(25 Jul 2023, 5:58 pm)tvd wrote Surely when Arriva bought the Temsa's, they would've known they were non-standard vehicles and maintenance/parts would be difficult to source as time went on.  They had a few buses at Arriva Bus & Coach they were trying to sell but had no interest.

But they must've got them at a bargain price to start with, I'd imagine, otherwise what was the point?

They were just a new bus on the market. I assume they had plans at the time to buy more if they went well but obviously went against in the end and no-one else bought them. 

Hard to judge stuff like that in hindsight. The Gemini 2's could be the same if they decided to buy something else as Arriva are the only company to have DB300's pretty much.