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04:56:27 on Fri, 12 Jun 2009, MIG
remarked:
I must be being dim, but how would a bus company benefit from
disguising the age of a bus from the casual observer? The individual
in the pub car park might not want people to know the age of his car,
but I can't see an equivalent motivation for a bus operator.

It seems to matter to them. Quite a few coach companies do it as well.
--
Roland Perry