Gsgeek540 Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 I know are limitations. I raised a question about the lack of series 8s testing on West lrt and was told by someone on this forum and at transit talk that it was a warrenty issue. No bike racks on any of the novas either... maybe will be added now that warrenty potentially over? If i am not mistaken, the airporters were fitted with racks before they came to Calgary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted October 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 If i am not mistaken, the airporters were fitted with racks before they came to Calgary Actually, no. The luggage racks were installed after delivery to CT in bus #'s 8176-8180.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D40LF Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 Actually, no. The luggage racks were installed after delivery to CT in bus #'s 8176-8180.. Right, I have photos of 8180 before the luggage racks were installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D40LF Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 8128 now has ad racks too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
School Bus 101 Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 8111 also has the ad racks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D40LF Posted October 6, 2012 Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 Following have ad racks, 8108, 8120, and 8127. 8125 does not have ad racks at this time. Not sure if warrantly has anything to do with it as 8144 also has them now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted October 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 Following have ad racks, 8108, 8120, and 8127. 8125 does not have ad racks at this time. Not sure if warrantly has anything to do with it as 8144 also has them now. I can't see how Warrenty would have anything to do with this at all.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicinity Posted October 6, 2012 Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 There was a guy who posted in the Saskatoon thread that he was a guy who did advertisement wrap adds and posted that he would have to wait 2 years to do the new nova's, hence why we haven't seen any full wraps on nova's http://www.cptdb.ca/index.php?showtopic=550&st=760 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicinity Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 So much for Nova being more reliable, saw 9 units at the north fence 8108, 8110, 8111, 8113, 8131, 8138, 8140, 8153, 8154 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted December 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 So much for Nova being more reliable, saw 9 units at the north fence 8108, 8110, 8111, 8113, 8131, 8138, 8140, 8153, 8154 lol That doesn't mean they are unreliable... They are put there for many different reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicinity Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 In my opinion unreliable means anything that keeps the bus off the road, when 11% of the Nova's can't go on the road for whatever reason it's an issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsgeek540 Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 In my opinion unreliable means anything that keeps the bus off the road, when 11% of the Nova's can't go on the road for whatever reason it's an issue So if they are there for scheduled maintenance on brakes or oil they are unreliable? If they are there so body shop can install an advertise holder on it they are unreliable? Those are just a couple of the reasons i was told to park 4 of my novas on north fence at SG last week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicinity Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Advertisement racks I would agree is not a reliability issue and half the Novas at the fence had add racks, and if they are brakes or oil changes I would have assumed that there would be way more Flyers there as the out weigh the fleet 8-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsgeek540 Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Advertisement racks I would agree is not a reliability issue and half the Novas at the fence had add racks, and if they are brakes or oil changes I would have assumed that there would be way more Flyers there as the out weigh the fleet 8-1 It would be logical but its all about total milage. What that milage is until it gets maintenance and if its more or less then other buses is a mystery to me. I will say though that last friday was the first time ive ever seen more then 3 or 4 novas on the fence. I guess the other thing to keep in mind is several of these novas run 7 days a week, along with flyer restyleds...as opposed to the 5-6 days the other flyers run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicinity Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Ok my apologies I wasn't aware of this, I just remember everyone commenting 2 years ago about how bad the 8000's were because a number were at the fence and how they were considered unreliable so I just figured of there was any other reason it would have even brought up then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted December 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 I just remember everyone commenting 2 years ago about how bad the 8000's were because a number were at the fence and how they were considered unreliable so I just figured of there was any other reason it would have even brought up then Point taken. I do see what you are saying. But the 8000's, more specifically, #'s 8016-8095 were EPA2007 emission compliant engines that turned out to be rather unreliable along with being very smokey during acceleration to the point that some were worse than some of the 1977-1995 buses that were active at the time. (Some still are as you know..) I have been informed that the newer EPA2010 engines have been better and also cleaner running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicinity Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Ok and once again I apologize for anyone I offended Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D40LF Posted July 7, 2013 Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 Ok what are the odds of this.... Friday night had 8127 on the 42. Saturday afternoon had 8128 on the 72 Saturday night had 8129 on the 23. If I get 8130 Tuesday afternoon on the 137 I will faint with shock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Calon Posted July 7, 2013 Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 Ok what are the odds of this.... Friday night had 8127 on the 42. Saturday afternoon had 8128 on the 72 Saturday night had 8129 on the 23. If I get 8130 Tuesday afternoon on the 137 I will faint with shock! Buy a lottery ticket... The odds of even three consecutive buses are astronomical... Either that or someone in dispatch has way too much time on their hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D40LF Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Turns out that 8129 was my 500th bus driven for CT, unless I counted wrong which is possible. Since I often get a Nova now from my signup I am starting to notice differences between the early buses and the later buses in the drivers dashboard. For a start the dashboard light brightness is controlled by a dial on these buses, in the later ones it is a switch that you press until you get the desired brightness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmyC62 Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 First time I've seen this bug on the display - taken today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted April 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 7 hours ago, TimmyC62 said: First time I've seen this bug on the display - taken today! That sign was working fine just this past Friday! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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