What are the Best Buses

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Fermented Tinal: Aug 25, 2005; by Pragmatica

Ben Smash posted:

This isn't a bus, despite the fact it should be.

http://quicktoptens.com/top-tens/most-expensive-rvs

$2.3m RV that you can park a ferrari inside of.

E: Also, hi Ben, sigma misses you.

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autism ZX spectrum: Feb 8, 2007; by Lowtax; Fun Shoe

Did you guys know that busses played a big part in creating the society we live in today? After the war GM sent fleets of futuristic busses around America displaying the technological feats that would propel them into the space age (and then also these busses would appear in the animated Batman series)

Up here in the frozen wastes of Canada we decided to employ busses to educate and entertain the rural townships with shipments of the written word.

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Beverly Cleavage: Jun 22, 2004; I am a pretty pretty princess, watch me do my pretty princess dance....

I want to go to Denmark just to ride on this bus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75F3CSZcCFs

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INCHI DICKARI: Aug 23, 2006; by FactsAreUseless

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puberty worked me over: May 20, 2013; by Cyrano4747

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Vanagoon: Jan 20, 2008; Best Dead Gay Forums
on the whole Internet!

A bus with a loud rear end 2 stroke Detroit diesel engine is the best bus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOMW80FkLUQ

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~Coxy: Dec 9, 2003; R.I.P. Inter-OS Sass - b.2000AD d.2003AD

My city has some gimmick driverless busses.

# ? Feb 16, 2017 04:43

Ben Smash: Aug 22, 2005; LARDROOM; Grimey Drawer

Hi There!

Sorry I have been away, Bus-Friends! I lost my bus pass so I was unable to get home to my internet for a few days. The nice man at the Bus Terminal said it was cool if I slept in the heated vestibule until my mom picked me up as long as I used the bathroom on the Metra rail tracks and not in the bus station. That was nice of him. Mom never came but I made it home ok. I found my bus pass, though! I rode the bus today, too! I really like the new buses here but I wish there was more room in the aisle to stand. People can be so rude to standing passengers! What kind of buses have wide aisles that are good for standing?

Have a great day, Bus-Bros!

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kastein: Aug 31, 2011; Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

The best kind of buses are white junkyard buses

They are equipped with Cummins C8.3-275G natural gas powered 8.3L inline sixes.

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cursedshitbox: May 20, 2012; Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.; Fun Shoe

Hey does that pos have led lights? Ill pay$

# ? Feb 16, 2017 23:48

Saga: Aug 17, 2009

I am confused, I thought goons' favourite bus was the Bang Bus?

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Britva Cutter: Jul 9, 2006; No, I'm in touch with humanity.

cursedshitbox posted:

This is a h5-60. it was Prevosts first bus designed exclusively in CAD. I have yet to ever work on/drive one, but have seen 3 in the flesh. they're powered by a midship 8v92TA engine. to remove 3 structural members have to be cut then welded back in. The hinge assembly runs about 60 grand usd. they are absofuckinglutely massive.

So these are the things my license restricts. Weird.

# ? Feb 17, 2017 00:01

kastein: Aug 31, 2011; Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

cursedshitbox posted:

Hey does that pos have led lights? Ill pay$

Bug 14, I'm sadly now 3k miles away from that yard but it's one of his favorite lord of the flies yards. I had my eye on it for the engine, until I realized it was a CNG 8.3 not a diesel.

# ? Feb 17, 2017 00:11

Raluek: Nov 3, 2006; WUT.

Bus bros,

I'm partial to the Orion II, which is what my local small-town TA was using in the 90s. They have a real low floor, and are quite compact for the amount of interior space they have. If I was going to buy a bus to convert into a camper, I'd probably start looking for one of these. I wonder how hard parts are to source for them; the company has since gone out of business.

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Seat Safety Switch: May 27, 2008; MY RELIGION IS THE SMALL BLOCK V8 AND COMMANDMENTS ONE THROUGH TEN ARE NEVER LIFT.; Pillbug

Raluek posted:

Bus bros,

I'm partial to the Orion II, which is what my local small-town TA was using in the 90s. They have a real low floor, and are quite compact for the amount of interior space they have. If I was going to buy a bus to convert into a camper, I'd probably start looking for one of these. I wonder how hard parts are to source for them; the company has since gone out of business.

According to a transit wiki that I saw recently, we bought exactly one of these and then never any more.

