS2781S
  SBS2783L
  SBS2787B
  SBS2789X
  SBS2798U
  SBS2805H
  SBS2814G
  SBS2838M - new

• Merczrox

  3 Jun 11, 21:16

  Originally posted by 105090:

  no point deploying new buses on JB routes..
  they will be destroyed in a matter of months...
  deploy older buses.. at least the cost of repair or write-off will be lower
  
  1. nature of JB roads
  2. attitude of passengers
  
  the passengers profile and BC on 160/170/950 are different from local routes..

  
  Yeah.I rmb once someone said in an old topic in this forum that a MK2 parking at Larkin Terminal got bashed by gangsters there.If i am not wrong,the person who posted the info said that the MK2 was parking there overnight i think.

• Gus.chong

  3 Jun 11, 23:13

  Originally posted by azharjj:

  The MKIVs which has 3rd brake light installed
  
  MKIV Strider (3)
  SBS2685L
  SBS2686J
  SBS2688D

  MKIV DM3500 (31)
  SBS2707H
  SBS2711U
  SBS2718B
  SBS2719Z
  SBS2723K
  SBS2724H
  SBS2726C - new
  SBS2731L
  SBS2733G
  SBS2734D
  SBS2736Z
  SBS2737X
  SBS2746U
  SBS2747S
  SBS2748P
  SBS2752B
  SBS2757M
  SBS2759H
  SBS2761A
  SBS2762Y
  SBS2766L
  SBS2767J
  SBS2775K
  SBS2780U
  SBS2781S
  SBS2783L
  SBS2787B
  SBS2789X
  SBS2798U - new
  SBS2805H
  SBS2814G - new

  Two other buses have the brake lights.

• Gus.chong

  3 Jun 11, 23:13

  Duplicated post deleted. Come back again sometimes.

• Gus.chong

  3 Jun 11, 23:14

  Originally posted by Merczrox:

  
  Yeah.I rmb once someone said in an old topic in this forum that a MK2 parking at Larkin Terminal got bashed by gangsters there.If i am not wrong,the person who posted the info said that the MK2 was parking there overnight i think.

  
  When is the year where it happen. What is the rego of the Mark II? What happened to the gangsters in the end?

• Merczrox

  3 Jun 11, 23:34

  Originally posted by Gus.chong:

  
  When is the year where it happen. What is the rego of the Mark II? What happened to the gangsters in the end?

  
  It happened quite long ago a few years back when the MK2s were still on 170.The person who posted the info didnt tell the rego or what happened to the ppl involved in the end.

• SMB66X

  3 Jun 11, 23:39

  Spotted 2848M having it on 48 today

• Merczrox

  3 Jun 11, 23:51

  Originally posted by SMB66X:

  Spotted 2848M having it on 48 today

  
  U mean 2838M??

• SBS2601D

  4 Jun 11, 13:20

  It'll be hard to find buses as reliable as the B10Ms to replace them in the future.

  Testimony to the reliability and ruggedness of the B10Ms.

• Gus.chong

  4 Jun 11, 13:59

  Originally posted by Merczrox:

  
  It happened quite long ago a few years back when the MK2s were still on 170.The person who posted the info didnt tell the rego or what happened to the ppl involved in the end.

  
  Oh. I see.

• Gus.chong

  4 Jun 11, 14:01

  Originally posted by Merczrox:

  
  U mean 2838M??

  
  The regos of Mark IV DM3500s were SBS2689B to SBS2838M. No buses were registered in SBS2839K onwards until SBS2888T.