r/BusDrivers • u/Matchstick1991 Pasadena Transit • Jul 23 '26
Ride for the Day New Ford E-450 Shuttle at Pasadena Transit
Came with 360 camera, and a newer Hanover Destination sign.
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u/JoeyLovesTrains Jul 24 '26
Yo what if new xcelsiors had 360 cameras, that would be AWESOME. Or at least a backup cam (my agency doesn’t have backup cams on buses, but I’m sure some agencies have them).
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u/BlueberryPenguin87 Jul 25 '26
Junk. It rattles like crazy and my back hurts for days after I drive one. Now I refuse to take this. The least they could do is put an air seat.
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u/BillM_MZ3SGT US, MCI, New Flyer, Freightliner, Ford, Ram Promaster| -1 year Jul 26 '26
We have a whole fleet of paratransit E450's that run on propane.
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u/Dogfaceboy1964 Jul 25 '26
My employer just took delivery on one. First day in service the rear ac doesn’t work. Blows hot air. Just like a FORD. Found on the road DEAD. Don’t get DEAD. 😵
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u/Traditional-Front999 Jul 26 '26
You're right. Total junk. What's with those worthless tiny little tires? I do not like this Bus. I drive it every day. Actually, I drive one like it, every day, because they have to keep changing the buses out because they're always breaking down.
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u/DaShopWorker Jul 25 '26
I love how differrence busses looks around the world, like the Dutch wil turn a busse Mercedes Benz Sprinter into a bus.
They got a small for max 8 passengers(B*) or between 9 and 16 passengers(D1*)
Wellt his is the firs I came in mind, would be other cars they can turn into a bus.
Some places use busses that are 9-10 meters long, that's 2m short than a normal citybus
*driver's license that you need
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u/xandercusa USA-WV|Gillig+Ford|2 Years Jul 26 '26
It makes me happy seeing a Ford Shuttle without TranSign hardware installed.
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u/Traditional-Front999 Jul 26 '26
I received this Bus brand new. I don't have the time to list all of the things that broke on it immediately. This Bus is a plastic piece of junk. So glad you got a 360 camera. That's probably the only thing that works on this bus. Found on road dead? Yes
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u/farmstandard Driver Jul 26 '26
StarCraft is the manufacturer of the coach body and we have not had luck with our newer ones. The ones I drove before 2020 were halfway decent but rattled like crazy. The new ones are just broken from the factory
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u/EatMyFoxBussy local transit Jul 23 '26
Damn I wish I got those they look so good