(01 Oct 2022, 6:41 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote Has 646 permanently bit the dust now? Along with several other withdrawn vehicles, it seems to have disappeared off the fleetlist on bustimes having not been in use for a few months. Can't have done many miles since it got it's new engine(?) and repaint from Venture to corporate? Makes you wonder why they didn't just reinstate one of the ex North Tyneside solos insted of going to the expense of repairing and repainting 646.
At less than 9 years old, I’d imagine that the book value of 646 was still quite high - to write the bus off for scrap and take a huge hit on asset disposal probably wasn’t viable.
The body panels from 646 were donated to the others to keep them running after bumps and scrapes, so it needed new body panels when it eventually went for MOT and therefore needed repainting afterwards. If anything the fresh repaint and new engine should assist the sale.
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