(23 Jul 2017, 12:40 pm)mb134 wrote I *think* that only 12 were ordered as this covers the PVR of the 43/44/45. I'd hope they give the 14 plates white destinations and the new livery soon.

At first, none of them were brilliant, especially in terms of reliability. Ashington seemed to work hard to get the best out of them. 7501-4 still aren't great, however I agree that the other ones are now in pretty good health. Certainly, the journeys I had on 7505/8/9 in the weeks before 7541-52 came were very enjoyable.

Had 7506 on the X14 yesterday, First one in a year out of the 57 Plates Ive rode to be in Limp Mode. Absolutely dire it was, At one point crawling at 30mph up the A1.

The first round of Econospeed fitments seemed to kill a lot of the batch, But since that shambles Ashington seem to have worked wonders on most of them, Though the 3 that weren't touched in the first place ( 7511-13 ) still outperform the others in my opinion.