VDL SB200

[Bob]

Why do Arriva keep buying these? Absolutely crap buses, ive never been on anything so bloody underpowered the engines/gearboxes shriek pulling out on a flat road and if you heard one struggling to get up Chasetown High St, awful!

[Bob]

Jesus how underpowered are these buses? So not equipped for anything other than light duties

[arrivaaston]

And arriva thought they'd be brilliant for 60's and 825's and 44's lol

[winston]

Arriva now doubt get a discount on VDL products by buying them through Arriva bus & coach dealership in Gomersal

[nx4737]

Not quite sure what's wrong with them...

[Bob]

Underpowered, horrendously noisy, scream when even trying to pull away from a bus stop on flat ground....

[arrivaaston]

Don't get me wrong, they may be ok for some routes but not 60's and 825's

[Bob]

What would you put on 60 & 825? Idput Deckers on 60 and B10BLE on 825 lol

[arrivaaston]

Deffo deckers for the 60's but 825's 2371-2376 were fine, if I was a driver I couldn't be drivin an sb200 for 5 hours

[Bob]

There was a rumour that the 825 was going back to stafford garage a while back

[arrivaaston]

Oh so 825's could be operated by b6's or if stafford are like cannock they'll use mpd's lol

[Bob]

maybe the pulsars would transfer, stafford are welcome to em lol. Speakin of which surely the 57 plate ones are due a repaint??

[arrivaaston]

The Staffords do need a repaint and maybe debranding, at least 1 out the 5 have been on Pye Greens, 1's or 2's and 3728 is startin to go blue at the back, that's pretty bad for a 57 plate but the centros are no better are they to be honest

[Bob]

i want em to hurry up and do a service review of Cannocks routes! its gotta be comin up for one surely? I wanna see some deckers out in force!!

[arrivaaston]

Midland become arriva their deckers will come to cannock and cannock will class them as 'Brand New' lol