2009 2010 NovaBUS LFS # 0055 Demonstrator For MTA New York City Transit

[BurgerChefGuy]

NEAT!  How do you think it performs compared to others on the roster?

[rts9100]

@BurgerChefGuy I think it's pretty damn good for a Low Floor! But for the lines they gonna use it on, it's not made for it!

[DaddyIvo]

This bus is no longer at Ulmer Park. Only a few select Bus Operators were trained on this bus. It has a longer over-hang than the old RTS models that are at Ulmer. I never got a chance to drive it as I picked a run on the B3.

[rts9100]

@DaddyIvo Yeah I know...it was at 126th Street Depot for 2 weeks, now back at NovaBus!

[leem9977]

no i was a rider and nova lfs is to damn bouncy nabi is a smooth ride

[rts9100]

@leem9977 1st you said you was a driver, now ur a rider. which one is it? And NABI's are NOT a smooth ride! BUT, it all depends on where you are talking about!

[septakid]

@rts9100 which ones would you consider smooth ride? I know some NOVA LFS buses in other cities which can ride rather bouncy as well. I don't mind the NABI 416s in NJ cause they are a rather smooth ride

[rts9100]

@septakid Well see, I'm not in a LFS City. I am in a RTS and Orion City, so it is hard for me to speculate. HOWEVER, from my experience with low floor buses, this one was the best riding one IMO

[leem9977]

@rts9100 my dude im a driver u can see my profile im a driver im 23 and i road the bus since i was lil and i we got nabi in 1999 and i use to ride them obviously . and novas like i said is bouncy ride in the back of them

[rts9100]

@leem9977 Well, NABIs IMO ride too rough. Especially the ones in NJ. That particular LFS IMO rode fairly nice for a low floor, and I love a bus with a bounce!!!

[leem9977]

@rts9100 i like a bounce a passenger but as a driver to much makes ur back hurt real bad

[rts9100]

@leem9977 True, depends on the seat ur in too!!! If the seat is bad, the more you bounce around, the more you gonna hurt yourself!

[leem9977]

@rts9100 shit some of the driver seats we got is whore out by all the fat drivers i weight 140 and my ass be so sore u be sittin on the frame i had to buy a seat cushion

[zztee]

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

[venom2nd]

Great find! There's a LFS running around the northern states with a Zf transmission in it.

[rts9100]

@venom2Yeah.....NYCTA has them as the articulateds with ZFs in them

[venom2nd]

I went looking for one of these in Cleveland. It was on the weekend, so they weren't out so much. I had to settle for a NABI= Need Another Bus Immediatly! lol

[leem9977]

@venom2nd nabi is a good bus betta then the nova trust me i drive nabi and i drive novas and nabi wins hands down

[rts9100]

@leem9977 Sorry have to disagree! maybe from a driver's point of view yes NABI is a better riding bus, from a passenger? NABI is horrible!!! This LFS is the SMOOTHEST Low Floor bus I have ever ridden!

[rts9100]

@venom2nd I can't agree with you more!!!  Right on the nose man!

[23145567]

I love that brake sound from 2:39 to 2:41! Nice catch, I rode this bus a few weeks ago, nice to see the TA testing diesel buses again! Better than boring hybrids all the time lol.

[rts9100]

Tell me about it! Them hybrids make me sick! Every last one of them. I also hope they test the Millenium RTS Extreme!

[Spectacular66]

DAMNIT I WANTED TO RIDE IT!!

[rts9100]

Yeah man, it might be the last day out for all we know! I would love to catch it again!

[Caitsith810]

Damnit, I hate this new Youtube format. Excellent catch man, she sounds like a beast! I was told that this bus is quiet on the outside like the LFS Artic.

[Allen1628famm]

@Caitsith810 We got sooooo lucky when this LFS Pop up. When we saw that bus we was like Holly SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We ran Across the and push every body from the Bus Stop it was Funny LOL.

[joedfd43]

@Allen1628famm and @rts9100 You're welcome!

[rts9100]

LOL!!! Thanks Joe! If it wasn't for you, we woulda never seen it in time!

[Allen1628famm]

@joedfd43 Word good lookin out Joe yur the Man!

[rts9100]

It is quiet on the outside, but she's full of noise on the inside! The only thing I think makes it louder is the Allison, compared to the LFS Artic! AAnd YT sucks in general, which is why I'm deleting my account very soon, as well as other reasons

[septakid]

Sounds just like the ones in Ithaca! Well... except the Idling

[septakid]

Oh yea, and nice sound recording!

[rts9100]

Thanks! We were just talkin about this bus 2 hours before we all GASPED OUR ASSES OFF!!!!

[ClassicTVMan81]

Will NYCMTA buy any of this particular variety of buses?

[rts9100]

WE are not for sure if MTA is going to go through with purchasing these buses yet.  That is why they are testing it, I hope they do, it's something different!