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Hi Nick, does the H6 have any regenerative braking

Hi Nick!!!!!! im at pearsons Ashburton!!!, great video as i needed to look at the BCI

Nice coach! We've got the MAN equivalent, converted into a motorhome. 12L turbo with an 8-speed manual. I've never been to Dunedin, but my Great Grandfather was a solicitor there back in the 1890s before retiring to Arrowtown. Thanks for the upload, and best wishes from the Gold Coast Hinterland, Queensland Australia.

Hi there from Otago! I own a b58 but the diff has failed, wondering if you would be kind enough to share ya secrets!?

Doesn't it have a clutch pedal, does it?

Thanks - I learnt something about my car!

can't deal with that squeak.

Thank you for keeping the bus❤

Hey it shifts smoother than my dual clutch Mondeo thats for sure. I remember these being very smooth.

😊hi i have a bus like urs i sm trying to locte left hand windshield,or st least where i can get

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Nice ride Nick..

I leave in Hong Kong and I love this bus😢😢😢😊

Enjoyed your drive through my old stomping ground of Dunedin and Mosgiel. Looks a great bus to drive. What would be the licence type to drive this vehicle? Again many thanks.

My uncle has the non hybrid version of this. Was a lot to learn after trading in a Holden Captiva. Was looking at a RAV 4 Hybrid, but waiting up to 2 years for delivery was a bit much when he could pick up a Haval immediately ex stock.

Yes, drove these every day in service UK.. 😮😮😮

This is Hong Kong citybus

That pneumatic sound that you can hear going through the gears is one of my favorite sounds ever, brings good memories. Greetings from Mexico!

Hi Nick, I drove for Dunedin City Transport 1972 to 1976 , what great memories I've had with this blog driving this bus, the world masters wre from 134 to 142, and I remember specially the 142 advertising Tiger tea, great memories and a great channel, by the way I'm a pom, left NZ in 1976. Cheers Nick.

Love the exhaust brake on this. Sounds like the ones on Sydney's Volvo B12BLEs from the 2000s which have unfortunately been quietened or disconnected altogether. I don't know what you did there at 5:39 but it muffled the mic from then sadly. Beautiful bus, looks labour intensive to drive lol.

Similar body shape to the 1962 AEC Reliances we had in Wellington back in the day. Only 7.7 litres with the same gearbox.

It's a shame you can't drive very well or keep your tongue inside your mouth

I used ride that bus model under NZRS and School in 70s and 80s.

You mention the gearbox as being the same as the one in Bristol double-deckers, isn't it also in the AEC-branded ones from the 1940s (on the basis that pneumocyclic means "preselect"-move lever to 1, press gear change pedal, move lever to 2, get moving, press gear change pedal once going fast enough for second gear, move lever to 3...)?

That engine needs it's governor adjusting to sort the idling.

i love your bus... i have a 96 aero fuso mj218f i need a left wind shield could you advise me on where i can get one thanks

Leyland Tiger sounds really good but I still prefer the Volvo B10M. 👍

what rpm is that engine idling at lol, thats crazy

Excellent video, Nick. Well done 👏

Is there power steering in this beast?

Was that a Designline you were following at the end?

12:43 A right-hand drive MAN SL202? Something else I didn't know existed.

Wow, I never knew until today that New Zealand had Bristol VRs. It looks so pristine and well presented, and glad to see it has it's original engine and gearbox. Thank you for this video. That bus has better seats than any UK VR I've seen, though I've not seen many, when they were in use they weren't in my area (I was a kid so didn't travel too far with my mum).

I remember riding these Leopards when Ventura in Melbourne,Australia had them,they were a regular in my school run for a couple of years until they were replaced with low floor Scania's. The batch used most regularly on the school run I was on, were built in 1984, so not much different to this one,they had PMC Sydney bodywork.

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A great vlog. I remember the semi automatic Leyland's when I was in school in Sydney Australia, that was real driving. I like how you respect the gear selection, I've seen other drivers show no respect for how to change gears. I drive buses in Sydney, now a bit boring, fully automatic, air conditioned etc, but in Sydney traffic!! FYI, my first time visiting NZ was when I was 18yo to visit my Aunt who lived in Invercargill, Waikiwi to be precise, great memories!

This bus so noisy, not aware about this model.

Hi Nick. What’s the old purple MAN shown in the video before you leave the yard. Looks like an old valley flyer

Excellent video, Nick. Well done 👏

Great video mate, takes me back to driving NCS44 up and down Newlands hill to Wellington, coming down to Dunedin at the beginning of August, would be great to see the bus.

Those gearboxes were superb, a complete pleasure to use. you could make changes that people didn't even notice. Justsaying

It's interesting seeing how the Leyland Leopard cab layout changes based on bodybuilder, my Dad and I owned 2 Leopards - one of which was the last built for a Scottish fleet in 1982. They were both Alexanders bodied, one a Y-type and the other a T-type. Alexanders had their own dashboard was more one-piece and they didn't use the classic silver Leyland switch-panel that your bus has - I think that must date to the 1950's? The steering wheel in your example looks like it could be a truck version. Regarding the leaf springs, I think the majority of Leopards were leaf sprung - the Tiger was available with both air and leaf suspension.

Saw that Hong Kong double decker when I drove past the site, would love to have a ride in that!

Watching this video got me thinking that double-declutching would make gear selection a lot easier.

Actually you forgot to mention this Trident is a 10.3M low bridge with 4.19M tall, specially designed for Route 15 to the Victoria Peak in Hong Kong, equipped with the 11 liter ISM335 engine makes this the most powerful double decker ever made After 2008 Tridents changed the engine to the 8.9L ISL340 and it's nowhere near the power of ISM The driver's cockpit is already tight with the DM body and this low bridge version makes it even worse with little headroom

Nice video

Excellent video, Nick. Well done 👏

Hopefully you do a tour to the UK and meet another well known Hong Kong bus preservationist Dave Rogers!

Nice bus.