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Company: Go Wear Buses
Fleetnumber: 8149
Registration: S149OCU
Chassis: Optare Excel
Bodywork: Optare
Location of Photo: Newcastle Central Station
Previous Registrations: N/A
New to: Go Coastline (Fleetno: 8149)
Other Notes: N/A
Fifteen years graft is quite a feat for a little bus cobbled together from empty SPAM tins in a factory in Leeds, even more of a feat when they have been neglected by an operator of a lesser standing! Now in the twighlight of their careers, Wigan's Excels face the chop under the new Stagecoach regime.
35032, previously 60141, prior to that 6603 and new to Timeline Travel as plain old 215, heads back to Wigan on Beech Hill circular service 626...........Damn those LED destination displys!
First West of England Wright Streetlite 47551 (SN14 FGC) in Excel colours in Weston super mare on 13th November 2019.
Volvo B12M Transbus Panther.
Owned by Tellings Golden Miller and was new on National Express
X2 Running every hour between Liverpool City Centre and Manchester City Centre via Liverpool John Lennon Airport, Widnes, Warrington Bus Station and Manchester Airport only last for six months, later been withdrawn the route on 12th December 2009
Skelhorne Street, Liverpool
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The Type 89 Lotus Excel, built from 1982 to 1992, is a front-engined, rear-wheel drive sports car designed and built by Lotus. It was based on the design of the earlier Lotus Eclat, which itself was based on the earlier Lotus Elite II.
Toyota engaged Lotus to assist with engineering work on the Supra. During this period, Toyota became a major shareholder in Lotus, later giving up their holding when General Motors bought Lotus.
Part of the deal between Lotus and Toyota included the use of many Toyota mechanical components in Lotus' cars. The original Excel (aka the Éclat Excel) used the W58 manual transmission, driveshafts, rear differential, 14x7 in alloy wheels, and door handles from the Supra Mk II, which was made from 1982 to 1986. The engine was the familiar all-aluminium, DOHC 2.2 L Lotus 912 Slant Four (which was used in the Lotus Esprit S3). During its lifetime, the Excel received two major upgrades with the introduction of the Excel SE (a 180 bhp/134 kW engine vs the standard 160 bhp/119 kW engined car) in 1985 and the Excel SA with automatic gearbox in 1986. Further facelifts in 1989 saw Citroen-derived mirrors, as featured on the Esprit, and 15 inch OZ alloy wheels to a similar pattern as the Esprit's.
According to Lotus records, only 1 Excel was manufactured to USA specification. The lack of release in the USA was due to the high emission regulations (which would hinder the car's performance), and poor sales of the car in Europe.
(Wikipedia)
Seriously, fuck Excel.
There is actually a series with the above name in the worksheet I'm working on. And the series function in Excel 2007 arbitrarily refuses to accept it, despite my trying for 90 minutes at 3am on my vacation to get it to work, and the multitude of articles online (including from Microsoft) that say it should work.
So thanks, Excel, you syphilitic anal pustule straight from the colon of Adolf Hitler. I hope you choke on that bag of dicks you're currently eating and die.
This machine is about 5 years old and i do not use it anymore as it is always out of oder. I was driving past as using the cash machine at this co op filling station at Moor House Roundabout Cramlington, Northumberland.
P507 OUG
Optare Excel B35F
Hartwool (Grayline Coaches), Bicester
Bicester, 7 September 2009
New to Metrobus, Orpington
Although better known for their coaches, Grayline also have a small fleet of buses used on tendered services in and around the town. This early Excel was purchased in 2008 from Diamond Bus in Birmingham and is seen at the bus station with one of Bicester's seven Tesco stores behind.
Covering for the more usual Solo, Excel 266 comes down Mansfield Rd, Heanor on the Amberline to Hucknall.
Fri 4th July 2014.
not long after the previous picture i was told to take AXF ( we always refered to the fleet by the letters in the reg no ) to have the vinyls to be applied , this meant going to Arriva in Cannock where this was taken
As previously mentioned all the Optare Excels within First are now with Manchester at Wigan depot, not bad considering the Manchester fleet never took them new!
The ones aquired from Timeline Travel were soon joined by the former Leicester examples and four from London that PMT had been operating. This one is from the latter fleet and is seen heading into Leigh from Wigan on the 658 service.
A shot of this bus in its PMT days can be found here.
ExCeL, (Exhibition Centre London), opened in 2000 and Phase II completed this year. It has become a world-class convention venue and will host seven Olympic events in 2012. There are 100,000 sq m of covered space, alongside the north quay of the old Royal Victoria Dock. It is served by 3 DLR stations and 5 on-site hotels with another in construction. Phase 1: Moxley Architects. Phase II architects: Grimshaw. Engineering: McAlpine. London Borough of Newham.
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Due to trademark issues with Peugeot the first generation Hyundai Accent was sold as Excel in the Netherlands. This generation was built from 1994 until 2000.
1987 Lotus Excel.
Registered as a Lotus Eclat.
Last MoT test expired in December 2016 (SORN).
In present ownership since May 1995.