(30 Oct 2022, 8:44 pm)Storx wrote Must've been the whole group, definitely hasn't been anything else in Manchester.looking at the north east in particular i do think that it wouldn't be particularly wise to hasten the demise of the Darts and ALX 300s while they have issues with other vehicles,
Don't disagree with what your saying but let's be honest the MAN buses should be getting withdrawn asap with new vehicles, the fact they're replacing them with Dart's is embarrassing really - mind it'll be interesting to see where the Inverness Enviro 200's end up.
The catch-22 is if you do that you end up chasing things as something else breaks, the early Enviro 200's / Enviro 300's aren't particular the most healthy of things either and should be getting pulled.
Losing the ZEBRA bid in Teesside probably hasn't helped either as it would've sorted the mess out aswell no doubt, believe the 36 was part
stuff like the 2005 E300s, 2008 E300s and some of the 2009 E300s are already showing their age and i think some of the ALX300s as long as they have sufficient spare parts will outlast some of mentioned vehicles. some of the E400s are also the same. i think especially here it needs to be a balance of getting rid knackered vehicles and getting of old vehicles that may still have some life left