(30 Aug 2016, 10:34 pm)Ambassador wrote The Omnicities have never had an easy life mind, be interesting to see how the Streetlite perform after a while. My first experience of them was when Stanley ran them on the 709 and 728, bear in mind we were on either DAFs or Deltas then, it was a hell of an upgrade.
Then they turned up on the 21. Performance wise they were fine, capacity and suitability...well, let's hope someone got fired.
I do like the premium feel of the Citaro. The Versa and Streetlites just feel like the entry level trim...in fact more aptly they are the Dacia of the bus world, cheaper, economic, easy to repair but short on aesthetics and passenger comfort
Shame about the citaros. The dashes are wrecked on 5298-5309 after being punched by laser drivers.
Streetlites seemed a bad idea all along. They're far too warm and the floor always seem to be sticky on the c&c branded buses. Optare seem to make rather borderline buses.
My favourite manufacturers are Volvo. ADL. Mercedes.