Definitely don't like the awful, plasticity looking seats that 5499 has. They look even worse than those Urban 90 seats that Arriva's Y reg Lowlanders had. https://flic.kr/p/S34fak
5500's seats don't look much better either. https://flic.kr/p/2kKVscX
though I'll note that they do look similar to to the seats in some dealer stock Solo SR's. https://www.flickr.com/photos/111243429@...1q6-S7nuAv
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