(18 Jul 2024, 9:13 pm)OrangeArrow49 wrote Hopefully I get to see a few of them. Maybe you could take me?!

From a quick search, Volvo BZLs look incredibly ugly!

Ha if I could get down the Redcar, I don't drive Never been on one to be honest, but passing by them in the past they aren't half noisy.

The BZL's are ugly mind, look like a robot that's gone wrong. Prefer them to Electroliners though, can't stand most Wright vehicles lately - they're just a bit crap even known I haven't seen any electroliners yet.

(18 Jul 2024, 9:29 pm)solsburian wrote Arriva NE certainly seems to have got their monies worth out of the Temsa Avenues, despite them being a commercial flop in the UK, and with their dubious quality. Their investment in Volvo based busses elsewhere looks like a good sign.

Yeah agreed tbh.

Btw someone might confirm this but something in the back my mind says at one point they were very nearly close in moving to Jesmond but the depot at the time outright refused them. Was this true or am I getting confused with something else?