My finger is hovering over the ‘make a offer’ button…

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Leyland-Olympian-Red-Double-Deck-London-Bus-3995-00-VAT-MOT-May-2012-/110814872922?pt=UK_Minibuses_Buses_Coaches&hash=item19cd14c55a

I have nowhere to store it, not even sure my licence will let me drive it, the fuel costs are going to be mad, but something deep inside, is telling me buy,buy,buy 😉

Please give me sound reasons why I should say NO, then again you could give me reasons to click the button too 😉

buy it

I can’t even comprehend the confusion that must exist in your mind to want to buy that.

Buy it then drive it around the world….. loads of room for bikes, parties, hangers on… 🙂

my dad bought one of these;

ina ‘I’ve always wanted one’ moment. He’s not done a lot with it, tbh.

Just think of the holiday opportunities!

Imagine the biking road trip you could have in that thing – buy it!!!!! 😈

Imagine the biking road trip you could have in if you don’t buy that thing.

Question: how many buses have ever been on the road? How many people do you ever see driving busses as private vehicles? QED

Question: how many buses have ever been on the road? How many people do you ever see driving busses as private vehicles? QED

You’re right, it’s the perfect vehicle to travel incognito!

BUY IT!

A friend of mine is like that – bought one and ended up setting up a bus company. Has 16 modern vehicles and various garages full of old stuff. It costs him silly ammounts of money to have that hobby.

http://www.harrogatecoachtravel.com/historic-vehicles.htm

Did I read the mileage right?
19 million?
Holy sh.it

not even sure my licence will let me drive it

I’m 99% sure you cannot drive this on a car licence. It would be damn stupid if they did let people drive these on a standard licence!

Really big for weddings at the moment. You could make a killing hiring it out.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=bus+wedding&hl=en&rlz=1C1TEUA_enGB461&site=webhp&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=XP44T4HIHeSj0QWK4o3GCg&ved=0CGUQsAQ&biw=1366&bih=643

http://www.thisbus.com/

Love binners pics – brilliant. 😆

If you are going to buy a bus either an old one or nothing

It needs to be a routemaster so you can swing on the pole at the back as someone drives it flat out.

Turn it into a double decker one of these!

Get on board!!!
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uselesshippy – where did you get that mileage from?
That would be over 4000 miles a day every day!
That’s some London bus route!

not even sure my licence will let me drive it,

not certain but i think it does as long as you don’t charge fares

I’d rather have this:

VW Camper double decker by Ledlon89, on Flickr

It needs to be a routemaster so you can swing dance on around the pole at the back as someone drives it flat out.

If you get a job at a bus company you’ll get put through your test for free (single decker first).

As long as you’re feeling daft enough to buy this, quit your job, get a job as a bus driver, quit that job, sell your house as you can’t get another job, live in your bus which you’ll have converted to the ultimate camper van during your time at the bus company.

I can’t see any downsides. Within a year you’ll be living in your bus with enough money in your back pocket to last a year or so before slipping into depression, drugs and prostitution.

Do it!!!

Buy it, for God’s sake!

Think of the possibilities man.

Some mates had a six wheel Leyland coach, in pink primer, kitted out with stoves, hammocks and old sofas.
Brilliant for festivals till it crapped itself termanally at Heaton Park Roundabout on the way home.
Roadside Recovery can be pricey. 😀

How exactly does £3995 + VAT come out at £4993ish? Has VAT jumped up again or has my maths got even worse??

Nah you don’t want that mate, how would you get your bikes on the roof rack?

Buy it 😈

There are plenty of Leyland Olympians still on the roads and plenty in scrap yards too, so finding spare parts will be easy and cheep. They are fairly bomb proof, and seem to have a fair turn of speed for a bus. In other words if I were ever to buy a double decker bus it would be one of these. You could live upstairs and fill the bottom deck with bikes for all occasions

stevemtb – no, it’s their maths. They’ve taken 20% off £4995 instead of the correct way of doing it.

Doh. That was the year??????
But you wont be able to drive it on a normal licence though.

not certain but i think it does as long as you don’t charge fares

I would assume it would only allow you to drive with limited number of passengers (less than 14 or something like that). I don’t think you could drive with more than that irrespective of whether you charge a fare or not.

Does it come with mandatory short-sleeved shirt & tie combo and a tin of Brylcreem for the authentic teddy boy d.a. hairstlyle ?

Seems the bus would be way over the allowable weight limit…

Exempted passenger carrying vehicles
Holders of a full category B (car) driving licence may drive any of the vehicles listed below:
a passenger carrying vehicle manufactured more than 30 years before the date when it is driven and not used for hire or reward or for the carriage of more than 8 passengers
a minibus with up to 16 passenger seats provided the following conditions are met:
i. the vehicle is used for social purposes by a non-commercial body but not for hire or reward
ii. the driver is aged 21
iii. the driver has held a car (category B) licence for at least 2 years
iv. the driver is providing the service on a voluntary basis
v. the minibus maximum weight is not more than 3.5 tonnes or 4.25 tonnes including any specialist equipment for the carriage of disabled passengers
vi. if the driver is aged 70 or over, is able to meet the health standards for driving a D1 vehicle
When driving a minibus under these conditions you may not receive any payment or consideration for doing so other than out of pocket expenses or tow any size trailer; you may only drive minibuses in this country. Drivers aged 70 or over will need to make a special application, which involves meeting higher medical standards.
Holders of a full category D (PCV) driving licence can also drive a passenger carrying recovery vehicle. This is defined as a vehicle (not being an articulated goods vehicle combination) which:
has an unladen weight not exceeding 10.2 tonnes
is being operated by the holder of a public service vehicle (PSV) operator’s licence and, is being used for the purpose of:

Kids will drive past you and shout out ‘bus w****r’… or maybe that’s just on the tv…

Rear wheel drive, rear engine. Should need no more reasons…

Also, ever since I saw the double decker at mayhem last year I’ve thought they’d make an awesome bike holiday tool. 😆

buy it… live in it.. sell yer house.. quit yer job.. quit the rat race and join the human race.. evolve..

climb out of the primordial soup and leave the pondlife behind you

🙂

(disclamer: unfortunately there is not much you can do about kids shouting ‘bus w****r’ at you..)

Classic for camper van conversion. It can be doen just look at NZ ther you have quite some busses turned in to mahoosive campervans. Dreamed of it but never went that way in the end.

Looked at this last year, buses are reasonably cheap to buy at the moment, its the maintance that costs, and the licence,then there is the fuel about 10m to the gallon.

Leylang olympians do seem to go well as buses and are reliable, as are cummins engines.

Go for it, but youll also need secure storage, as there is a lot of metal to nick off a buius as well as lots of nice diesel.