[quote='Dan' pid='125471' dateline='1440700717']
However, with any good, there's always a bad. With a full load; the max speed was around 45mph, which did impact on time-keeping somewhat. From a passenger perspective, it felt like it was flying up any sort of bank, but the driver said that a top speed of 45mph was not suitable for that route. Worth noting that most of the Scanias on this route usually get to around 52mph on the Houghton Cut stretch, so quite a big difference. It'd be interesting to see what a Streetlite would get to, given that they're limited to 50mph anyway... I've used the Streetlites on the 8/78 with a full load, and they seem to fly about everywhere, but I suppose speed can be quite deceiving.
Its not permanently restricted to 45mph, In all new Volvo Buses there is a set limiter where I believe its located somewhere on the dash. from there you can set the limiter from example 15mph up with the maximum confirmed by Volvo speed is 60mph on the B8RLE so you just need to adjust the limiter to the maximum 60mph to get the full out of this High Quality vehicle.
