Driving a New VanHool CX45 Bus in Downtown Chicago

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 พ.ค. 2024
  • Today, I'm headed back downtown Chicago in a 2023 VanHool CX45 that's in black color with color changing passenger cabin lights.
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  • @berylwhite2983
    @berylwhite2983 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I got to see this one before. But it's worth telling you again how great it was! You're a super driver with a great attitude. Take good care of yourself.😊

    • @alblua
      @alblua  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks! This video was on a scheduled release to the public, you just had a sneak preview before everyone else!

    • @berylwhite2983
      @berylwhite2983 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm where that's what's going to happen but I am going to comment on your TH-cam videos every time I see one they're excellent. You deserve it

    • @alblua
      @alblua  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you! 🙏

  • @football11248
    @football11248 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    J Wang does know how to order a decent spec bus!!!!!!!

    • @alblua
      @alblua  หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Actually this one kind of fell in our laps 🤣 We never order a color other than white. Most of the different color buses you see are orders for other companies that didn't finalize and we were able to buy them instead!

    • @rifkyfahrana1141
      @rifkyfahrana1141 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I like blacks in Van Hool more than in MCI. it looks exotic honestly

    • @alblua
      @alblua  หลายเดือนก่อน

      We have a MCI J4500 in black as well (#280), similarly was ordered by a different company that didn't go through and we took it instead

  • @brad_Ca
    @brad_Ca หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I made the mistake of buying a black car one time and I will never do it again. Black looks good when it is fresh clean but it never stays that way for very long.

    • @alblua
      @alblua  หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      It's a hard paint color to maintain, but gives great reward when kept clean!

  • @orcaproductions4090
    @orcaproductions4090 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    James Did the McCormick Place Shuttle in 233 But that is a older version in the same color!

    • @alblua
      @alblua  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, 233 is actually slightly lighter shade of gray!

  • @Wade50
    @Wade50 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Super Shiny New Bus you drive to Chicago Alblua🏙🚌✨✨🎈🎈😎 It moves right along at a steady smooth pace but the blinkers are a little bit loud the tik tok tik tok haha. The mood lighting is nice too the green color and would be especially soothing to the senses during the late night hours. So how about the new bus smell is it the same as new car smell? Thanks for posting great bus videos I always enjoy to accompany you along for the ride👍 Have a Good One😊

    • @alblua
      @alblua  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, the blinkers are quite loud now 🤣
      The changing light colors is a rarity in our fleet. New bus smell is a little different than a new car smell, hard to describe!

  • @SwiftReflexHD
    @SwiftReflexHD หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I look at every Peoria Charter I pass now, just to see if you happen to be the driver.

    • @alblua
      @alblua  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Maybe you'll see me one day! I do work in the office on weekdays, so weekends (but not always) are your best bet finding me on the road 🚌

  • @okboi2513
    @okboi2513 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Lol you got a CX45 this time, does it change your mind about the CX45? Also is the new bus smell different from the new car smell? Great video!

    • @alblua
      @alblua  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Haha, nope, still don't like driving the CX-45. New bus smell is a little different!

  • @berylwhite2983
    @berylwhite2983 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Well you did fine. That one car was crowding you and he kept crossing the line. I noticed that he did that a couple times when you got near Chicago! In fact you might have been in the edge of Chicago. Now that space that they wanted you to put it that into I don't see you in the top hat it's not good look for you.I don't think you you can pull a rabbit out of a hat. So I think that would be the only way that you possibly could get that big coach in that space. That coach does not fit under a bed! Now give that finger a rest when you count all the things in the engine that you're supposed to check because the way you shake that thing if you have kids. They should be scared to death of that finger. That engine on that coach is scared to death of what you did to it with that finger so it knows better and act up while you're driving it. Again you made a really good quality video. Enjoy yourself have a great evening...

    • @alblua
      @alblua  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Haha, thanks for watching! It's always a challenge in downtown, but I actually enjoy it 😁

    • @berylwhite2983
      @berylwhite2983 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@alblua I can tell! You excel in about any traffic situation and any weather.....

  • @_Jin_Kim_
    @_Jin_Kim_ หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Am I safe to assume Vanhool is little bit more on the high end of the motor coaches? Dark color scheme looks 🔥

    • @alblua
      @alblua  หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Quite the opposite, actually! Prevost is the gold standard. The VanHool CX45 is one of the roughest riding buses and is wildly unpopular among our drivers.

    • @_Jin_Kim_
      @_Jin_Kim_ หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@alblua wow interesting...even with the air ride seat? Maybe you can do a video on comparison of different units at Peoria :) I'm well versed in cars but zero knowledge on motorcoaches. Always, thanks for bringing us quality videos!

    • @yanminho9686
      @yanminho9686 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      As far as I know Van Hool in North America aims for a lower price market. I am guessing the rougher ride is a result of the European suspension settings. In Europe Van Hool is more in the mid-range market field.

    • @alblua
      @alblua  หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@_Jin_Kim_ Yes, even with the air ride seat! I've only had the seat bottom out (even with the seat on the stiffest spring setting) only on a VanHool CX-45 on the same potholes. I'm considering making a series of reviews with all the different models we have!

  • @rmui4305
    @rmui4305 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Did they finally put a suspension in these things?

    • @alblua
      @alblua  21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Haha, give it a few years and we'll re-evaluate 😅

  • @user-gr6rj6jn4q
    @user-gr6rj6jn4q หลายเดือนก่อน

    I tell you what I wish that when jams do his video that he does a fast track when driving a lest u don't do that that whats makes your video a bit better to watch

  • @rogerr.7228
    @rogerr.7228 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Have you driven the Temsa TS35 yet?

    • @alblua
      @alblua  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Nope, we don't have any Temsa buses in our fleet

    • @rogerr.7228
      @rogerr.7228 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@alblua I know there was one you had in the fleet awhile back. Did that one get sold?

    • @rogerr.7228
      @rogerr.7228 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @alblua the mid-size 35ft coach

    • @alblua
      @alblua  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yes! We had two that we traded in a couple years ago

    • @rogerr.7228
      @rogerr.7228 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@alblua Oh. OK. I gotcha now.

  • @me-it9jn
    @me-it9jn หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Are the new ones just as rough as the old ones

    • @alblua
      @alblua  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They're a little better, but still one of the roughest rides in the fleet comparatively.

  • @hufjournallife7218
    @hufjournallife7218 หลายเดือนก่อน

    European van hool is not height… it like European mean u sit low position

    • @alblua
      @alblua  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Actually, the CX45 driver seat is at the same level as the passenger area. Prevost and MCI driverseats both sit at a separate, lower level than passengers.

  • @TysonJKennedy
    @TysonJKennedy 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Why do most people drive with gloves on and some don't and why don't you talk on here but when James is filming you talk

    • @alblua
      @alblua  2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It's personal preference. James and I are two different people with different video styles.