Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

(26/07/2019 16:08)313201 Wrote:  Can I ask please if anybody knows if vehicle 2576 has any issues.

The only reason I ask is because I have rode it on the 413 and today the 410 and I suppose having been a bus driver myself I would notice but it seems as if its engine or gearbox is in a bad way because its acceleration is very poor.

With the drivers foot fully on the gas it struggles badly going up hills barely reaching 5 - 10 mph in 1st gear and will not change gear until it gets on a flat road or a downhill gradient when it finally struggles its way up to roughly 30 mph, I am surprised it hasn't blown its engine to pieces with how much it struggles.

Also its short of windows that can be opened, only 3 out of a potential 6.

It threw a conrod a few months back, and has had a recon engine fitted, been a constant issue ever since and always being booked off for poor performance