It served for 10 years before retirement. It is probably in a farmer's field somewhere.

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Cached Money: Apr 11, 2010

Volvo buses are real good, they last forever. My friend, who works around buses told me they had an old one that had around 3 million kms on it. If that's not good then I don't know what.

Also Mercedes for those huge charter buses.

# ? Feb 17, 2017 04:46

Ben Smash: Aug 22, 2005; LARDROOM; Grimey Drawer

Saga posted:

I am confused, I thought goons' favourite bus was the Bang Bus?

That's a van, you silly person.

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Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

Oh yeah why's it called the Bang Bus then?

# ? Feb 17, 2017 20:37

an actual frog: Mar 1, 2007; HEH, HEH, HEH!

Raluek posted:

The gearheads in my family often idly muse building campervan conversions. If I were mechanically capable I'd look to the past.

Maybe an old greyhound?

Or a classic from the old country?

Or even a sacrilegious interwar conversion?

Ben Smash posted:

That seems like a very good bus and the seats look super nice. I'm wondering though, could we build some sort of baby containment area into a bus like that? Perhaps some sort of soundproof vestibule?

Screaming babies aren't a problem if you're already blaring banging choons from your headphones. That's a lil bushack for you, friend

# ? Feb 17, 2017 21:02

cursedshitbox: May 20, 2012; Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.; Fun Shoe

Mechanism Eight posted:

Maybe an old greyhound?

That is a PD4501 aka Scenicruiser. they came with a mated pair of 471 detroits to a T drive 3+2 speed manual, eventually swapped out for a 8v71/4 speed because reliability was shitte. They were never really popular so there arent many left.

Redbull Resto'd one. I don't know the specs.

Here it is sporting 14k front wheels

sitting on standard 12,5.

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an actual frog: Mar 1, 2007; HEH, HEH, HEH!

cursedshitbox posted:

sitting on standard 12,5.

That's wonderful and it's a massive shame so few remain. It just screams "hella stylish potential motorhome" to me :allears:

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randomidiot: May 12, 2006; by Fluffdaddy
(and can't post for 11 years!)

Dare one of you to park that in your HOA.

# ? Feb 17, 2017 22:43

autism ZX spectrum: Feb 8, 2007; by Lowtax; Fun Shoe

Mechanism Eight posted:

Or even a sacrilegious interwar conversion?

It's like Escher designed a bus

# ? Feb 17, 2017 23:52

an actual frog: Mar 1, 2007; HEH, HEH, HEH!

Breakfast Feud posted:

It's like Escher designed a bus

you rang?

# ? Feb 18, 2017 00:17

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Mechanism Eight posted:

you rang?

That looks the way it does because, if you look at the side, it's a "police incident control" vehicle from back in the good old days of UK policing. As such, while the original intent was to be a straight single deck, they had to keep the raised secondary area in order to have plausible stairs for people to fall down.

# ? Feb 18, 2017 00:32

spog: Aug 7, 2004; It's your own bloody fault.

Routemaster bus is best bus:

Voted no 6 British Cultural Icon http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4814088.stm (beaten to the No5 spot by the Web)

# ? Feb 18, 2017 02:12

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

spog posted:

Routemaster bus is best bus:

Voted no 6 British Cultural Icon http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4814088.stm (beaten to the No5 spot by the Web)

As British as the Queen Mum, and twice as popular which would you rather spend the weekend fiddling with?

# ? Feb 18, 2017 02:34

spog: Aug 7, 2004; It's your own bloody fault.

'Something, something, Room for One More on Top, something, something, Princess Margaret, something '

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cursedshitbox: May 20, 2012; Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.; Fun Shoe

# ? Feb 18, 2017 03:44

an actual frog: Mar 1, 2007; HEH, HEH, HEH!

cursedshitbox posted:

Say that reminds me there's video of these tilt tests with absolutely classic narration:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2_T4WVnnFU

# ? Feb 18, 2017 03:52

dissss: Nov 10, 2007; I'm a terrible forums poster with terrible opinions.

Here's a cat fucking a squid.

beep-beep car is go posted:

Clearly, the best bus is a trolleybus.

It combines a bus and a trolley! They are also very quiet.

Somehow they managed to screw up the ones in my area - not only are they prone to breakdown and hard riding they're also noisier than a diesel bus (especially if you're near the back)