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Article #119Re: BC Transit and the (almost) new buses
From: Martin_Williamson
Date: Wed, 08 May 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 08 May 1996 00:00
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Mr_Gigabyte@mindlink.net (Mike Quigley) wrote: >johansen@portal.ca (George Johansen) wrote: > >>> I agree completely. These buses were designed by idiots. >> >>That could possibly explain why New Flyer is literally beseiged by orders >>for them. They're in demand all over North America. It seems that >>transit engineers don't agree with your learned observations. > >Is it possible the popularity of these buses has something to do with the >>price<? Why do we see cops driving Fords or Chevrolets instead of >(allegedly much safer) Volvos? Because they're cheap! At approximately $287,000 each, I don't think they are considered cheap. > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Check out my home page -- http://web20.mindlink.net/a4369/ -- location >of the award-winning Hawaii Five-O Home Page, X-Files stuff & much more!
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1083bf,37f226e6e255f1e8 X-Google-Attributes: gid1083bf,public X-Google-Thread: 10c943,37f226e6e255f1e8 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c943,public X-Google-Thread: 106cdd,37f226e6e255f1e8 X-Google-Attributes: gid106cdd,public From: Martin_Williamson@mindlink.bc.ca Subject: Re: BC Transit and the (almost) new buses Date: 1996/05/08 Message-ID: <31903907.3708129@news.mindlink.net> X-Deja-AN: 153690518 references: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960504203742.2428A-100000@unixg.ubc.ca> <318d44a0.3295445@news.mindlink.net> <johansen-0605960826560001@d175.portal.ca> <318ef6d7.4064669@news.mindlink.net> organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada newsgroups: ubc.general,van.general,bc.general