(02 Jan 2015, 3:49 pm)aureolin wrote Looks like Stockton are having problems cleaning the exterior of their buses too. Couldn't believe the state of some of the new E300s.

(02 Jan 2015, 3:54 pm)Dan wrote The Sunderland ones I observed today were fine, but pretty much all of South Shields' looked like they hadn't been through the wash.

(02 Jan 2015, 4:02 pm)citaro5284 wrote I know sometimes if the temperture goes below freezing, we do not put the buses through the wash, mainly because it makes the depots like a skating rink.

Citaro is correct there. Also the small point that 27157-81 are the last vehicles in the depot to be refuelled and washed, as they apparently take longer to refuel than the MANs.