Will you stop saying that! The MTA WILL NOT, repeat, WILL NOT be giving up any Orion VII OG CNGs to MTA bus any time soon (if at all). If they did, then Jackie Gleason or West Farms would be short on buses!
Like that's anything new. I remember back in the 90s, these hoodlums would ride on top of the rear bumper of the bus to get where they are going without paying.
The #7000s are for keeps. It's not that big of a feal anyway for we have thousands of other Orion VII OGs and NGs for parts. I just wish Orion brought out the Orion 8. Those dumbasses at Daimler did not think about what that may have led to.
I highly doubt they will give the XD60 the order of 328 more artics. The first 90 buses (save for #4710) have not even arrived yet. The time gap is way to short.