[Archive] Arriva North West - Speke Depot

[Scania1996]

RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot

(14/10/2013 15:29)R311 WVR Wrote:  

(14/10/2013 07:53)Raawwwrrr! Wrote:  

(13/10/2013 22:51)Scania1996 Wrote:  I agree with you on the ex Birkenhead Mylleniums, the reason the grab rails are covered in tape is because the plastic coating has been peeled away for some reason or another (probably vandalism). As far as I know it's just the Mylleniums that have this coating opposed to paint like the rest of the fleet,its a stupid design if you ask me. Other than the rattles I think the Mylleniums are great, they have a nice, strong sounding engine and they are something different in the fleet. Just like the Ultralows they have something about them and sound like a proper bus unlike Pulsar, just my opinion.

I'm not going to lie myself, I do like the mylleniums, some of them are great (I like 2463/5), they seem to be the last of the "proper" buses being high capacity, they 'chug' as they go along, they feel heavy, the seats are far from level, and they're the only type left at Speke with a ZF gearbox (excl. 2732/3).

I'm a fan of the mylleniums too, Excluding a few (2471) Some are really nice!

As for them bring the only ZF at speke (bar 2732/3), I thought the Citaro's were ZF?

Indeed they are Elliott, you can add the two Prestiges to that list as well