(26 Jul 2020, 10:15 pm)deanmachine wrote I’d speculate promises from Volvo that the B5TL was a suitable replacement to the B9TL with its twin turbos and fancy tech. Clearly not in the same league when it comes to hauling double deckers at speed. It’s all well and good having the same performance, but useless if it can’t be had reliably, and reliability would be hard to test on a demonstration, you’d have to rely on promises from Volvo.
It’s a shame really, Volvo have effectively lost their hold as being the go to double decker chassis in the UK due to the B5TL being nowhere near as good as it’s predecessors.
I can see the adverts now.
'have you been missold a bus recently? If you have, call 0800 805 805 for a chat with one of our friendly advisors. We can tell you straight away, whether you have a chance of claiming thousands in compensation after being missold a bus - on a nowin/no fee status'.
'we make your BUSiness, our business'.
I'll get my coat.