None DDA Buses still in Service?

[WhiteVanMan]

RE: None DDA Buses still in Service?

(07/01/2016 00:15)Quackdave Wrote:  Forget the above - having looked at the body numbers (00 prefix) and chassis numbers (lower than those of some vehicles that entered service in October 2000), it looks as though the DVLA year of manufacture 2001 may be wrong, and that they could well have been manufactured before October 2000 and therefore exempt until last week.

Never trust DVLA year of Manufacture, always go by the VIN number.

I once had a Ford Escort, which according to DVLA was built in 1998, yet according to the VIN number it was built two-years previous in 1996.