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Started by Tony, January 28, 2014, 08:07:07 PM

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joieman

Quote from: AlexS on October 05, 2024, 10:39:56 AMIt also appears to have broken down the last time it was used so almost certainly the end as there's no point in repairing it for less than a week of use.
Quote from: Mayfield on October 05, 2024, 02:36:51 PMI noticed it yesterday parked in the naughty boys corner so I guess your probably right
4760 hasn't been able to do a day's work for nearly a month. I wouldn't be surprised if 4760 is de facto withdrawn already.
4761 also seems to have become scarce recently.

joieman

I suspect 4439 has been repainted recently. It looks quite shiny at the moment, and Bustimes suggests it was not in service from August until a few days ago.

Mayfield

Quote from: joieman on October 06, 2024, 12:58:33 AM4760 hasn't been able to do a day's work for nearly a month. I wouldn't be surprised if 4760 is de facto withdrawn already.
4761 also seems to have become scarce recently.
If Bustimes is correct 4761 was out today and Saturday 

joieman

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Quote from: Mayfield on October 14, 2024, 10:23:44 PMIf Bustimes is correct 4761 was out today and Saturday
Yes, I've seen it myself both today and yesterday.
Quote from: joieman on October 14, 2024, 02:22:01 PMI suspect 4439 has been repainted recently. It looks quite shiny at the moment, and Bustimes suggests it was not in service from August until a few days ago.
To answer my own question: it looks fairly obvious. Those scratches on the corners of the roof are gone. Inevitably it is still in the Journey Mark livery. Either the painters up at Bootle used cheap paint or their bus wash was too harsh.

Mayfield

Had the unfortunate experience of travelling on 3111 twice today, the stop/start is faulty, every time it pulls into a stop the engine stops and then immediately restarts, the only thing that didn't rattle was the loose change in my pocket.
The onboard display only show's welcome aboard Arriva Sapphire, I don't believe this was ever a Sapphire bus, no wonder people don't use buses over cars.
I don't know how the drivers put up with the interior noise.

Tony

Quote from: Mayfield on October 15, 2024, 12:34:47 PMHad the unfortunate experience of travelling on 3111 twice today, the stop/start is faulty, every time it pulls into a stop the engine stops and then immediately restarts, the only thing that didn't rattle was the loose change in my pocket.
The onboard display only show's welcome aboard Arriva Sapphire, I don't believe this was ever a Sapphire bus, no wonder people don't use buses over cars.
I don't know how the drivers put up with the interior noise.
I suspect the stop start wasn't faulty, it's just the driver touching a pedal to restart it so he doesn't have to wait when pulling away

Mayfield

Oh O.K. I would say not ideal then as this renders the system pointless 

joieman

Quote from: Mayfield on October 15, 2024, 02:05:58 PMOh O.K. I would say not ideal then as this renders the system pointless
I assume that given it's presumably electronically controlled, the stop-start system could just be switched off altogether.

mesub

Quote from: joieman on October 15, 2024, 04:24:02 PMI assume that given it's presumably electronically controlled, the stop-start system could just be switched off altogether.

An engineer would likely have to do this.
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joieman

Quote from: mesub on October 27, 2024, 11:21:31 PMAn engineer would likely have to do this.
All the same, a reasonably simple fix.

Mayfield

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Looks like Leicester has won the prize draw AR74ZEB parked in the yard at Thurmaston this morning, looks good in the green livery with black relief unlike certain other companies liveries

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