(03 Feb 2014, 10:55 pm)Dan wrote Seeing how well Arriva's batch cope will be interesting. In all honesty, I don't think London vehicles aren't built for the North East after they've lived a good few years in London - especially on some of the route's our operators allocate them to (I'm sure pdiddy will agree!)
I think that's the main problem when it comes to second hand vehicles - they've lived a life completely different to the life you want them to lead here in the North East.
You would be shocked, theres a number of Plaxton Presidents and Wright Gemini 1's going into service with Arriva North West after being in London for 12 Years and they are proving to be very reliable, I think it depends on the quality of the Bus and the way it was looked after on how they cope after London life!