(12 Nov 2017, 2:12 pm)upt50k wrote I drove the Seddon when it was new it was noted as very economical. There were some issues with the throttle and it had a manual gearbox and you were not able to jump across the gate to select gears and needed to follow the gate I also drove the X1 streetlites from new and found the steering heavy similar to the Leyland Tigers of the 1980's this was very tiresome as the route had tight turns at Roddymoor, Stanley and Tow Law.When they first came we thought the 2 with merc engines superior but soon the cummins engined examples settled in and proved to be better The gear change was often jerky and raised comments from customers.Voith reset parameters on several occasions and the drvers developed a style to help but this was an extra burden on the driver while trying to keep time on a busy service I now drive Volvo engined coaches and these are so much smoother and a pleasure to drive
I think the name of Streetlites gives away the sort of routes they were designed for. they were made for sitting in traffic on congested urban routes rather than endlessly navigating the winding, hilly A roads of Co Durham.