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Started by Ash, March 17, 2012, 06:40:59 PM

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Quote from: WB on July 16, 2014, 08:38:45 PM
I drove 756 and 757 yesterday on the 42/43 routes. 755 seems to keep going back to depot with a couple of issues.
Not too bad to be fair but god are they slow to pull away!

No change from the rest of the E200's then! Are they as rattly and unstable as the full length E200's?
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Quote from: Liverpool Street on July 17, 2014, 03:15:37 PM
Quote from: WB on July 16, 2014, 08:38:45 PM
I drove 756 and 757 yesterday on the 42/43 routes. 755 seems to keep going back to depot with a couple of issues.
Not too bad to be fair but god are they slow to pull away!

No change from the rest of the E200's then! Are they as rattly and unstable as the full length E200's?

I've ridden some of the Enviro 200s at BC now, and they are still miles better than Optare's Solo SRs which I have to put up with every day of the week (808 in particular was very good). The Solo SR engines sound rotten on most of them, and struggle along any slight incline, with noisy cooling fans almost up to the extent of the B7s. The suspension on one was leaning the other day, and the ride terrible. One of the Solos used also had a loose window at the back which would move very freely whilst moving! I had one driver tell me that they were useless, constantly breaking down (they'd dismantled the engine on one and still couldn't find the problem straight away), rattly cramped cabs with a poor seat. I still miss the Liberators down on the S2/S3 - solid reliable buses that did their job well. The Solos will never last as along as them.

I'd still take Enviro 200s any day over the solo SRs.

karl724223

Nobody noticed the new e200s havnt got tax disks

the trainbasher

@karl724223 they don't need to display them now do they under the new dvla policy?


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Quote from: Liverpool Street on July 17, 2014, 03:15:37 PM
Quote from: WB on July 16, 2014, 08:38:45 PM
I drove 756 and 757 yesterday on the 42/43 routes. 755 seems to keep going back to depot with a couple of issues.
Not too bad to be fair but god are they slow to pull away!

No change from the rest of the E200's then! Are they as rattly and unstable as the full length E200's?

They rattle just as much as the big ones do. Quality, eh  ::)

uniquicity

48 was on diversion this afternoon. Harborne Road was being resurfaced so it was turning left onto Abbey Road and following the 129 route to Bearwood. Same in reverse.

karl724223

Quote from: the trainbasher on July 17, 2014, 06:11:58 PM
@karl724223 they don't need to display them now do they under the new dvla policy?
i know that I'm just saying nobody else spotted it

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Quote from: the trainbasher on July 17, 2014, 06:11:58 PM
@karl724223 they don't need to display them now do they under the new dvla policy?

Thought that didn't begin till October?
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Quote from: Stuharris 6360 on July 17, 2014, 06:44:40 PM
Quote from: the trainbasher on July 17, 2014, 06:11:58 PM
@karl724223 they don't need to display them now do they under the new dvla policy?

Thought that didn't begin till October?

i think thats for the older fleet
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Quote from: karl724223 on July 17, 2014, 06:09:19 PM
Nobody noticed the new e200s havnt got tax disks

i wonder if this is the same as new cars. you get a certificate of registration, and 14 days grace to use the vehicle whilst the dvla post the tax disc. if you don't receive it within 8 days, they ask you to contact them. (a relative has ordered a new motor, and asked me to make sense of the letter he received from the dealer) so i wondered if this applies to all new vehicle registrations?

uniquicity

3 more Enviro200s have just been delivered to WB. One of them was 759, didn't see the numbers of the other 2

Trident 4609

Could anybody tell me where the Short Wheelbase E200's are today please? I am currently about to depart Wolverhampton on the 79 and i want to try and get a ride on one of the 75*'s when i arrive in West Bromwich :)

Cheers :)

uniquicity

Think one was on the 46, one on the 42/43 and 2 on the 47/47A. All 4 were definitely out this morning.

Trident 4609

Quote from: uniquicity on July 18, 2014, 01:07:57 PM
Think one was on the 46, one on the 42/43 and 2 on the 47/47A. All 4 were definitely out this morning.

Thanks for that :) Much appreciated. I will try and catch the one on the 42/3 then as that will take me closer to home

uniquicity

It will do the 15.15 43 to Bilston, so you won't see it for a while I think

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