03 Aug 2015, 7:12 pm
#108
(03 Aug 2015, 6:07 pm)BusLoverMum The outside windows! The ones that opened are tiny and look flimsy and the outside with the black panelling around the windows was just fugly (not helped by it being silver - hate silver cars, too - they look bald). From the inside, it just felt claustrophobic.
And yes, apart from everything having an air of not being glued down properly, the engine really vibrated when standing and sounded like a tractor.
The other buses we caught today were single deckers (a Streetlite and a couple of Pulsar 2s) so obviously all felt roomier and brighter, but the ancient Plaxton President (ex-Angel) we caught on Saturday was also brighter and airier and much less of a ear bursting boneshaker.
I hadn't noticed those windows if I'm honest. It was just the staircase ones that stood out to me. I'm not sure I see why anyone would want to watch someone walking up stairs from outside the bus!
ANE's Pulsar 2s are great imo. I had done the 22 from Peterlee to Sunderland on one the other week, and it's a fantastic route for them to be given some welly.
