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Posted by Max Roberts on Fri Oct 29 07:00:28 2004, in response to Re: London's five-year plan, posted by Fytton on Fri Oct 29 06:00:34 2004. Routemasters are surprisingly sound, a pure aluminium body with no corrosion or metal fattigue. Many have been refurbished in the last few years, when Ken initially went into office and went Routemaster mad. Virtually no Routemasters have the original AEC or Leyland engines, these being replaced by Iveco engines around ten years ago (these are also designed for low sulphur fuel) at the same time they were completely rewired and fitted with new heaters. The second round of refurbishments initiated by Ken involved replacing the entire innards. They are effectively Dennis Darts with Routemaster bodies. The main problem is that the operators don't look after them.If I ever end up in a wheelchair, the last thing I will be doing is travelling by bus. I will either be driving around in my motability allowance-paid-for car, or campaigning for subsidised taxi vouchers. The politics of inclusion are going too far. |
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