(01 Feb 2015, 11:29 am)Dan wrote Just as I thought, then...
Headrests (as per the Civic V3s) are meant to provide additional comfort. They certainly achieve this on Go North East's Volvo B9TLs which have a fabric seat moquette. I can appreciate the refurbished ALX400s being #1 over e-leather seating, even though they're standard Civic V2(?), but can't get my head around Tommy preferring e-leather on some buses over others.
The seating on GNE's Mercs is far superior to any fabric Civic V2 seating as far as I am concerned, too.
In fairness I find the e-leather seats in Darlington EcoCitys 4801-4811 less comfortable than the likes of Sapphire 7 Pulsars.
I wish all buses could have the fabric seats like in the ex demonstrator EcoCitys 4812/4813.
The real leather seats in Omnicity's 4660/1/2/4 are very slippy especially if you sit on a sloping seat when it goes down hills you slide forward.