Kickdown Insanity! | First Eastern Counties Volvo B7RLE 66982 (KX05 MHL) | Route X29

Return of the heap B7RLE, but it’s been fixed! Instead it now kicks properly and capable of 50mph again! Sounds beastly too, and best of all, the screaming intercooler has been fixed! Lovely!
Here it is on a rather gruelling route, tight timetable, long 50 and 60mph roads, a bit of a bus killer sometimes, watch 66982 get the run of a lifetime! Even managed a full 1st to 6th gear kickdown!
Operator: First NetworkNorwich
Model: Wright Eclipse Urban Volvo B7RLE
Fleet Number: 66982
Registration: KX05 MHL
Depot: Norwich Vulcan Road
Route: X29 (Norwich to Fakenham via Hellesdon, Taverham, Lenwade, Bawdeswell & Bintree)
Kickdown Usage: 0:07, 1:31, 6:11, 10:22, 13:32 though it is used pretty much everywhere😂

[@timclarke8843]

Was on one of these yesterday on that route!

[@NC-002]

Fantastic! Really a good route for them, yesterday has 66980, one of the yellow ones on there, with an extra visit from 66850 which is a red front one. Nice surprise!

[@joshuahalla.k.a.controlla6333]

Great video. ☺️

[@NC-002]

Thanks!

[@nobody-dj1fd]

Great vid! Hellfire

[@NC-002]

RedEagleDart thank you!

[@Transport_Of_Norfolk]

Just been on this and was unfortunately not impressed. Painfully slow and took years to get into second, much like your previous videos on it. Mind you, I'm not a B7RLE expert so maybe it was just me!

[@NC-002]

Strange, perhaps the driver wasn’t going for it? This one does have a long wait before going into second gear