witsend wrote:You have to wonder how you purchase ex AdMet buses. I know DECD just dumps them through Evans and Clarke auction.

Easy. Get onto the Asset Manager of the Transport Department. The Mercs are being sold around $4,000.00

On Friday whilst i was riding MAN SG280H # 352 on a 254X run to Port Adelaide, i got off on Commercial Road and walked around the Port Adelaide Bus Depot, i spotted MAN SL200 # 140 on the Grand Junction Road side and MAN SL200 # 137 on the Alfred Street side, are there any MAN SL200 buses in any ot...

Spotted 18.280 #2703 in service today. Looks much much healthier compared to a few months ago when it went on that excursion into a house at Old Reynella!

I've been told that 587 has no engine in it and still has Torrens stickers all over it. So id speculate it was one of the Mercs stored at Morphettville in the TSA yard, had its engine removed and is waiting at Dry Creek before heading to sims for scrapping I seem to recall having seen 587 at Scania...

YES!!!! Goodbye 1174 fare you well and your shitty doors that won't work properly... :D That has made my day complete. I caught 2837 in the Clipsal Shuttle last Sunday. The rear door didn't work at all. And at one stop, the other doors would close, then bounce back open. After about 20 seconds, the...

@Marshall. At least mine are constructive, not pointless like yours.

... because they love one another!

(Old news as reported in the 'Observations' thread at least a week ago!!)

unreal... zzzzz zzzzz

Rosa 2605 has finally emerged. Rego is SB31EZ. Painted in Admet with yellow front.

I remember that!
Thanks for sharing this with us!

busrider wrote:I think he was referring to Lowrider and his satirical observation of the 14.5m SL200 with CB80 front at Port depot...

Correct!

It lives on to fight another day! Very happy, as someone reported it being stripped for parts a few months back!

Great photos Willie! The yellow fronted CB80's are much better looking then the red!

LowRider wrote:

marshall wrote:Yesterday morning observed a CB80 articulated bus with a black painted front it was at the Morphettville Depot.

Spotted at Port Depot a 14.5M SL200 with a CB80 front... :/

You're such a bitch! lol

VIVA LA VOLVO B59 Now they're a slow heap of S..T! haha How rude!!!! :lol: I am offended, attacking one of the best buses ever produced. The Adelaide Volvo B59's were wonderful units all 307 of them. My experience with them was only short thankfully! Back in the mid to late '90s I used to catch the...

Stephen Lucas wrote:VIVA LA VOLVO B59

Now they're a slow heap of S..T! haha

Yes

Still to come I suppose?

This will get your hearts pumping with excitement. Spotted a new Southlink Rosa (2606) in service today. Painted in Admet v1 too.

I saw 1942 heading along Oaklands Road towards Morphettville Depot this morning. It had been stripped of its fleet numbers and Admet stickers, which I found a bit odd. I could just make out where '1942' used to be on the back.

Rear wing assists with handling at high speeds!

... now numbered 842.

Spotted ex Southlink Rosa 2603 (WPK639) in a yard in Maude Street, Victor Harbor painted in Link SA's colour scheme yesterday.

Special thanks to the new owner of SL200 '2458' buzzing around Lonsdale this afternoon! I got a bit excited hearing her!

If you look VERY closely you can see the red fleet number stickers showing 2590 on the front bumper. Red in the face much? :oops: Presumably SouthLink are getting two of these, as there is a gap in their current series of 2590-2591. And lastly, maybe ex-3226 and ex-3227 will become 2584/2585, thus ...

Spotted 2592 in service this morning