(24 Feb 2014, 3:35 am)Coastliner700 wrote Completely agree with Bazza! The SPDs are by far the worst buses in the fleet. Some of the earlier Renowns are in better condition than those. Not sure how you can say an Olympian is worse than the SPDs allocated to Stanley. The Solars are still powerful enough and although getting on they've still got life in them yet along with the cadets which, I think are fantastic buses. The 4 that were sent to Go South Coast in exchange for the 2 Citaros are still going strong.
i've grown to love the Solar they have not let me down since they were bought new when i 1st rode one i thought this is one of my favourites besides olympians if lets just say i was getting 27 an SPD turned up and a Solar turned up in the space of 2 mins i would choose a Solar everytime no matter if its a Highwayman or a Loop even a Red Northern spare or red they still work strong in my opinion olympians are powerful still are strong when i have rode on them they are just belter to be on only thing that lets me down on them is the air con during the summer experienced that last summer on 44 Service some cadets have grown to me mainly 8253 cracking bus despite the seating some feel comfy to me