Actually, I have second thoughts about the VDL DB300 Gemini 2. I know that the engines aren't really all that fantastic beyond towns and cities but, I have to say that they cope fairly well due to the fact that the Wright Pulsar Gemini 2 is quite a light body compared to the Enviro 400. I was on the 308 tonight and between Benfield Road and Station Road, we overtook a GNE Versa with no problem accelerating from 40mph to 50mph. If Arriva want to swap them for the 4 E400'S in Redcar, they're best off swaping them with 4 Quorum Express VDL DB300's. If the VDL DB300's were to be well looked after by Redcar depot, they'd last quite a while. Then with the 4 E400's, paint them in Plum therefore, making up half of the Quroum Express PVR. If the VDL DB300 coped fairly well on the X93, then Arriva could then swap 4 more Quorum VDL DB300's with 4 of Ashington's E400's meaning that 8 out of the 11 vehicles on the X15 and X18 will be fairly good or excellent. The E400 can't cope with endurance work well but, they could handle the X4 and X5 OK with the only fast roads being Horton Road, Links Road, A190 and Grandstand Road.