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RE: Arriva North West/Arriva Buses Wales VDL Cadets
I drove 2515 about 2 or 3 years ago on a driving assessment when it was assigned to Birkenhead depot. I found there were a few times when I had to rev the engine to make it pick up speed. This resulted in the gearbox kicking down and giving a bad ride. But I certainly agree they are a bit low on power. |
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RE: Arriva North West/Arriva Buses Wales VDL Cadets
(23/06/2019 15:24)313201 Wrote: I drove 2515 about 2 or 3 years ago on a driving assessment when it was assigned to Birkenhead depot. How much power do the SB120s have I thought it was around 160hp for the 3.9s as 120 seems to be very low for that size of bus. |
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RE: Arriva North West/Arriva Buses Wales VDL Cadets
I'm afraid I'm not sure how much power those buses have but 2515 did seem to be struggling that day. The thing about it is that the day I had that driving assessment the traffic wasn't too bad although there were some kamikaze car drivers out that tried to tske me on, forcing me to brake thus requiring the engine to be revved up again to kick the gear back down to get it going. Not sure what the performance of 2515 is like now but It certainly needed attention that day. |
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RE: Arriva North West/Arriva Buses Wales VDL Cadets
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RE: Arriva North West/Arriva Buses Wales VDL Cadets
Aren't 2572 and 2636 at Winsford, as reported in the Winsford and Bangor threads, or was this just a short term loan ? |
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RE: Arriva North West/Arriva Buses Wales VDL Cadets
2519 is back in Rhyl now 
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RE: Arriva North West/Arriva Buses Wales VDL Cadets
2496 is based at Laird St. |
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RE: Arriva North West/Arriva Buses Wales VDL Cadets
(18/08/2019 13:45)Olympian Wrote: Aren't 2572 and 2636 at Winsford, as reported in the Winsford and Bangor threads, or was this just a short term loan ? Believe these have moved to winsford on a permanent basis as some of the plaxton centros have been having issues. |
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