(27 Jan 2015, 7:23 pm)RGR756V wrote I drove the B5 demonstrator on the X21, and it didn't impress me at all.
It didn't have enough poke to get it to a reasonable pace going north on the A1(M) or south on the A167 past Plawsworth, but I suspected that perhaps it was set up for Lothian.
Unfortunately, small engines with massive turbos strapped to the top of them are the future of buses, in order to comply with emission regulations.
Yeah, I agree with what you say in regards to it being set up for Lothian. I recall it was on the 27..? up there and I imagine it was done for city work.
Bit like anything coming up from London - they've spent their lives so far on busy main roads in city centres and the only time they'll have seen a motorway was when they were being delivered! lol
I mean, I only had it from Chester to a Durham - didn't have it all the way from Bishop Auckland to Newcastle like you experienced, Stu. And I don't know if I posted it or not, but we had a bit of an incident just south of the Red Lion at Plawsworth - I'll try and track down the post.