(04 Aug 2022, 4:31 am)streetdeckfan wrote To me, with the gearbox that it's fitted with it's more suited to very hilly cities rather than wide open roads. While 4th gear is pretty tall, you can really tell it's starting run out of revs once it hits 50, an extra gear or two really would go a long way. There's a reason the B5s and E400MMCs don't have a 4 speed gearbox!Ironically, GNE (although I suppose ZF isn't too bad) have ZF in their E400MMCs whereas Voith would be at home on Lobley Hill Bank, Consett Road and Dunston Bank.
Maybe now it's broken in it'll be better since it was only a few weeks old last time I tried it?
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