Australian Buses, Sydney Farewell Mercedes-Benz 0405NHs cng, from Transit Systems 27 March 2021 

I loved the mk5's personally. Doing a 311 , or 326/327 in those meant less to worry about when I was at Waverley. They really went and stopped well, we had one (can't remember which #😉) which had no governor and was great for running special up southern cross drive. 👍😅🤣. It didn't muck around going up Arden St either. We loved it 😅🤣😅

They could be temperamental on hot days, but my overall recollection is of a largely pleasant bus to drive when I was at Pt Botany and Waverley. There were older mkll's in service at the time than these are now.

Last year I was on one of these busses when it broke down on the way out of school. It was the first bus out of school, and and about 5 other busses got trapped behind it as it was on a one way, single lane road with trees on one side and a wall on the other, so no one could pass it.

A good Bus to drive but they had no guts especially up hills I remember if you were going down Victoria Rd heading up the Gladesville Bridge you would pray for a green light and that no one wanted to get of or on down at the bus stop so you could get a good run up the Brigade

Beautifully smooth bus to operate; not much power; wonderfully modulated braking system.

No wonder I haven’t seen them in a while

Great engines nearly sound as V8s

How many are going into heritage?

Looking forward to their replacement super quiet and clean Electric Buses. Onwards to the future!

Goodbye to these atrocious vehicles as there was nothing appealing about them. They were unreliable and extremely slow on the slightest incline. They had a tendency to cough and fart and even stopped when trying to accelerate into traffic or into an intersection. The levelling mechanism often failed causing the bus to lower and scrape gutters and speed humps. They would sometimes raise independently causing problems for passengers trying to CLIMB into the supposedly low floor bus. They would constantly search for a gear making the ride uncomfortable for the passengers. They were noisy and rough. I could go on but I would only bore you. Give me the accelerant and I will happily burn each and every one of them. Typically one handed driving displayed in this video. BTW I did enjoy this very well made video.

Gutless #**$ boxes they were, also dodgy front and back doors, they will not be missed by many at Ryde depot, worst investment for the taxpayer they were. The fitters would have had a huge party at Ryde!

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