(23 Jun 2015, 3:18 pm)South Tyne Lad wrote I have to disagree a bit with this. Had 7501 a few weeks and coped really well was a bit worn but considering its been Redcar and Blyth its still good, not completely flatI don't think all these expensive mods can actuallg kill the bus. I know it's extra weight but not that significant enough to cause any major performance issues. 7522 to 7528 will be fine at Ashington because Ashington look after their buses.
like someone else said, do you know why it was alright? all wifi and plugs were turned off.
The thing is I don't think the X93 or Blyth's caring maintenance has got nothing to do with the limited amount of power.
All buses converted to Sapphire have extra weight compared to the other 57 reg ones, this was because they added NSAs,Plugs,Wifi etc but no uprating the engines.
The amount of wires included with them all adds extra weight of course WIFI is weightless but the wires are not.
also the High back seats add extra weight all that with the econmospeed just makes the bus worse. I think some of them had econmospeed disabled?
It was not Redcar or Blyth that killed them it was Sapphire that killed them. Also in a few years time I bet we will be talking of how limp the 14 reg ones are.
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