(22 Mar 2015, 5:51 pm)GMitchelhill wrote Went to the recruitment day for GNE today and got to test drive two of the fleet.
First off was Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 number 6084. What suprised me was that, you couldn't tell you were driving a tall vehicle. But I suppose it might be more noticable on a windy day. The instructor person with the Gemini then suggested I should try one of the single deckers, and recommended the silver Citaro that was in attendence. Unfortunatley, I missed out on it with the person in front of me getting it. I ended up with Wright Streetlite 8344. Although I'm not a fan of these, the layout of the cab impressed me, and one of the few positives I found with the type, another was that it seemed very manouverable. However compared to 6084, I though the response when you pressed the accelerator was a bit slow. The Volvo may have had a lag too, but it wasn't as noticable compared to the Streetlite. Unfortunatley, I had to go to work, which meant I didn't get the chance to sample other vehicles.
Anyway, I've got an application form to fill in which I hopefully hand in on Monday or Tuesday.
I wish I had stayed for another turn on different vehicle but the queue was pretty big after my drive. There wasn't many people in line when I rocked up - I think I waited around 10 minutes - but after I'd been into Metrocentre and returned to my car (parked in the coach-park) I heard people mentioning that they had been queuing for around half-an-hour.