tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post5781604208018520817..comments2024-03-25T19:07:29.729+00:00Comments on Steve's Bus & Train Page: Scania E400 MMC's & Gas Bus TasterSteve Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852377706742868978noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-63955271345687416092016-10-31T21:54:43.155+00:002016-10-31T21:54:43.155+00:00Do you mean a Streetdeck or a Metrodecker as a dri...Do you mean a Streetdeck or a Metrodecker as a driver i have driven all 3 the Optare Metrodeckeris tops easy to driver no clutter on the dash board.Streetdeck has too many switches.E400 is also unclutteredAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-35036573186933566282016-10-30T08:30:01.989+00:002016-10-30T08:30:01.989+00:00On paper there doesn’t seem to be a huge differenc...On paper there doesn’t seem to be a huge difference between the power outputs of the Metrodecker and the E400. The former produces 170kW @ 2200rpm with torque of 900Nm @ 1200rpm, while the latter gives 187 kW @ 2100 rpm and 1000 Nm @ 1200-1600 rpm. Perhaps it’s to do with the gearing, or the fact that the E400 has 6 cylinders instead of 4 – I wouldn’t know. There’s no difference in weight, so that’s not the reason.Andrew Kleissnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-38496727227718507282016-10-28T22:28:53.944+01:002016-10-28T22:28:53.944+01:00My deliberate mistake was spotted - well done :DMy deliberate mistake was spotted - well done :DSteve Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06852377706742868978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-88688259752188483032016-10-28T19:50:58.792+01:002016-10-28T19:50:58.792+01:00Yes pictures are from caetano plant you are correc...Yes pictures are from caetano plant you are correct .Dave Marshallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-49437568787714931192016-10-28T08:59:15.503+01:002016-10-28T08:59:15.503+01:00The residents of the South East may be rich but th...The residents of the South East may be rich but the councils aren't. Since these areas are supposedly affluent (there are some fairly deprived areas as well) the New Labour government didn't feel the need to give more money to these areas when they were being generous as they could get more money from their council tax payers but then proceeded to cap council tax increases which prevented the authorities from doing so. As such these authorities have been short on funds for years, the Surrey CC bus review started 18-months before the financial crash as they were already suffering budget pressures.<br /><br />On an aside, I suspect you will find the photos come from the Caetano plant if it is in Portugal. The gas buses were MAN chassis with bodies by Caetano so if they are showing the bodies being assembled then I would assume they are at the Caetano plant (though I'm not sure where the MAN chassis plant would have been)dwarfer1979noreply@blogger.com