Stagecoach London 23108 LX12 DLD Mercedes Citaro with Kickdown

[@ChilternTransportProductions]

Amazing kickdown, especially when it redlines!

[@lk57ejn]

I’m sure the driver was having a lot of fun 😂

[@KickdownLondon]

Damn some crazy revs here and nice turbo too!

[@eastlancsesteem]

These were the best sounding buses in London! In 2012, this specific type of Citaro should of been ordered for many more single decker routes on Stagecoach, Go-Ahead, Arriva, Metrobus, Abellio, RATP and Metroline.

[@oforid2227]

RATP do have some though

[@ManlykefreshINC]

I miss driving these on route 227. They are beasts on the road

[@jaymarlon7460]

The 227 was way better with stagecoach London

[@thegoaheadmpire7825]

My friends listen to Miley Cirus I listen to this

[@silxnce1]

The Goahead Mpire Lol

[@DanielsUKT]

Awesome kickdown

[@IvyTransportVids]

The fact it redlines practically every gear, for a Euro 5 spec bus, wow!

[@lk57ejn]

It was being manipulated to hold gears but yes sounds awesome

[@LVideo1000]

Very nice! :D

[@HaddadYoussouf1297]

Very good Nice sound and Nice video

[@BusesInDublin]

We have these in Dublin on Airport shuttles but they are bendy versions, They are great when a driver uses kickdown on them!

[@Transport-Coolfunr]

Citaro-G Mate

[@nathanpochon1237]

is it nice to be in it when it rolls like this

[@VojtovySumavskeVlakyCZ]

Beautiful video like and subscribed from Czech Republic

[@dangerousdeo5113]

Sounds like Hold Gears to me the way it revving very high

[@joshstephen1995]

@@nate9457 It's actually very healthy for an engine to get ragged like this once in a while, keeps it firing on all cylinders so to speak.

[@ChilternTransportProductions]

JoshStephen It’s a bit like a human really: too much exercise does them no good. But not exercise at all also does them no good. It’s all about finding the perfect balance, and it’s no different with giving a bus a workout or “ragging”

[@maaax1173]

@@joshstephen1995 Emphasis on "once in a while"

[@Luis-cr1tw]

​@@maaax1173once in everytime😂

[@_Tails.21]

Age swede the engine speeds ..., which are already up to 3000 rpm when upshifting

[@pyro-pdm6217]

Ich bin mir nicht sicher ob man im englischen alter schwede sagt😂

[@maaax1173]

age = das Alter

[@OMSI-um5mr]

Is the gearbox Zf Ecolife? And what about the engine?

[@MHZBuses]

It is a ZF Ecomat gearbox with a OM906hLA motor

[@OMSI-um5mr]

MHZ Buses are you sure about the gearbox? 😕

[@MHZBuses]

I think the bus driver is playing with the gearbox selector

[@OMSI-um5mr]

MHZ Buses I can't hear the zf noise... it sounds like a ZF Ecolife

[@frenchboyh31]

These buses have are fully automatic not semi-automatic, the driver I just repeatedly pumping the throttle which makes the bus reach high revs (redlinning)

[@RDL1984]

Specs of this bus? (Euro4, EEV or Euro5)?

[@lk57ejn]

Euro 5

[@nathanpochon1237]

Manual or automatik

[@KickdownLondon]

@@nathanpochon1237 Automatik

[@Transport-Coolfunr]

@@KickdownLondon OMDS HAHA LOL

[@KevinMogade-dr8dd]

Mercedes-Benz Citaro K

[@herbetsoares8121]

Seems like brazilian O-500M, euro III manual version

[@pyro-pdm6217]

Do brazilian busses have automatic gearbox with kickdown?

[@Ivo366]

@@pyro-pdm6217 Yes, and Brazilian production has the ZF and Allison gearboxes with high-rpm power profile configuration, at minimum acceleration the gear shift occurs at 1900 revs, in full throttle at 2300, and calling kickdown at 2700)

[@maaax1173]

@@Ivo366 1900, what's the redline? That can't be healthy

[@Ivo366]

@@maaax1173 Redline is about 3000 RPM and the throttle governor is something like 2950

[@maaax1173]

@@Ivo366 Oh ok

[@blackbeauty7709]

What the heck is this sound

[@frenchboyh31]

227 running dead back to Bromley Common I see!

[@GroBBy01]

Be gentle with the gearbox....

[@nathanpochon1237]

Citaro k

[@ChilternTransportProductions]

It most certainly is not!

[@gabrielstravels]

Standard 12m. There are no Citaro K Facelift in the UK, just C2.