(11 Feb 2024, 12:25 am)Tiger5105 wrote The blue lights aren't the best , but I travelled on 6217 on X45 last Sunday and found it to be a pleasant ride. Good turn of speed and very few rattles, much less than an E400MMC!
I guess every bus is different. The one I rode on service 21 was rather lethargic, and while the interior relatively clean, it had clearly seen better days and was uncomfortable to ride. I get that a parent company will want to maximise the viable operational life and usefulness of their assets, and in the past GNE have refurbished incoming ex-London busses in the past, but the current crop certainly seem sub-par. As others have said, perhaps the dumping of an old fleet up here without a significant refurbishment is a sign of an impending sale, time will tell.
Older busses are certainly more solid than newer ones, but the same apples to virtually everything else as well.