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Maybe we'll get two more by the end of the year, apart from 4402. Didn't I read somewhere that Bombardier will have two Flexity production lines up and running in early 2017?

Well, I was at Spadina station waiting for a streetcar today and I had an interesting talk with a fare inspector. I told him I was thinking of buying a Presto card. I asked what would happen if I tapped on to a streetcar and Presto didn't register my payment. He told me that he would check my...

What you've said is logical and it's been a long time since I took stats in university. I'll just hide behind my original argument that reliable data on MTBF for the Flexities will be more readily available once the fleet size increases. It's still early in the game for the Flexities thanks to...

That's definitely a good point. I'm sure that there's a world of difference between maintaining a CLRV and Flexity. I think the MTBF also depends on the definition of a failure. If a streetcar has a door that won't open is that considered by the TTC as a failure? Does that get included in the...

I've been thinking of getting a Presto card since the nearest subway station to me is close to taking the wraps off the new fare gates. But after reading some of the comments here I'm not that enthusiastic. Is Presto really that buggy?

With fewer than 30 cars in the fleet can there really be a reliable measure of MTBF? Logically, more reliable data re MTBF should be available once there are many more cars in the fleet and they've been in service for a couple of years.

It would be great if we get both 4402 and 4427 in November, but only time will tell. It'll be interesting to see if Bombardier can ramp up production in 2017 so that we can start seeing more Flexities on routes other than 509 and 510.

As taxpayers we do use the streetcars, as I do frequently. Paying your fair share of taxes to run society doesn't make you king of the hill able to dictate what you are "entitled" to. Streetcars are kept back for maintenance, cleaning, training, etc. To suggest that this is some sort of plot...