This is a subject which has been debated on Facebook the last few days, bought about by Ipswich Buses refurbishing 4 of their 2000 X Reg darts, personally i'm not a fan of the darts but anything that saw off the horrid Ford Transits and their like was a good thing.
Fact, prior to today's Low Floor buses, buses were easy to maintain than today's where there are far more things that can go wrong, in the good old days in London they could take a Routemasters engine out and put in a new one on the same day, and then put it out in the evening peak. That's not to stay there wasn't problems with older buses you only have to look at the problems that London Transport had during the 1970's with the AEC Swift even Ipswich had problems with them.Today's buses have many advantages over their predecessors in lower floors, heating or Air Con, but when things go wrong like needing a new gearbox or engine then the bus could be off the road for sometime.
MORE OFF ROUTE AND MERCEDES BENZ DEMO IN VIEW
Well i spotted one again today this being IB Dart 144 Y295 FJN on the X1 instead of the X5, while the next photo is a sort of off route, as it's a Mulley's Optare Solo on loan to Galloway's CN06 BXJ and finally after days of waiting i finally capture IB's on loan Mercedes Benz Citario BG63 VVE on it's usual haunt the Martlesham and Copdock Park And Ride.
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