[Archive] Arriva North West - Speke Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot

(14/05/2013 15:36)mathias Wrote:  According to the drivers, the DLAs are draughty, the window rubbers leak- letting in rainwater (a common ALX400 body problem) and the fuel consumption is very high, mainly due to the fact you've got to floor the accelerator before the damn thing picks up any speed!

I was speaking to a driver who actually had sore thighs, such was the effect of constantly flooring the gas!
One of Bootle's drivers couldn't wait to get rid of them! "These are the worst buses I've ever driven!"
Enough said.

I knew that the fuel consumption was high, but then they are big heavy buses, a driver that I know at Bootle was not very complimentary about them either. But like I said in my previous post, that's life.