Diamond Bus North West

[Redmikey]

RE: Diamond Bus North West
I could be unlucky and I don't use Diamond very often but every time I use one of their buses they seem poorly looked after.
Today I was out and about and had the misfortune to be on Enviro200 31408. The engine sounded very unhealthy, the bus rattled and shook like you wouldn't believe, there was a loud high pitched whine from the front for the whole journey and a notice was stuck on with sellotape. The bus in question was only 5 years old so I wondered how it could get into such a state. Considering all their bleating about the franchising plans, they were hardly a great advert for the status quo.