Go Goodwins

[gilesbus1]

RE: Go Goodwins

(25/04/2019 23:54)Mayneway Wrote:  Hidious. Think I’d rather walk than jump on one of them. Wonder how long it is until they are replaced by convientional buses.

Nothing wrong with the Mercedes-Benz but the VW is another matter, Mercedes has a history of bus manufacturing so the product should be reasonable. VW has absolutely none directly and therefore its likely to be total rubbish, as is the new Fiat.

I accept though that buses like this will be the way to keep marginal services going, we'd all rather ride on some sort of modern decker, but they will not fit around estates now because of parked vehicles outside people's homes and traffic calming measures such as chicanes. However what is needed is someone in the industry to develop one using some big bus parts in a small minibus package, then we will have a winner... e.g. Alexander Dennis, Optare or Wrightbus, that would allow for inter-changeable parts, e.g. maybe a small Cummins engine and a ZF or Voith gearbox are the sort of parts I mean.