(15 Mar 2014, 10:58 pm)Bazza Houston wrote the renowns are too old some of which has passed themselves by date the R-Reg ones example 4840 1st one to be withdrawn i loved that motor as its reg plate was 340 GUP thus the odd Renown in reg plate terms i can see now Limes are deffo getting an upgrade e.g. the renowns are tired out and worn out been in service for 16 years even when the R-Reg ones were on my local route 4937-4947 they were really tired and showing signs of age at one point they had a Highwayman on that route at least about 6 or something that odd day the 4 W-Reg ones really roared 4906-4909 but the route is now Citaros i can see Lime being a Citaro route on the next order no wonder 4906-4909 both lasted a year on Crusader and Wear Tees Express but once as spare roles these can finally relax and do the not so demanding big routes
Renowns are good buses, 4906-4909 were reliable buses until they were used on the Wear Tees Xpress. All it was is that the route was too much for them. Not the fact that they were unreliable. Every vehicle has its limits I suppose like we do. We can only run for a certain distance without getting tired, those Renowns are exactly the same. Therefore id prefer the Cadets to go first as they have only ever been used on routes that are about 20-25 mile long (maybe slightly OTT there) and they are still unreliable.