HIDs.

"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit) 04/09/2015 at 15:42 • Filed to: buslopnik, taking care of busness

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So played out, even city buses have them now.

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > Takuro Spirit 04/09/2015 at 15:43

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What car are these from? they don't look purpose made for a bus.

BKosher84 > Takuro Spirit 04/09/2015 at 15:45

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But the bus is so happy now!

V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! > Takuro Spirit 04/09/2015 at 15:46

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Graffiti free. As a child of the '70's and '80's this is foreign to me.....

Cé hé sin > Takuro Spirit 04/09/2015 at 15:48

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Yes, almost played out. LEDs are where it's at, except for laser powered lights of course.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Cé hé sin 04/09/2015 at 15:50

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Even LEDs are close to being played out.

Cé hé sin > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 04/09/2015 at 15:51

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Lasers everywhere! *

* North America excepted.

Takuro Spirit > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 04/09/2015 at 15:51

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Shh, Mazda just got them

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > Takuro Spirit 04/09/2015 at 16:15

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This is the happiest bus I've ever seen.

HiMyNameIsJayAgain > Takuro Spirit 04/09/2015 at 16:18

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All the local city buses have LEDs.

Rico > Takuro Spirit 04/09/2015 at 16:19

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You beat me to it. The other day I was about to get on the bus and while I was on the line I noticed not only do they have HIDs but also LED running lights and turn signals!

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > Takuro Spirit 04/09/2015 at 17:10

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LEDs are surpassing HID, but not entirely yet.

LED focused housings and high-output emitters are still expensive for automotive use, and you have to use LEDs right to surpass the output of a HID capsule.

LEDs of that grade of light output get HOT on the back... so they sometimes require active cooling, which makes the fixtures even more complex and expensive.

HID is still sound technology, and much better than Halogen, and sound technology doesn't get "played out", it gets utilized.

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > Takuro Spirit 04/09/2015 at 17:39

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Don't you guys have Articulated Buses?

Takuro Spirit > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura 04/09/2015 at 17:42

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Some states/cities do. Here in Milwaukee we did for a long time until they disappeared for some reason. I rode one once as a child, sat in the middle next to a potential child molester. My mom yelled at me and told me not to sit there, but I wanted to sit in the bendy part. Looked like fun.

<- Actual MKE bendy bus

ranwhenparked > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura 04/09/2015 at 17:52

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They're around, but kind of rare. You have to have enough density on bus routes to justify running something with that capacity.

Sam > Takuro Spirit 04/09/2015 at 18:38

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When I visited Boston, my uncle told me to stand in the bendy part of the subway, as the cars are all basically one long hallway. It was fun.

Nibby > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura 04/13/2015 at 12:24

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Some of the NYC buses are.

ki-ki-ki-kia > Takuro Spirit 04/13/2015 at 16:07

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Heck we even have a couple in our tiny college town. Apparently the first place in SC to have them as well.