(25 Jun 2015, 6:35 am)Dan wrote Not keen on MPDs myself - you feel every bump on the road, they rattle like hell, and there's a distinct lack of legroom. At least the SPDs used to be quite warm to make up for the aforementioned factors - and you couldn't feel as many bumps on those.
MPD's over speed humps are horrendous, ended up with Arriva's 1799 on the 5 to Bishop Auckland one day and it went over the big humps on Shildon Main Street and it wasn't pleasant at all, made worse by the fact I was sat on the seat over the back wheels and because it was a small bus it was rather busy which didn't help.
I don't mind MPD's too much but the thing that usually gets me is when they are stationary they idle like hell, some of Leven Valley's examples were terrible for this. I used to love the old Arriva examples though.