(05 Jul 2020, 4:38 pm)Malarkey wrote Personally I would get rid of 8295 to 8309 before I would start getting rid of the Mercedes Citaros as that batch of Versas from what I remember of them being on the 2's/88's a few years ago they were poor in terms of reliability and always off the road for maintainence. Given they are 11 years old now they are nearly at life expectancy of a Midibus which is 12 Years anyway so not worth refurbishing for the sake of 12-24 months left in the fleet.
I remember when they arrived and they were decent and after about 5 years, and then they went downhill, the layout of the bus has always annoyed me too, everytime someone gets on with a pushchair, it would take your legs off because the placement of the side seats are horrendous.
I do hope if they decide to refurbish the Versa's, then they can do something to order them by brand, so they follow the same set of fleet numbers because atm, the Versa's are all over.