The Dusk of the Gods
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OF Wagner's tetralogy, Gotterdammerung probably best represents the attitude of Derrick Simon, managing director of University Tailors, towards Japanese and German commercial vehicles. His experience of them, he said recently in a letter to The Times, had been disastrous.
A Japanese van was off the road for five months awaiting a layshaft. Two vans were out of service for eight days because of a shortage of brake pads.
The exhaust pipe of a German van fell off after 2000 miles and 4000 miles. The reason was alleged to be that the driver had allowed the engine to idle. What he was supposed to do when stationary was unknown. In fact, the maker sub
sequently admitted a design fault.
University Tailors will in future buy only British vehicles. For foreigners it is The Dusk of the Gods; they have had their day,