(30 Mar 2023, 8:48 pm)Storx wrote I'm not sure age is the only reason mind. Arriva Blyth's Gemini's are older than what's mentioned here and have been rat arsed on Blyth Expresses for their whole life yet there's only 4 / 31 been VOR today and only 1 / 11 of the Pulsar's.

I'm not one for spreading rumours but there's been a lot of talk from driver's, at Deptford in particular, about not fixing things and botching things. There's only so many times you can botch things before they become serious problems.

There's also noticeable trends that certain depots are worse than others; Riverside and Darlington (Arriva) in particular. Anything that seems to turn up here from Darlington is a wreck.

I always here Deptford drivers complaining about writing things on the card, and telling them and nothing changes. Like the Prince Bishops that cant go over 20/30 all the drivers say they told them that something needs to be done and nothing is ever. Like the weekly ticket plastic sleeve things, the amount of times I see them holding things together, holding wing mirrors on, holding the back access board for the destination display to stop it for bouncing and rattling at Deptford. One of the old Citaros had one on the fuel cap thing or whatever, as it kept swinging out. Like it was the wing mirror one that was just like WTF. Look at the Drifters, barely 10 years old and the Ominiciities, Omnidekkas perform better.