Many see MAN as a cheap substitute for a Mercedes-Benz bus or truck but personally I prefer them as they always seem to have a bit more character about them and a bit more bite when it comes to those important bus sounds. Maybe being British I always stick up for the under-dog. SWG the town operator in Giesen, during the Eighties had quite a few plus newer Setras too. I had a lady friend who lived here and she could never quite understand my wanting to photograph buses all the time, but having said that we are still good friends.
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Hi Christopher,
The rest of the world will never understand our need to photograph buses.
I sometimes regret not having taken more in the past as I remember many of the types you present, including these MANs (or are they MEN?). Maybe they were just too normal and I thought they'd always be there. At the time, I also considered German buses to be utterly boring. How I regret that arrogance today.
Anyhow, I'm greateful to you for having gone to such lengths to record these scenes that, although they are relatively recent, belong to a past that is gone forever.
Andrew
Hi Cirdan, thanks for leaving messages, I'm starting to get you all trained at last.(LOL)
No I don't really think we have the licence to call them MEN as it's M.A.N nor even ROMEN for the Balkan variety. Even I think I did not take enough buses especially as there are some long periods missing, particularly much of the drab NBC Eighties and not much UK colour till 1989. Even today I make sure I take a few mundane buses because as we know Arriva and First will become bygone legends one day. But I rarely go far out of my way to get them as the buses and liveries today dont excite me the same way as they used to. Besides I have plenty of work to do bringing you the past and I'm busy scanning them during the school holidays as I wont have so much time when my afternoon-work bgins in four weeks.
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