(09 Feb 2014, 5:56 pm)NEBCD Malarkey wrote Yes but the Streetlite is Awful in my Opinion, as I said a few weeks back, it's simply a Better Looking more Stylish Wright Cadet and that's about it really, Look at the Drifter Examples, there's at least 2 Missing on there on a Daily Basis, and Versas 5389/90 seem to be on the Saltwell Park on a Daily Basis also, So obviously there not that good are they for Brand New Buses.
Well put it this way, the only thing Cummins engines are good for is a typical TFL route in London. With the exception of the B7R and B7TL, Volvo's have always been good little workhorses whether a 355 run to Whitley Bay on a Wright B10BLE, a 306 run down the Coast Road to Tynemouth on a Palatine 2 with the D10-245 engine or the same bus on an 80 mile round trip to Middlesborough down the A19 on the X10. When I had a ride on 6103 on the new CC double deck launch day, I had a little chat with the driver and do you know what he said? "You can't beat a Volvo". I can honestly say that I have to agree with him. Everyday, I either end up on a VDL SB200 or Volvo B10BLE to Newcastle from work and whereas I hear a tiny little turbocharher screaming away on the SB200, all I can hear on a Volvo B10BLE is a pure diesel engine powering the bus through.