(01 Oct 2016, 1:34 pm)Jimmi wrote How long I can bare one depends on how bad it rattles, sat on some for over an hour with minimum rattles and it's not bothered me but at the same time I've been drained from a 15 minute journey by the emergency exit door shaking like mad.
Fortunate that I am usually in a position to get the X22/X24 from Durham to reach the Metro, I also often have a quick trip into Newcastle afterwards so in that case I just let the Red Kite branded examples go and get on something else.
Ditto, but going via Chester incurs a greater cost for me.
The other option (which is a lot more attractive after the A1 improvements were completed), is the car.
I often used public transport to the Metrocentre in the past, only because the A1 was a pain in the backside and petrol was ridiculously expensive. Taking the car is a lot more attractive now.