(10 Aug 2015, 5:59 pm)danpick wrote The new Dyson is it, think I'll do it from Newcastle to Middlesbrough if it doesn't break down.

(10 Aug 2015, 6:03 pm)Jimmi wrote  Not the biggest fan of Peterlee especially the Bus Station.

(10 Aug 2015, 6:03 pm)citaro5284 wrote To be honest there can be a quite a number of faults that can go wrong with them.  Each unit is basicaly a PC, and we all know what they are like when they go wrong - the kits in the Quaylinks are coming up to 5 year old (how many of us would keep a laptop that long), each unit also has the software on to run the NSA programme.  Then there is a Flash Card (which can and will corrupt in time) which holds all the data.  Then you have all the associated wiring from the unit to the monitor(s) and speakers (which can come loose with going over road humps etc) along with linking the unit actually into the vehicles electrical system - they are not that straight forward piece of kit.

(10 Aug 2015, 6:12 pm)aureolin wrote It was more the software I was referring to. Though are there any plans to update the oldest examples, given that support for XPe officially ends in Jan 2016?

(10 Aug 2015, 5:57 pm)Michael wrote Any surprise movements then Dan?

(10 Aug 2015, 6:15 pm)BusLoverMum wrote Some of the Arriva ones have a few problems with keeping the audio and visual announcements in sync - and the accuracy of the announcements is only as good as the GPS. If that goes off, as it did on a bus I was on last week, then the NSAs stop entirely (as well as the bus disappearing off the live map)

(10 Aug 2015, 6:17 pm)Dan wrote The following Dennis MPD/Transbus Mini Pointer vehicles have been withdrawn from service (most of which are now at Saltmeadows Road awaiting disposal)

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It may be worth mentioning that Peterlee Depot currently retain Deptford's "Northern" branded Dennis MPD/Transbus Mini Pointer 547 (NA52 AXN) and also Volvo B10BLE/Wright Renown 5161 (T811 CBW) - the higher PVR for the duration of the Millburngate Bridge roadworks can certainly account for one of these vehicles being retained until next month, as Peterlee will be covering a PVR of 13 with 14 "indiGo" branded Optare Solos.

(10 Aug 2015, 6:03 pm)Jimmi wrote Peterlee isn't a great area for this sort of thing especially with the layout of Peterlee Bus Station especially when you are swapping buses around in the case of today.

There is the worry that if a event marketed to enthusiasts it would be mistreated, there apparently was a few messing around at the Quaylink launch last Monday.

What happened was two chavs went up to some of us asking what we were doing etc. Then later we had bus ******* shouted at us, although some of us had left by this point and some may not have been paying attention. Not the biggest fan of Peterlee especially the Bus Station.

(10 Aug 2015, 6:24 pm)citaro5284 wrote Going back to a post last week......it is 5284

(10 Aug 2015, 7:29 pm)S813 FVK wrote Ah. Was that the post about it having its window put out at South Moor?

In that case, it was me. Just so it could get closer to you.

(10 Aug 2015, 1:11 pm)Michael wrote Go North East schoolboy super fan launches £1.7m indiGo

http://www.simplygo.com/news/go-north-east-schoolboy-super-fan-launches-indigo

His brand name is quite good for the 9.

(10 Aug 2015, 2:42 pm)Jimmi wrote The numbers on the rear LED screens are enormous!
Go North East: 656 / NK15 GDO by Jimmi's Transport Photos, on Flickr

(10 Aug 2015, 5:59 pm)danpick wrote The new Dyson is it, think I'll do it from Newcastle to Middlesbrough if it doesn't break down.

(10 Aug 2015, 7:44 pm)Diamond One wrote I saw this guy at a driver recruitment event with his dad canny lad 
Looking good I got all the solos now including some on Fozz turf last one I needed was 654 but managed to get a shot at the gates of the depot
3941? That was my lift home from Peterlee didn't sound at all like a Dyson although when I sat down saw some food next to me I handed it in to the driver and he said to me 2nd time someone's handed something in today still on the plus side I got all 14 Solos now

(10 Aug 2015, 7:41 pm)citaro5284 wrote I am disappointed at you Robert, I thought you would have picked up on it.  

Another clue, it was a Dan post 

(10 Aug 2015, 8:07 pm)S813 FVK wrote WHAT!? THE CITARO IN FOR A REPAINT?

(10 Aug 2015, 8:27 pm)citaro5284 wrote Hit the nail on the head...

And not changing the caps is just sheer laziness 

(10 Aug 2015, 8:32 pm)S813 FVK wrote What colour? Orange again? Was you saying it got a window put out just a cover up to throw us off the scent? 

Getting nearly as bad as Michael for multiple questions in posts now haha!

(10 Aug 2015, 8:37 pm)citaro5284 wrote hahaha.....Michael #2

Not telling the colour....#waitandsee

It did get a window put out, hence why it has gone straight into the paintshop once the window was repaired as it was not due to go in just yet.

(10 Aug 2015, 8:41 pm)S813 FVK wrote So it isn't Orange? If it was i'm guessing it would be nothing special and you would have said.

If i put all of the windows out on the other branded vehicles, will they all get repainted too? Would certainly speed up the process...

(10 Aug 2015, 8:45 pm)citaro5284 wrote Nah, would not speed the process up.....

(10 Aug 2015, 8:47 pm)S813 FVK wrote I think the only thing that it would do would be getting me arrested and charged with criminal damage. 

Bad idea 

(10 Aug 2015, 8:52 pm)Dan wrote The replacement windows on Mercs are very expensive, and I hear they can be a pain to fit as well... I think Saltmeadows would appreciate it if you kept your rocks to yourself!

(10 Aug 2015, 8:56 pm)S813 FVK wrote The costs that come with the Mercedes badge eh. Maybe the Wright way to go in the future in terms of cost is with the Streetlite and Streetdeck. 

See what i did there? Just a bit of Monday night banter

(10 Aug 2015, 8:59 pm)Dan wrote As long as it's not the rear 'window' of a Streetlite - they're a pain too, as the window has to be curved...

(10 Aug 2015, 9:02 pm)S813 FVK wrote A window on 5396 has already been put out. Been out for ages and branding is still waiting to be reapplied. I understand that it will take time to do and isn't worth keeping it off the road for. Especially as it is only part of the route that is missing.

(05 Aug 2015, 3:03 pm)JP6004 wrote Upgrade to highwayman perhaps ?

(10 Aug 2015, 8:37 pm)citaro5284 wrote hahaha.....Michael #2

Not telling the colour....#waitandsee

It did get a window put out, hence why it has gone straight into the paintshop once the window was repaired as it was not due to go in just yet.

(10 Aug 2015, 9:07 pm)Dan wrote Yes - the window was put out by our friends in Stanley a week after entering service. Surprised it hasn't been sorted yet.

There's another with missing branding on the nearside which is more recent - 5400 if I remember rightly - towards the back of the bus.

(10 Aug 2015, 9:11 pm)S813 FVK wrote Haven't seen 5400 for a few weeks (mainly because i am only ever out of the house 2-3 days each week) so the chances of me seeing it is quite slim.