Bus of Britain

[bigstraight6]

I love those latest Stagecoach "Bus of Britain" adverts, they are an ironic parody based heavily on "Little Britain", though it really brings Home the message as to why I for one will not travel on Public transport, I mean who wants to pay to make a journey sat next to a flatulant eco warrior or an old rip thats spent to long under a Sun lamp I think I would rather continue to pay through the nose for fuel and enjoy the pleasure of my own company and space

[mouseflakes]

Yay! I love those too. Though I imagine the ad agency run the risk of them 'back-firing', they're very entertaining!!

[Volksy]

We dont seem to get them up here.. but I found them on youtube..http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VnxLB40ikCohttp://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=AedinrT9mCchttp://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gAV8QzDcaxw

[mk2_craig]

Modern Bus of Britain

 

Shite Bus of Britain

[Mr Lobster]

Memorable enough ads but still wouldn't make me go on one of their buses!

[retrogeezer]

mildly amusing, shame the 'convenient' travel is totally misleading and I don't know of any buses that go directly to the door of an office block unless it's a bus that the company itself run.

[corKtina]

Shite Bus of Britain

 

 

 

But but but but ...thats a Bristol VR...i'll have it, a CLassic by now in my view....

 

(bit of a laugh that ad...niice shiny new bus, must be the only one they have by the looks of what i see on the road.

[Richard]

Shite isn't really a derogatory term on this board though.A couple of years ago I went from Dundee to London by Megabus for £1. Imagine my delight when the bus that turned up was a very battered 1989 Leyland Olympian with a strong smell of exhaust fumes inside. Luckily it transpired that the Leyland was only going to Glasgow and then we would be transferred to a brand new Neoplan. The Neoplan was so quiet and smooth that you couldn't tell it was moving unless you looked out of the window. I think I experienced the shitest and the best Stagecoach had to offer on that journey.

[Justin Case]

has anyone noticed a similarity between the liveries of this:

 

 

and this:

[Guest]

Not keen on public transport myself-but I would rather go by this

[Spottedlaurel]

Cor, yeah! The sort of random stuff that when a few years older would be pressed into duty by the local rural bus companies, wish I'd got a few pic's of the crocks we went to school in.Did they do a version of that with twin sets of front steering wheels?

[Justin Case]

Did they do a version of that with twin sets of front steering wheels?

Yes it was the Bedford VAL 14, which of course played a starring role in 'The Italian Job'

[mk2_craig]

 

Self Preservation, Society etc

 

Edit. This link is good - some info on the vehicles used in the 'Job: http://www.theitalianjob.com/cars_othervehicles.htm

[Richard]

That A60 that falls off the transporter in The Italian Job can't have been more than 8 years old, and was probably a lot newer, but it has massive holes in its sills.I believe NAN404D really did belong to the Pakistani Ambassador and he really didn't know they had it.

[mk2_craig]

Interesting to check out DVLA's records on some of the reg numbers:

 

ALR453B "Multicoloured" Tax cashed in 17 03 1987

 

BKO686C "Blue" Unlicensed since 01 04 1992

 

HMP729G - Bizarrely this is carried by a 1999 Mazda MX-5

 

GPF146G "White" SURVIVES! Taxed till end March

 

OEG 103G - despite being ramp rolled in the film, the registration is on a Red 1986 Austin Mini Mayfair declared SORN till 29 02 2008

 

848 CRY - licence due 01 05 08

 

619 DXX was the black hardtop E-type, DVLA says taxed till end Nov '08.

 

163 ELT - also taxed till end Nov

 

So perhaps they didn't trash as many cars as it would appear in the film!!

[Richard]

They certainly didn't trash the Aston.

 

Before

 

After

 

It's actually a Lancia (I think) mocked up to look like the Aston Martin. It's not a bad job but it's a left hooker with a different colour of interior and a completely different style of number plate.