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Okay everyone... so it seems there's a track or flight experience day available for most things out there if you really look. Back in the day, and probably even now, the "Golden Book of Dreams" company beginning with A, ending in S used to do such events for a price. Nowadays with the ease of access online, there are many options for fulfilling the petrol-head dream....

Now...

Bus driving experiences!!

Do you think I can find anything of the sort in my quest to quench the thirst to drive a double decker? Okay... well, there IS perhaps one or two who for a fee, have some vintage Routemasters or DM9's? But going by my user id, you can all guess what I want to test drive, right ;)

So - does anyone have any contacts of someone - someone who can help? I have a bog standard car licence, nothing else.

Thanks for reading!

Ahhh! 2936 indeed. I was fortunate to get my hands on one of the 1:50 scale models back around 2003/4; "Airport Link A1" with 900 branding in a red circle above the passenger door entrance  8)

Tony, excellent response to my question. Thank you :) I can't believe it's taken me this long to discover this little gem of a forum.

Nice one, Gareth...  I discovered I'd missed out that earlier when I was digging around... October time? I'm sure there will be something similar in the not too distant future. Plenty of fans about to keep entertained. This forum just goes to show. We could do with a 'sticky' on the main or sub page to do with up and coming events. Perhaps one already exists and I've passed it by :P

Something I have wondered for a long time, and not managed to get the data relating to...

Can anyone provide me with an explanation of what the DR102/xx specifications relate to, or more to the point - which Metrobus models these relate? i.e  MI, MKII, MKIIA, DP? I have an old West Midlands handbook/fleet number book which shows, obviously, tables of fleet listings to include Metros in the region but again, I do not know how the DR's relate.

By the way, only six days late but happy new year to all.

Does anyone know if there are any similar plans to hold an open day at any of NXWM garages this year? By the sounds of it, the Coventry open day last year was very successful and enjoyed by a select crowd due to number restrictions.
They could run a competition like Eddie Stobart did (can I mention them here ;)) to put a name to a unique vehicle within the NXWM group  ;) That would be a super idea for raising money to go to a good cause. I don't know what the politics are surrounding such like.

Drat! Ah, it's been a long day ;)  I'm glad a questioned it rather than assuming I'd remembered. hehe
Cheers for the correction there, Rob  8)

No, I'm not actually a part of any preservation groups but I do wish I were. That said, I'm not particularly clued up mechanically, and even though I really wanted to be a driver when I "grew up", I ended up in I.T; I've contacted several people in the past year just to see if there was any chance of moving one just a few feet - just to scratch "the itch" as it were... but insurance was the big issue as Kevin at Travel DeCourcey told me :P   I haven't had the cheek to ask Andy W whether I could drive his pride and joy a few feet, NOA 442X?
Anyway, I do always enjoy seeing the familiar faces whenever the chance arises. I'm sure those guys are aware of me lurking around :) 

It's actually 6385 (WDA 835T) - I know - it's a bit harder to tell in the 100x100 avatar tile :)  She was beautiful!! Also, 2912 next to her on the day was/is stunning. The WMT Silver Timesaver DPs were always a joy to travel on as a kid.

Ah - memories!

Wonderful !  Thank you....

Even though the image of 2440 isn't particularly clear, it gives a pretty good idea of what it was like to see them leaving the production line, set to serve thousands of miles and hours pounding the West Midlands. As you can tell, I am yet another big Metrobus fan and it was a privilege to be at ShowBus 2013 with such a good turnout.

Hello all,

My first post here after discovering this very interesting and specialist board...

Does anyone have any photos of the beloved Metro's actually being built at Washwood Heath? I would be most impressed if anyone has :)

Cheers