I always loved the whistle these buses made before they inevitably got replaced, turns out I might have been a bus fan too all this time. Cheers, this brings back some good memories.
That's bloody quick. Must be an air throttle with a kickdown throttle switch. I've only ever driven one or two 5.9 Alison Darts that have been quick but not as quick as this one.
Yes boys your quite right it's definately having those 1, 2 and 3's selected on that shifter. I used to do exactly the same thing driving Firsts Plaxton Pointers when they were around. It's a shame only the 5.9 6BT had this feature (D, N, R, 1, 2, 3). The 3.9 4BT replacement was just D, N, R. I felt privileged to be one the last of the 'New' bus drivers to drive the last of the 5.9 Dennis Darts. These new drivers are all being raised on 3.9 and 4.5 Wright Streetlites. How downhill the industry has gone!
stagecoach continued to order their darts with hold gears right until the end of 2004, to say the least many drivers have absolutely no idea what to do when it comes to using the handy 1,2,3,D+4 (or 5) which is a shame because when used correctly you can keep your momentum on hills, merge into fast moving traffic, handy if kickdown is non functioning, engine braking down hill or prevent it from upshifting at a really stupid time i.e when taking corners or approaching a hill
I always loved the whistle these buses made before they inevitably got replaced, turns out I might have been a bus fan too all this time. Cheers, this brings back some good memories.
What a beauty! It’s probably withdrawn now but that is fantastic! Great run of an Allison whistle ;)
Long gone sadly!
that is the best whistling Alison I have ever hear :D
BLOODY HELL! Never seen a 6BT worked that hard before, and it didn't even overheat. Very un Dart-like haha. Great vid :)
she was the quickest dart in torbay. no greenroad either lol
@@euanboard6417 they need a proper engine fan, like the B7TL :P
Those are some real big revs! Shame we don't have anything as mad as the old Allison gearboxes today.
Damnnnn this bus was a beast, its sad to see this scrapped tho, the thrashing blew my mind!!
33822 used to do that too before it got scrapped :-(
Great sounding bus, just a shame that Stagecoach Wales have just about scrapped all of their ALX200 Darts. I think 1 remains in reserve fleet
I miss these busses
My gosh those seats
Oh my god what a BEAST
0:15 I love it
THRASH THRASH THRASH THRASH THRASH THRASH THRASH THRASH THRASH THRASH THRASH THRASH what glorious music
That's bloody quick. Must be an air throttle with a kickdown throttle switch. I've only ever driven one or two 5.9 Alison Darts that have been quick but not as quick as this one.
I reckon that's being manually shifted with the T-Bar Shifter!
Yes it was, and he was manually downshifting as you can hear when it screams back down into 2nd after the selector clicks
Yes boys your quite right it's definately having those 1, 2 and 3's selected on that shifter. I used to do exactly the same thing driving Firsts Plaxton Pointers when they were around. It's a shame only the 5.9 6BT had this feature (D, N, R, 1, 2, 3). The 3.9 4BT replacement was just D, N, R. I felt privileged to be one the last of the 'New' bus drivers to drive the last of the 5.9 Dennis Darts. These new drivers are all being raised on 3.9 and 4.5 Wright Streetlites. How downhill the industry has gone!
stagecoach continued to order their darts with hold gears right until the end of 2004, to say the least many drivers have absolutely no idea what to do when it comes to using the handy 1,2,3,D+4 (or 5) which is a shame because when used correctly you can keep your momentum on hills, merge into fast moving traffic, handy if kickdown is non functioning, engine braking down hill or prevent it from upshifting at a really stupid time i.e when taking corners or approaching a hill
@@busnutz9099 some arriva sb120s have hold gears also.. Going 30mph pulling into a bus stop, and the bus driver puts it in 2nd, engine whizzes up!
we like this a lot !!!
Jesus this bus going to explode
Jesus!! Quality
WOAH THAT SOUNDS AMAZING
33956 did that on her last 2 months in service. Sadly she is scrapped now
WOW ME LIKEY!!!!!!! GIVE ME MORE OF THAT!!!!!
hahaha thanks! Think the Greenroad must be broken on it!
South West Transport News Greenroad is observed by the weak minded. Buses are meant to be thrashed! :D
Ewan Gray LOL!
Ewan Gray You sir, should be shaken by the hand for that comment! :-D
+Ewan Gray That's why the throttle pedal is made so it can touch the floor, as long as you don't do 55 in a 20 zone like some I've been on.
Love it!!! :D
Is this now in preservation or scrapped???
shes gone sadly
@@maimadha scrapped a long time ago
Dont bring this to Hartlepool