Bus-Related Outings & Reviews

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RE: Bus-Related Outings & Reviews
I headed out to Liverpool and Birkenhead today, mainly to ride the 401 on it's last day.

6 Huyton to Liverpool (2718) - Yeah, 2718 AGAIN. Same as previous weeks, average, nothing to rave about.

401 Liverpool to Birkenhead (3008) - This was alright. The engine sounded great, good as new but the bus was very rattly. Typical of pretty much all of the Pulsars these days.

407 Birkenhead to Liverpool (4410) - Couldn't really tell due to being forced onto the top deck, but it appeared to be fast with kickdown.

13 Liverpool to West Derby Road (2204) - Fantastic! This bus DOES NOT rattle, and the engine sounds absolutely fantastic. It certainly can shift, to. Also, the seat I was in had a lovely amount of padding and was actually comfortable.

68 West Derby Road to Prescot Road (2202) - Bit surprised to see this. It was quite poor, rattly, slow, loud and had slipping gears.

68 Prescot Road to West Derby Road (2215) - Once again, quite poor. Was loud, and the rattles were unbearable at times. Green Lane's potholes didn't exactly do it any favours, either...

15 West Derby Road to Liverpool (3062) - This was quite nice. It was quite solid, and the engine sounded fantastic. Just a shame there was too much traffic around so it couldn't get up to a decent speed.

437 Liverpool to Birkenhead (4404) - This was poor. It was solid, hardly rattled but appeared to be in "Safe mode" (or whatever it's called!) making it very sluggish indeed.

407 Birkenhead to Liverpool (4099) - Fantastic! This is the fastest DLA i've ever rode, kickingdown regularly and not rattling at all. Cracking bus!

7 Liverpool to Huyton (2902) - Quite nice. 2902 is a very odd bus indeed. It's clearly in safe mode/had it's revs turned down, but the kickdown is violent. Infact, the only time you notice it's sluggish is going up hills, it literally nearly stops going up them.

HTIOI.