(29 Jul 2018, 8:30 pm)omnicity4659 wrote The different sized vinyls on those Geminis are somewhat triggering.
6914 doesn't appear to have black paint surrounding the gaskets either...
(29 Jul 2018, 8:33 pm)Jamie M wrote Oh dear, how will we survive?
I think they look smart, especially since it's completely unneeded in the scheme of things, the extra mile of making vehicles look smart.
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I don't think anyone can suggest anything other than it being an improvement on what they looked like previously...
As I've said before, I don't think the corporate livery sits very well on these being dual-door, but the differing vinyl sizes are largely due to the fact that London have cobbled them together with different (wrong) panels over the years. That's just my opinion of course and a number of you said they look good. Saltmeadows Road are changing as many of these panels as possible, such as the one underneath the driver's cab window, which comes at a higher cost, but this ultimately relies on solid delivery times for parts. Each one is different so can't really order them in advance, as they mightn't all need one. The advert holders are also in a different place to what is standard for Go North East, meaning the company logo on the offside has to go on the bottom of the bus rather than in between the two decks as is standard at Go North East. Even the external emergency door buttons are in different places on each bus!
Older ex-London stock is always usually the same - look at Arriva's examples in the North East, who have similar issues with lacking consistency...
They could have left them in Go-Ahead London livery of course which would have been a lot simpler, rather than strain resources completing three repaints per week to get them done in time for September, as most of the independent operators who previously operated these Nexus contracts would have done for a one-year contract...
Some of the windscreens are also being replaced at the same time as the LED destinations being fitted as a number have started 'milking' (where a horrible white mark gets into the windscreen and expands over time).
6914 also mistakenly had the contactless vinyl removed (again, this should have stayed for Special Events), and 6902 has had a colour route-number front destination fitted. Mistakes are easily made, some are also easily rectified (when things calm down!)