[Archive] Arriva North West - Speke Depot

[Ultralow]

RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot

(23/01/2013 20:02)MPTE1955 Wrote:  

(23/01/2013 19:57)Ultralow Wrote:  

(23/01/2013 19:52)MPTE1955 Wrote:  The olympians have done their time and seem very old fashioned now, I personally don't think that the R-WVR batch were the best with their plastic back seats which reminded me of the seats the used to put in the BCK-K atlanteans after they had been vandalised and they seemed to be done a little on the cheap. However, they were the last deckers bought by MTL and hopefully somebody somewhere will preserve one.

So were they like that from new with the plastic back seats?

Yes they were, surprised me when I got on one when they were new.

I thought they had them removed never new that they never that.

Thanks MPTE

[K853 MTJ]

RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot

(23/01/2013 19:55)Ultralow Wrote:  A driver told me about the prestiges so dont no how true it is.

There we go then. Without meaning for this to come across the wrong way, is this the same driver that told you 4118 had left Speke?
Either way I dont reckon the Prestiges will stay that long, you have to remember there is a mass exit of T and V reg buses this year in the form of Darts.

(23/01/2013 19:58)RSTurbo50 Wrote:  The ones I have driven N271 CKB and N275 CKB had different seating in them. But again they were dirty and very musty. Drove lovely though with an absolute fantastic turn of speed. I still think they look nice today but passengers don't tend to like them...

Completely different batch, hence completely different buses and different spec, from the engine and seating, to the grab poles and windows.

[RSTurbo50]

RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot
your the expert buddy so I guess you will know. How are the engines different?

[K853 MTJ]

RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot
The N reg Olympians have the Cummins L10, the R-WVR millennium fleets have the Volvo D10A engine.

[RSTurbo50]

RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot
I see I never knew that..which is the better engine of the two?

[Ultralow]

RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot

(23/01/2013 21:07)K853 MTJ Wrote:  

(23/01/2013 19:55)Ultralow Wrote:  A driver told me about the prestiges so dont no how true it is.

There we go then. Without meaning for this to come across the wrong way, is this the same driver that told you 4118 had left Speke?

this was a different driver actually !

He thought it had left becuase it wasnt in the same place !

[K853 MTJ]

RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot
Down to preference, personally I would say L10, hands down any day of the week, but the Volvo isn't a bad engine by any means.

[Raawwwrrr!]

RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot
The refurbished prestige won't be staying long as it is as reliable as the bendybuses... not very!

Either 3313 / 3332 with LED's and was on the late 699, possibly both

[Ultralow]

RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot

(23/01/2013 23:34)Raawwwrrr! Wrote:  The refurbished prestige won't be staying long as it is as reliable as the bendybuses... not very!

Either 3313 / 3332 with LED's and was on the late 699, possibly both

Yeah 3313 has now got L.E.Ds like 3332.

[mathias]

RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot

(23/01/2013 22:07)K853 MTJ Wrote:  Down to preference, personally I would say L10, hands down any day of the week, but the Volvo isn't a bad engine by any means.

Agreed! The Cummins L10 in an Olympian really transforms them into very fast buses.

All of the Merseybus Olympians (0201-0270) had the L10/ZF combination, and they were so reliable that MTL insisted the 0271-0308 Volvos retained this.

By the way, there's a feature on the Olympian in this month's BUSES mag