Another factor in favour of most of the Continentals at the time was availability - a few days or a few weeks against several months for a new Brit motor. A mate of mine was tradeplating in the early eighties, regularly doing three trips a day from Hull docks to the Mercedes Benz Trucks site at Tankersley (Barnsley). There were hundreds of trucks going through PDI and preparation. It was a 24-7 operation, trucks being turned round and sent to the dealers in quick time. Sad as it was for our industry, that’s the way it was.