Arriva Tamworth

[Bob]

Why? Theyre 2008 plate arent they? And just used on any old route?

[ntw456]

There the most unreliable

[Bob]

If you based replacements on that wouldnt most of Cannocks fleet need upgrading?

[mikestone]

While waiting to get a  photo of a diamond on an ex Central route noted two standard buses on the 110, the second one standing behind Sapphire buses on the 2 and 3.
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Wrexham seem to have little trouble keeping branded Sapphire buses on the 1 and the unbranded ones on the 5 and 41 and Rhyl   the ones off the 1 on the X51 so why does every English depot seem to make a farce of it?

[SG]

There the most unreliable

B7's are worse

[Bob]

The Pulsars at Tamworth might look better now but sound knackered...Notice how their repaints get leather seat refurbs while Cannocks get a low rent seat retrim ( cadet), threadbare original interior left ( Solo) or nothing done inside ( Dart)

[Trident 4194]

The Pulsars at Tamworth might look better now but sound knackered...Notice how their repaints get leather seat refurbs while Cannocks get a low rent seat retrim ( cadet), threadbare original interior left ( Solo) or nothing done inside ( Dart)

When I went on cannocks solo 240* I believe it had very nice interior- in fact preferred it to Tamworth 55 reg solo for comfort obviously not power

[Bob]

One or two of Cannocks have been leatheretted inside

[SG]

The Pulsars at Tamworth might look better now but sound knackered...Notice how their repaints get leather seat refurbs while Cannocks get a low rent seat retrim ( cadet), threadbare original interior left ( Solo) or nothing done inside ( Dart)

Name me one Pulsar that sounds "knackered".

[Bob]

All 5 of the 57 plates unless theyve been completely reengineered since leaving Cannock....

[SG]

All 5 of the 57 plates unless theyve been completely reengineered since leaving Cannock....

None have them have been reengineered...none of them sound rough. You have no idea what you're talking about.

[Bob]

They looked st sounded knackered at cannock. They couldnt even pull away from a stop without over revving to the point of the engine screaming its head off

[Depotosw]

3727-31 as posted in the CK section a while ago to you had some TLC whilst at Oswestry, 3728 came in very rough and was very well when it left with the batch for Tamwouth via a refurb, good buses and well missed unlike those nasty Scanias. Oswestry has turned 3510 from the worst of the batch to probably the best of those now just like they did with 3728 though putting time and effort into them been a small engineering team that take pride in the fleet.

[Bob]

From a passenger point of view Scanias are a lot smoother and quieter than any SB200...their engines arent over revving and screaming at any requirement of a slight hint of acceleration or power required lol

[SG]

They looked st sounded knackered at cannock. They couldnt even pull away from a stop without over revving to the point of the engine screaming its head off

But that's nothing to do with the engine, it's more so the gearbox. Voith boxes deploy power a lot differently compared to a ZF box.