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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2014 16:35:58 GMT
Its easy to say 'miles' instantly as that's the usual unit when talking about speeds, in mph, but most of these will probably be KM's im guessing. I almost had a heart attack when inspecting a 55 plate truck with 1,000,000 on the clock (well it read 000,047) but unfortunately this was in kilometers, so around 600,000 miles. Are we sure some of these mileages are genuine miles and not KM's? I thought the norm for a vehicle running a tacho was KM's but as you say this can be altered. That's high for it's age even. The 55 plate B7RLEs at Rotherham vary between around 360000 and 460000 which is a big difference. I'm guessing it's down to what they ran on or what depot they were at in Glasgow. |
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Post by vwd14 on Sept 13, 2014 21:39:18 GMT
About 277,000 miles on 37516. Don't remember the fleet number, but was on one of last year's StreetLites earlier and there was nearly 50,000 miles on the clock.
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Post by jamiekku120w on Sept 13, 2014 22:53:42 GMT
I saw the clock on 32111 yesterday and that was around 425,000. Unless its already been round the clock?
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Post by W91 on Sept 14, 2014 15:02:19 GMT
I saw the clock on 32111 yesterday and that was around 425,000. Unless its already been round the clock? Sounds about right unless its had a new speedo |
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Post by jamiekku120w on Sept 15, 2014 21:06:41 GMT
63031 hit the 45100 mile mark last week. Not bad at 11 months old! I was on 63004 this evening and that was 50 away from 45,000 |
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Post by tofskilemons on Sept 15, 2014 21:14:02 GMT
63031 hit the 45100 mile mark last week. Not bad at 11 months old! I was on 63004 this evening and that was 50 away from 45,000 Although that one's the lemon of the original batch, being on its 2nd engine already! |
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Post by jamiekku120w on Sept 15, 2014 22:58:21 GMT
I was on 63004 this evening and that was 50 away from 45,000 Although that one's the lemon of the original batch, being on its 2nd engine already! Cant think there'll be much difference between all of the 13/63 plates. Of the 14 plates reckon 63135 will be slightly lower than the rest |
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Post by jamiekku120w on Sept 15, 2014 23:00:45 GMT
Does anyone know what the mileage is on 60703? I only ask as this B7l is a personal favourite of mine
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Post by alwayslate on Sept 16, 2014 0:25:38 GMT
60728 514100 miles on clock
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Post by The Captain on Sept 16, 2014 17:50:34 GMT
Does anyone know what the mileage is on 60703? I only ask as this B7l is a personal favourite of mine Think your on your own with that thought. |
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Post by vwd14 on Sept 20, 2014 18:41:19 GMT
First: 37484 - 290,000 miles
Stagecoach: 15710 - 155,000 miles
22433 - 499,000, not sure if this is miles or km as the clocks have km/h with mph in small print and I know most buses with km/h as the main unit of speed have the mileage in km rather than miles (though the Scania above has km/h clocks and the mileage is definitely in miles). Either way, that's not bad for what are known to be unreliable buses! 499,000 miles seems like an awful lot for an 07 reg bus, but it's not impossible. This one did have a stop light on as it happened!
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Post by jamiekku120w on Sept 20, 2014 19:09:41 GMT
Saw 2 b7tl presidents last week. 32109 was on 789,000 and 32216's looked like 022,000. New speedo or in km?
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Post by W91 on Sept 20, 2014 20:10:52 GMT
Saw 2 b7tl presidents last week. 32109 was on 789,000 and 32216's looked like 022,000. New speedo or in km? 022,000 on a 52 plate will likely be 1,022,000, and hopefully in kms as that would be nearly 1,700,000kms if it were to be in miles. 499,000 on the alx300 will probably be kms too as 300,000 miles sounds about right |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2014 21:50:40 GMT
Saw 2 b7tl presidents last week. 32109 was on 789,000 and 32216's looked like 022,000. New speedo or in km? 022,000 on a 52 plate will likely be 1,022,000, and hopefully in kms as that would be nearly 1,700,000kms if it were to be in miles. 499,000 on the alx300 will probably be kms too as 300,000 miles sounds about right Maybe I'm wrong but 789000 km for an ex London President seems about right but with that kind of clock there is no accurate way of knowing. I can't see any of the Presidents having being round the clock as everything that comes out of London is usually low mileage compared to other stuff. None of the Palatines at Rotherham had done a million miles when they were scrapped around 14/15 years old |
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Post by vwd14 on Sept 20, 2014 23:12:36 GMT
I notice with the older Volvos, most have mph clocks (and the mileage in miles), but some of the B10BLEs and B7Ls/B7TLs (with the older style instrument binnacle like in the ALXs, B7Ls etc) have km/h clocks with mph in small print and the mileage in km. Did these need new instrument binnacles (in the case of the B7s) / speedometers (in the case of the BLEs) at some point in their lives or did Volvo just deliver some buses with mph clocks and others with kph?
Could that be why there is a President that has apparently done only 22,000 km?
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