(01 Jun 2015, 5:36 pm)aureolin wrote You'll miss the MPDs and Renowns once they're withdrawn. I quite miss the DAFs, and I never though I'd say that...
I know for a fact I'll miss the Renowns; so fantastic I don't know how to describe them. Nearly everything is spot on with them, still going strong despite their age. One of my only gripes is that the dual-door examples seem to have this weird smell, that I can only associate to cabbage (think that's just me!). My two nemesis; 4904 (Gary the Snail from SpongeBob could do Consett-Sunderland faster than that thing!!) and 4925 (just an awful ride, seats were all squeaking, the interior was disgusting, when I had it from Sunderland to Jarrow on the 9) are the only two I'll happily see the back of. However, if either of those two are the last ones standing...
I too miss the Prestiges. I know I've said it before, but the engine noises produced by those machines go through my head nearly every day - absolute monsters.