{"id":43918,"date":"2023-11-02T04:18:58","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T04:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histarmar.net\/?p=43918"},"modified":"2023-11-02T04:18:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T04:18:58","slug":"i-was-hooked-on-a-bus-simulator-game-so-i-bought-my-own-double-decker-at-15-now-ive-passed-my-test-and-drive-it-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/histarmar.net\/world-news\/i-was-hooked-on-a-bus-simulator-game-so-i-bought-my-own-double-decker-at-15-now-ive-passed-my-test-and-drive-it-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"I was hooked on a bus simulator game, so I bought my own double-decker at 15 – now I've passed my test and drive it | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

BUS fan Liv Rayment is driving a double-decker she bought seven years ago \u2014 at the age of 15.<\/p>\n

Hooked on a bus simulator video game, she stumped up \u00a34,500 for the Arriva vehicle thanks to a loan from a pal.<\/p>\n


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The bus, four months older than her, was set to be scrapped.<\/p>\n

Liv, now 22, has since given it a fresh lick of paint but chose to keep the original seats.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cWhen I was 13, I had a friend of a friend who owned a bus and there\u2019s a community of people who own them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI found the idea of owning a bus and restoring old ones really cool.<\/p>\n

READ MORE ON BUSES<\/h2>\n

<\/picture>BUSSING IT <\/span><\/p>\n

I quit my job and moved into a converted school bus to travel the country<\/h3>\n

<\/picture>CHILL OUT <\/span><\/p>\n

I converted a retired school bus into an ice cream truck – now I\u2019m my own boss<\/h3>\n

\u201cMy parents weren\u2019t too warm to it and thought it was a bit odd. But they were quite happy that I wasn\u2019t going out and doing bad things at the weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n

Liv, from Tunbridge Wells, Kent, passed her bus test ten months after completing her A-levels.<\/p>\n

She now works as a coach driver and admin manager at Warwickshire-based Ridleys Coaches.<\/p>\n

She drives her double-decker to bus-owner rallies, as well as using it to train other young learner bus drivers. And she has racked up 100,000 followers on TikTok.<\/p>\n

Most read in Motors<\/h2>\n

<\/picture>HIGH TECH <\/span><\/p>\n

Inside ‘world’s most luxurious caravan’ worth \u00a3500k with cinema & wine cooler<\/h3>\n

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<\/picture>HOT TO TROT<\/span><\/p>\n

I transformed an old horse box into the world’s most luxurious truck<\/h3>\n

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<\/picture>FLIGHT RISK <\/span><\/p>\n

I left my \u00a32,500 car at ‘safe & secure’ airport parking – then it disappeared<\/h3>\n

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<\/picture>DRIVING SALES <\/span><\/p>\n

Britain’s most expensive second hand cars revealed – how much is yours worth?<\/h3>\n

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Liv added: \u201cMy boyfriend has no idea what\u2019s going on but I\u2019d rather it stay that way because otherwise you\u2019re getting home and talking about work.\u201d<\/p>\n

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