(27 Aug 2015, 4:48 pm)aureolin Speaking of Streetlites, I've noticed from my trips over the past week that they've sharp developed really bad rattles. I was sat at the emergency door seat on an 8 last night, and I had to keep my knee pushed between the door because the rattling was that bad. The one I had the other night was a similar story, with one of the seats further forward vigorously rattling every time the bus hit a bump.
The arriva Streetlites were rattly from day one but some of the fire doors are getting worse with wear. 1599 is particularly loud - big'un, like you, held his hand on it to try and soften the noise, last time he had the misfortune to sit next to the fire door.
Even if the fire doors were quieter, all the caging around the driver's seat is just as bad.
It'll be interesting to see how the internal panelling on all the newer Wright bodied buses holds out as that on the older Pulsars we used to get (mostly NK61 CY_ ) was coming apart in places and that did rattle badly.
