[Archive] Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot
Afaik EU laws say all new buses should be limited to 100kph (62mph).

Most of the pulsars and enviros (even the bad ones) can reach 60mph, however the better ones can manage 62mph, but no faster as they are limited to 62mph.

The cadets are hit and miss,some of the worse examples will max out at 40-45mph, whereas the better ones will manage around 55-60mph.

The old palatines would do 55mph without kickdown, or foot to the floor the better ones could reach up to 65mph on a calm day with no wind. The slower palatines wouldnt make it past 50mph.

The darts wern't too bad once they got going, 7556 managed 55mph down plymyard avenue on a 118 (no doubt the driver was due to finish for the night!) and 7558 managed 60mph on a 487 that was late running between Neston and Thornton Hough.

Never been on a VLW flat out, but the DLAs usually managed 45-55 depending which one it was. The tridents arnt out long enough to find out the top speed, and the V-ENCs usually caught fire before reaching 40mph. The Myllenniums could usually do around 60, but only for short periods of time before overheating and catching fire

The new hybrids are limited to around 50, however ive had them flat out ranging between 49mph and 54mph.

Think that just about covers it, of course some examples are much better than others, some are so slow theres little chance to reach top speed and ultimatly all the buses are different to their fleetmates, so all vary!