In my opinion their is no need for Dublin Bus to go withdrawing the 2000 AV's towards the end of this year. Those buses are only 10/11 years old and are well capable of the work that they are doing. The AV's were the best Double deck bus ever brought into the Dublin Bus fleet and to start withdrawing them premituraly seems absolutly ridiculous, I mean as was said here already the country is in a bad enough state as it is and the idea of replacing perfectly capable buses with brand new ones is just outright stupidity! This idea of having a fleet with an age profile of just 6 years old is out of the question at the moment and should be put on the back burner as a peak to aim for in years to come. The AV's do not need replacing yet!