Drifting Double Decker Buses - Fifth Gear 

Wtf ?! :v

Our school bus used to overtake other buses on a single carriageway road. Our driver managed it because health and safety hadn't really been invented then (1980's) and because the council school bus was a single decker with a manual box and a fairly powerful Ford engine while the local bus company used double decker Bristol VRs with a pre-selector box. There was also a relatively steep (for a bus) long straight climb which allowed him enough time to drop a couple of gears and wring the nuts off the school bus and get past before they ran out of straight road. this happened at least three times to my memory and we all thought it was really cool! It didn't happen more often because several things needed to be in place. We needed to be directly behind the service bus (which left at about the same time as us), they needed to be fully laden while we were half empty, and the road needed to be fully clear of oncoming traffic when we reached the straight part. Having a good run up also helped. The VRs needed to change down twice to climb the hill and this nearly brought them to walking pace if the driver wasn't right on it as the pre-selector could be lethargic particularly if at high mileage. The Fords meanwhile could manage about 45mph maybe a bit more with a run up, more than enough to give us the edge. I think the driver retired before they managed to sack him!

@@laszlokaestner5766 ha ha! Thats great!

Yay!!!

'Old' Top Gear / The Grand Tour I should say.

And taken out a row of caravans…

With Hammond behind the wheel

And start a fire that can’t be extinguished for about 48 days.

That spread to neighbouring sites

_"Ludicrous mode"???_ How can that be?! He never even got up to *_RIDICULOUS SPEED!!_* 😁😁😁😁

Fifth Gear got inspired by London bus drivers

out bus drivers here go apeshit and treat busses like they are race busses they have a top speed of 85 MPH and has insane torque

TheDude i thought your pic was a hair on my screan and tried to wipe it off haaha

Where do you live because the buses in my town also do 85 mph

"no bags, they could leak!" "not you, you're too fat" and this driving style? XD might as well not call it a service any more LMAO XD

Still like it?

Amy K not the biggest fan but lightening up. Yourself?

Burning Wang the metro buses didn't last long in my town before being sold off. The Volvo Ailsa was the main workhorse for years.

Sports World even though its channel 5

The low revving torque the bigger engines provide is key.

Yeah because double deckers especially newer ones never do, the ones you see on top gear were rigged with bricks on the top deck to make them unrealistically top heavy

seat belt only for driver passenger seat belt is the rail

By the time you were finished on the bus you would be broken 😂😂😂

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I'm seeing your comment memes all over the place recently

Tiff: "YA CAN'T DISCRIMINATE ON LOOKS!!!"

Its Easy just use fsx

Too bad the pilot of Air Canada 143 (a Boeing 767 that had to glide, and was "drifted" (forward-slipped) in to Gimli) isn't here to answer.

Airbus a380

Hannes Abdulla the ‘A” stands for airbus. So you would say airbus 380, or A380. Otherwise you’re saying airbus airbus 380

Drift a train

Tits?

Right-Wing Internet Mang DEJA VU IVE PICKED UP THIS GUY BEFORE

HIGHER ON THE STREET

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AND THE SUBJECT'S A MYSTERY

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BOT_EurobeatDG yea

Nice.

Nice

that bus only 3 and 4 gear for automatic transmission

me too

Both buses are in PTE livery, the Mk1 has got PTE logos, so not strictly WM Travel, which came in after dereg in 1986.

That would give it more grip..

bonkey dollocks I was thinking the same exact thing 😂😂😂

@@conorhogan2435 hahaha I think he was thinking about the pendulum effect, like the early 911's with the engine way out over the axle but putting weight in the back of a bus to make it drift is a no go hahahahahahaha 😎

Arabs:hold my sandals

Lols that's a good one.

Some big names were well known in Hong Kong. The MCW Metrobus, Layland Olympian and Dennis Dragon were pretty good. Then there was everyone's favorite: the Layland Victory Mk 2. Famous because it was once the backbone of Hong Kong's bus network. Infamous because it had a front engine making driving very hot work, as well as high CG causing numerous overturn accidents.

@@yatsumleung8618wait. You know layland Olympian to?! Bro they were the top vehicles of there time!!

On the bus. No way!

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that bus haven't turbo and intercooler their engine is gradner 6LXB

Anakin Solo they can't lol they're made to not tip over

JayTech It depends on how many fat people are on the top section.

Yes.

And a hasty visit to the job center

As double decker buses are heavier at the lower deck it is very difficult to turn one over they can tilt up to 45 degrees.

Andrew Connelly easy af

Andrew Connelly its gonna be harder than this 😂

People have drifted Smart Cars before. Its rear engined and rear wheel drive

Not hard. It's rear engine rear wheel drive, has decent power for its size, and a short wheel base. It's got all it needs.

I wish top gear was still filmed

it is

I wanna drift it myself!

Nice

Dekadance yeah i think that too

Dekadan Kazan

It’s so weird seeing them do this in buses I spent years and years riding 😂