Hey @Boris I saw this (amazing tale) and thought of you.
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Good story! Lots of bribes preventing pursuit of prosecution perhaps. And if you were in the train procurement business, you’d be giving that manufacturer a wide berth.
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that’s amazing! (in a not great way).
I’ve heard London Underground bought some trains (I think the s stock on the met, district, circle, H&C) but didn’t buy the maintenance from them, and they got a bit arsey about supplying parts, but this takes the biscuit! (this is also hearsay, so might not be true, or quite correct)
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Cheeky fuckers. I’d like to think we’d take that to the courts in the UK.
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I heard from a copper once that the Met were offered Audi’s at 40% off RRP to replace their BMW fleet. They turned it down because the flipside was all servicing had to be done by Audi.
Subaru were the same offered a police force scoobys for free so long as they did the servicing. Now although that seems a good deal, apparently it would of put some mechanics out of a job so it was binned so I heard!
This has just reminded me that my iPhone needs a new screen…