30801

[PM]

Hi Does anyone have any new about diamond 30801-scrapped, written off, repaired, being repaired, at volant, at preston, back in service?? BTw havent seem 30806 for a while either

[Mike360]

I still haven't seen 30801 for ages, I hope it hasn't been written off. 30806 is around as I've seen in on the 002 a few days ago.

[PM]

Glad 30806 is still around yet I do hope to see 30801 soon

[Ash]

Glad 30806 is still around yet I do hope to see 30801 soon

Yeah 30806 was on the 002 on Wednesday when i used the service, i guess when 30801 returns it will be back in black diamond livery i doubt with all the repairs it will be kept in nifty 50 branding/colour.

[PM]

Although if the rear's fine, it would make sense to just repaint front therefore in nifty 50 livery

[PM]

You know the interior of 30801/30806 -just wondering does it have a seat over the nearside front axle like the other man/centros

[Ash]

They both have the seats at the front if that is what you mean but u cant see the driver unlike the other centro's no window. The reason i said about the repaint is that diamond dont seem to bother about its brandings and seem to prefer just to repaint vehicles into black diamond livery.

[PM]

True about diamond repaints tho the brand on the 50 does carry a lot of recognition which is always useful and yeah I meant seat just behind the doors.

[Lukeee]

Sorry for been a bit slow but what happened to 30801?

[PM]

There was a photo of it a while back with the front end completely smashed up-someone posted a link to fb pictures but i cant find the picture to repost.

[PM]

Here is the link again (well done to whoever found this and posted 1st time


http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/526265_306917212729590_2132040725_n.jpg

[PM]

Not working in the bus industry, would someone consider this level of damage not worth repairing/really bad etc. Just surprised it isnt back on the road yet because I havent seen it for absolutely ages dont know when the accident happened

[Tony]

Not working in the bus industry, would someone consider this level of damage not worth repairing/really bad etc. Just surprised it isnt back on the road yet because I havent seen it for absolutely ages dont know when the accident happened

It is still taxed and is just showing as normal on the company fleetlist, so if it isn't repaired yet I would expect it to be soon

[PM]

Thanks for the info Tony. Tho today I was on the 50-a S404 JUA dart which was clapped out and 30805 and 30802 were the buses I got 30803/4 also on. 30805 had a problem which was major squeaking but then I caught it again about an hour later and all fixed. 802 in much better condition tho. Always wondered why 806/801 and 802 have the emergency exit door window on the same level as the other windows and the others have a weird dip where the window on the emergency exit is lower, giving a strange appearance

[Ash]

Thanks for the info Tony. Tho today I was on the 50-a S404 JUA dart which was clapped out and 30805 and 30802 were the buses I got 30803/4 also on. 30805 had a problem which was major squeaking but then I caught it again about an hour later and all fixed. 802 in much better condition tho. Always wondered why 806/801 and 802 have the emergency exit door window on the same level as the other windows and the others have a weird dip where the window on the emergency exit is lower, giving a strange appearance

S404JUA doesnt sound brilliant along with S405JUA which i think is the reason its painted white to get rid of it. The crusader and cadet bodied buses always seem in better condition mechanically wise from what you can hear as a passenger. Diamond need investment soon to replace these old nearly 15 year old darts pretty soon as the only investment recently was 8 versa's and 23 newish mcv's going the other way.