Telfords Bus & Coach XN37WN (Optare Solo M995SR) in Turrella. 1/12/21
Forum rules
- A topic icon must be used with the thread title of all threads.
- No more than 10 photos per post with a maximum of 50 in any one page in a thread.
- Maximum photo width 1000 pixels.
- For full photo rules and how to attach photos see viewtopic.php?f=10&t=28459
- Thank you
- The Inspector
- Posts: 8031
- Joined: Fri Mar 05, 2004 11:35 pm
- Favourite Vehicle: PMCSA Volvo B59
- Location: Sydney
Telfords Bus & Coach XN37WN (Optare Solo M995SR) in Turrella. 1/12/21
Telfords Bus & Coach XN37WN (Optare Solo M995SR) seen returning to the depot in Turrella. 1/12/21
https://www.busaustralia.com/gallery/di ... ?pid=20268
https://www.busaustralia.com/gallery/di ... ?pid=20268
Has AdMet CB80 fever
- Swift
- Posts: 13247
- Joined: Sat Mar 06, 2004 1:23 pm
- Favourite Vehicle: Porshe 911 Carerra
- Location: Ettalong- the world capital of 0405s.
Re: Telfords Bus & Coach XN37WN (Optare Solo M995SR) in Turrella. 1/12/21
One of those horrid things made their way here.
NSW, the state that embraces mediocrity.
- Fleet Lists
- Administrator
- Posts: 23803
- Joined: Sat Mar 06, 2004 12:49 pm
- Location: The Shire
Re: Telfords Bus & Coach XN37WN (Optare Solo M995SR) in Turrella. 1/12/21
Not the first one - see https://www.busaustralia.com/gallery/di ... ?pid=19361 and I am sure there are others.
Living in the Shire.
- Swift
- Posts: 13247
- Joined: Sat Mar 06, 2004 1:23 pm
- Favourite Vehicle: Porshe 911 Carerra
- Location: Ettalong- the world capital of 0405s.
Re: Telfords Bus & Coach XN37WN (Optare Solo M995SR) in Turrella. 1/12/21
You couldn't pay me enough to drive them.
NSW, the state that embraces mediocrity.
- Mitch
- Posts: 1966
- Joined: Sun Nov 09, 2008 8:32 pm
- Favourite Vehicle: VH-VUB
- Location: Geelong
- Contact:
Re: Telfords Bus & Coach XN37WN (Optare Solo M995SR) in Turrella. 1/12/21
Carbridge also have a few of them too.Fleet Lists wrote: ↑Sun Dec 05, 2021 8:39 am Not the first one - see https://www.busaustralia.com/gallery/di ... ?pid=19361 and I am sure there are others.
Thanks,
Mitch
- The Inspector
- Posts: 8031
- Joined: Fri Mar 05, 2004 11:35 pm
- Favourite Vehicle: PMCSA Volvo B59
- Location: Sydney
Re: Telfords Bus & Coach XN37WN (Optare Solo M995SR) in Turrella. 1/12/21
Kinetic have at least 5 of them
Has AdMet CB80 fever
- Swift
- Posts: 13247
- Joined: Sat Mar 06, 2004 1:23 pm
- Favourite Vehicle: Porshe 911 Carerra
- Location: Ettalong- the world capital of 0405s.
Re: Telfords Bus & Coach XN37WN (Optare Solo M995SR) in Turrella. 1/12/21
They are everything wrong with Britain today. They have no national pride.
NSW, the state that embraces mediocrity.
- Campbelltown busboy
- Posts: 2127
- Joined: Sun Aug 11, 2013 1:23 pm
- Location: Ruse/Campbelltown City NSW
Re: Telfords Bus & Coach XN37WN (Optare Solo M995SR) in Turrella. 1/12/21
Optare sounds like the outcome of a Leyland truck & bus manufacturing plant closure
Here is the Wikipedia entry on the company
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optare
And here's the company overview/about entry on their website
https://www.optare.com/about-optare/
- The Inspector
- Posts: 8031
- Joined: Fri Mar 05, 2004 11:35 pm
- Favourite Vehicle: PMCSA Volvo B59
- Location: Sydney
Re: Telfords Bus & Coach XN37WN (Optare Solo M995SR) in Turrella. 1/12/21
seriously?
Has AdMet CB80 fever
- Swift
- Posts: 13247
- Joined: Sat Mar 06, 2004 1:23 pm
- Favourite Vehicle: Porshe 911 Carerra
- Location: Ettalong- the world capital of 0405s.
Re: Telfords Bus & Coach XN37WN (Optare Solo M995SR) in Turrella. 1/12/21
MCW and Leyland Bus were the last of a breed.
I think it's you that needs to get serious
NSW, the state that embraces mediocrity.
Re: Telfords Bus & Coach XN37WN (Optare Solo M995SR) in Turrella. 1/12/21
It's not the most beautiful thing but if it does the job well. There is a need for this size bus for many services, unfortunately unfulfilled. I haven't ridden one of these but I was impressed by the Tempo - better designed inside and out than many of our locals.
