(Yesterday, 9:25 pm)Storx wrote Have to agree tbh.

16x Streetdeck (21) -> 51/52/93/94/Spares
8x 62 Plate B9TL (58) -> X5/X15/Consett Spares
6177 - 6192 / 3941 - 3943 / 3962 - 3965 -> Out, replaced by Ex London Stock.

That would be a much better use of them, the B9's on the Coast Road are superior vehicles anyway and it's sort of route which a ZEBRA bid could be won. The 51/52/93/94 aren't and they're desperate for something better which isn't more B9's and the Cobalt B9's would be even more wasted on there as it's the route that arguably they'll be heading too.

But surely the Cobalt or 56 B9TLs would be perfect on the likes of the X20, 16/16A, X5/X15.

I get the 51/52/93/94 would also be suited to StreetDecks, but the current B9TLs are massively overkill on the 56, 307/309. And they're in pretty good condition for their age too.

If the 307/309 ended up with StreetDecks, you'd have:

StreetDeck:
- 307 (PVR 6), 309 (PVR 8) + 3x Percy Main spares

B9TL:
- 6101-07 - X20
- 6108-17 - 16/16A (PVR 8) + 2x Consett Spares

B5TL:
- 6308-14 - X45 (PVR 5) + 2x Consett Spares

E400MMC:
- 6336-51 - X30s/X70s (PVR 12) + 4x Consett Spares

If Consett didn't have too many deckers off the road at the same time, would potentially have enough to also cover the X5/X15 (PVR 4) using a mix of B5TL/B9TL/E400MMC

It's not uncommon knowledge that GNE tried to improve fuel economy on 6085-6117 with the GKN mods.