{Howling} Metroline Enviro 400 Hybrid on a Long-Haul Road Test gets Thrashed up to 45mph w/ Regen

It's been just over 2 years since the last time a Euro 5 ADL Hybrid has featured on the channel. 10 numbers up from TEH1452's short-haul thrashing we have TEH1462 today, constantly floored up to 45mph along the A406 briefly, A41, A1 and through Elstree & Radlett. Several parts of the video feature a long period of full throttle due to an incline, especially at 3:48. I find these older hybrids nicer to listen to as their engines don't give off the same OOMPH as the Euro 6 variants, and they axles are far more audible, hence the title! Throughout there are several moments where the throttle was released promptly after full acceleration, causing the turbo to make a 'flutter' sound... more often occuring shortly after pulling away or after inclines/hillclimbs which there are a few segments of too! This 'flutter' sound is also more audible in Euro 6 ADL vehicles, like the E200MMCs, more often the ZF variants of the E400MMCs as they're a little less restricted... and of course the hybrids. There isn't much to take from these vehicles, as I mentioned with B5s they're very rarely differentiate from each other so there's only so much (or so little) that I can talk about. This is the first time I've attempted to properly timestamp a hybrid video, so bare with me 🤣. Regardless... Enjoy the video! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 - Intro 00:10 - Accel' up to 40mph on the A406 01:22 - Accel' up to 45mph on the A41 | Incline 02:04 - Short hillclimb up Hendon Central then floored to 45mph 02:53 - Short Accel', then floored to 45mph 03:48 - Periodic Accel' up to 45mph from Fiveways - Apex Corner | Incline 05:31 - Regen 05:55 - Periodic Accel' on the A1 | Incline 06:51 - Accel' up to 45mph | Incline 08:58 - Acceleration | Incline 09:34 - Quick Accel' from 0 - 45mph+ (Aided by Decline) 10:32 - Incline 11:14 - Acceleration up to 45mph | Decline then Incline 11:56 - Regen 12:09 - Periodic Accel' up to 45mph | Incline 13:28 - Regen ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Owned By: Metroline Comfort-Delgro Registration Plate: LK13 BHL Fleet Number: TEH1462 Bodywork: ADL Enviro 400 Facelift (10.2m) Engine: Cummins ISBe 4.5L (185HP) Chassis: ADL E40H Motor: BAE Systems Hybridrive TB100 Emissions: Euro 5 trapped to Euro 6 Depot Allocation: Metroline, Cricklewood (W) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ⚪ Follow my Flickr page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/frozzles ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🔵 Any inquiries, DM me on Instagram:   / frozzles   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for watching, Like & Subscribe! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------