- The Inspector
- Posts: 8031
- Joined: Fri Mar 05, 2004 11:35 pm
- Favourite Vehicle: PMCSA Volvo B59
- Location: Sydney
Re: Telfords Bus & Coach XN37WN (Optare Solo M995SR) in Turrella. 1/12/21
Why would I need to get serious? I'm not the one stuck in the ancient past.
Just because MCW, Leyland, AEC and any of the other older British buses are no longer around does not mean the newer stuff doesn't have its place and detracts from national pride.
Has AdMet CB80 fever
- Swift
- Posts: 13247
- Joined: Sat Mar 06, 2004 1:23 pm
- Favourite Vehicle: Porshe 911 Carerra
- Location: Ettalong- the world capital of 0405s.
Re: Telfords Bus & Coach XN37WN (Optare Solo M995SR) in Turrella. 1/12/21
No accounting for (appalling) taste.The Inspector wrote: ↑Sat Dec 18, 2021 7:57 pmWhy would I need to get serious? I'm not the one stuck in the ancient past.
Just because MCW, Leyland, AEC and any of the other older British buses are no longer around does not mean the newer stuff doesn't have its place and detracts from national pride.
NSW, the state that embraces mediocrity.
- The Inspector
- Posts: 8031
- Joined: Fri Mar 05, 2004 11:35 pm
- Favourite Vehicle: PMCSA Volvo B59
- Location: Sydney
Re: Telfords Bus & Coach XN37WN (Optare Solo M995SR) in Turrella. 1/12/21
Swift wrote: ↑Sat Dec 18, 2021 8:12 pmNo accounting for (appalling) taste.The Inspector wrote: ↑Sat Dec 18, 2021 7:57 pm
Why would I need to get serious? I'm not the one stuck in the ancient past.
Just because MCW, Leyland, AEC and any of the other older British buses are no longer around does not mean the newer stuff doesn't have its place and detracts from national pride.
Sorry you think your taste is appalling.
Has AdMet CB80 fever
- Swift
- Posts: 13247
- Joined: Sat Mar 06, 2004 1:23 pm
- Favourite Vehicle: Porshe 911 Carerra
- Location: Ettalong- the world capital of 0405s.
Re: Telfords Bus & Coach XN37WN (Optare Solo M995SR) in Turrella. 1/12/21
Touche Inspector. I do like Renk Doromat transmissions so you got me.
NSW, the state that embraces mediocrity.
- boronia
- Posts: 21567
- Joined: Sat Mar 06, 2004 6:18 am
- Favourite Vehicle: Ahrens Fox; GMC PD4107
- Location: Sydney NSW
Re: Telfords Bus & Coach XN37WN (Optare Solo M995SR) in Turrella. 1/12/21
It's a bit like Blues Point Tower. The people inside don't worry about what it looks like outside.
Preserving fire service history
@ The Museum of Fire.
@ The Museum of Fire.
- Swift
- Posts: 13247
- Joined: Sat Mar 06, 2004 1:23 pm
- Favourite Vehicle: Porshe 911 Carerra
- Location: Ettalong- the world capital of 0405s.
Re: Telfords Bus & Coach XN37WN (Optare Solo M995SR) in Turrella. 1/12/21
This is British pride.
NSW, the state that embraces mediocrity.
- boronia
- Posts: 21567
- Joined: Sat Mar 06, 2004 6:18 am
- Favourite Vehicle: Ahrens Fox; GMC PD4107
- Location: Sydney NSW
Re: Telfords Bus & Coach XN37WN (Optare Solo M995SR) in Turrella. 1/12/21
Nice bus. Shame about the badge though.
Preserving fire service history
@ The Museum of Fire.
@ The Museum of Fire.
-
- Posts: 2243
- Joined: Sat Jul 07, 2012 6:38 pm
- Favourite Vehicle: MAN 18.310, MB O405NH, L94
- Location: A Coastal City
Re: Telfords Bus & Coach XN37WN (Optare Solo M995SR) in Turrella. 1/12/21
Must admit the aesthetics of the Optare Solo aren't exactly up my alley either. For a start, that curved windscreen, and the frog or baby-like 'face' - yuck. It's like somebody took a Gee Wiz and found a way to make it into a bus.
Without having ridden or driven one, hard to say if it's a case of (attempted!) style over substance. Have heard the turning circle of these is atrocious, owing to the lack of overhang combined with length and perhaps the steering lock.
Without having ridden or driven one, hard to say if it's a case of (attempted!) style over substance. Have heard the turning circle of these is atrocious, owing to the lack of overhang combined with length and perhaps the steering lock.
- Swift
- Posts: 13247
- Joined: Sat Mar 06, 2004 1:23 pm
- Favourite Vehicle: Porshe 911 Carerra
- Location: Ettalong- the world capital of 0405s.
Re: Telfords Bus & Coach XN37WN (Optare Solo M995SR) in Turrella. 1/12/21
All London's had Gardner engines. That should please you.
Love your comments Merc1107 .
NSW, the state that embraces mediocrity.