MOTORING NOTES
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"DONT'S" FOR A NEW DRIVER.
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AND MANY A MORE KNOW ING DRIVER TOO.
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ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPENI
There are ar should be-rules for new motorists, rules for ideal motoring condust; so here goes-a few suggestions based upon the of "servations of a quarter-century, during which I have crashed once, boom foed twice, and complimente ed by the polies apon three or ⚫casions!
1. Know your own cac.. Know its length, width. even its height, overal Knew how rapidly it can Know, particularly get going. well, how rapidly it can be brought to a standstill. Very few crasher would happen if all cars could be slowed down in as few yards as they can be speeded up.
9. Be always prepared for sur- prises, so that you can never be surprised out of your normal and admirable sangfroid. Some of the warat murders have been committed in cold blood, I know, but motor ing should never be practised other than in cold blood.
4. Never start out before assur
ing yourself that your car has ample current for enginestarting
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agree that it is no substitute for inefficient brakes
The "Go-Ahead" Mant
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The Studebaker Commander has
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5. Go ahead only" when you can see ahead. When you can't see ahead, clearly ahead, stay put, even if it means a night out. There
Rootes, Ltd., of is always disaster round a blind corner, over a hump-backed bridge, or in front of the car that you feel House, Piccadilly, London, W.1, who are zole world exporters of you simply must pass, and at once.
4. Your car is much swifter than Hillman cars, announce important
This time a fully e equipped stock is any pedestrian or any horse. innovations in the 1028 modela
Studebaker Commander Sport For that reason you can always
A special chassis has been de
Roadster skimmed around the afford to wait a few seconds to con venience pedestrians or horses.veloped for Overiens purposes, in The seconds so apent can be made connection with which it may be boards" of the Atlantic City Speed- up in the next quarter-mile, at
mentioned that the absorption of way to make six new records-first and the world loveth a most,
Hillman cars in Dervinion and and foremost of which was the spurterus motorist.
Colonial markets has, during 1927, record of 1,814.06 miles in 24 hours increased by over 300 par cent. The -1,440 minutes an
speed of 78.693 miles per hour. In so doing The Commander covered 148 more miles during the 9 hour period than did the car which pre- viously held the record.
7. It is often your rond" when another motorist, coming in the opposite direction to yours, doesn't realise that fact. But this is much more wisely explained be fore the collision than after the in quest
8. Lots of roads are inadequate ly wide, but most of them are wide enough if we all behaved as we should.
9. You never see a real racing man in court, charged either with spoed-excess or driving to the com mon danger. Those who can drive fastest de drive most slowly on the road, not because they are norvy, but because they have gumption:
10. Tho longest traffe-block known to history lasted only 17 minutes. The record time for fit ting a new wing is just over 170 minutes, and the wing concerned was not really nicely fitted even then. Which will you have, a short wait, on the spot, or a long one at the service depot-and a bill to match!
JA DEL
est especially devised for "Overscas use is equipped with an anti-detonating cylinder head, and
crank shaft "considerably stiffer than that formerly used, whereby increased cutput of power is ob- tainable. The track is 36 ina., and the addition of a water impeller and the inoase of radiator sur face ensures the complete elimina- tion of over-henting troubles. The wheel base", has been slightly lengthened, and the whole balance and appearance of the car have been greatly enhanced by the use of a longer bonnet and a new de sign" of mud-guards, valances and running boards. braking mechanism has been im- proved by the introduction of rod operation in place of cable. order to meet the conditions im posed by the use of low pressure tyres, the steering gear has been re-designed and the controls. arn now mounted in a neat box above The arrange the steering wheel.
The four-wheel
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The second record was for 1,000 miles-which The Commander did in be minutes, 7.4 seconds at an average speed of 75.365 miles per hour to exceed by 3.053 miles per hour the averagê maintained in the old record.
The Commander, which was the same one that was placed first in the Atlantic City 75-mile stock car race on September 5th as well as first in the 75-mile stock car mee at Charlotte, N.C., ar September 20th, was driven by Harry Hartz, Ralph Hepburn, and Jimmy Glea-
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The four other records made by The Commander were: the five mile run at an average speed of 74.877 miles per hour; the ten mile record at an average speed of 73.062 miles per hour; the 30 mile record at a speed of 78.748 miles per hour and in addition the twelve hour record-75.136 miles per hour aver- age speed for the twelve hours.
3. Regard the other fellow " always as being even more of a fool than he looks. If every motorist 11. Your insurance policy covers do some realised that it was up to him, per-everything-until you sonally, to prevent crashes there thing, or somebody else does some would be none.
thing to you. Then the insurance company will ask a surprising number and variety of nithy pointed questions. Regard your insurance policy as an umbrellament of the front springing has one of the kind you take out only also been slightly modified so as to to make sure that there'll be no reduce pitching to a minimum. In addition to the standard saloon, two other types of closed vehicle) have been developed one is the new Fabra Saloon which possess extremely pleasing lines and tax
At the end of the 1815 mile grind, justly been heralded as attaining Ralph Hepburn took. The Com- new standard of value forander around ten mare laps-13 money; the other is a Salety miles at a speed of over 82 miles Saloon in which Triplex, Glass is
and lighting purposes, and brakes that will do more than make nasty noises. The camaraderie of the road
enable you to beg a gallon or so of petrol, but experts
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The Hilmi Company have responded to the particularly large demands which bave come to them from Overseas by inaugurating large extensions to the Coventry plant, which now takes its place amongst the up-to-date Motor Manufactories in Great Britain. It is significant that within a few weeks of the return of Mr. W. E. Rootes from his recent world tour the Hillman, Company had incor- porated in their new models all the recommended modifications which Mr. Rootes had collected from Overseas motorists and car tailers. Such An example of British enterprise will surely re- ceive a wide welcome...
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12. To date, only about 15 per cent of the British populace are motorists. The other 85 per cent. have rights. Respect them, and you won't hear about them.
13. The wise motorist uses his head. The other sort relies on his born and brakes. But it do the wise one who lives long and digs happy, respected by all who knew him. Horn and brakes have their nses; us they have their limits- tions, too.
14. Road racing is splendid sport. But in real road races. everybody is going the same way. That makes all the difference be tween sport and suicide:
15. Answer fool according to his folly. When the fool in a hurry honks" you, to let him rass, let him pass all right. Most of the trouble in Efe lies ahrad. Some folk hasten to meet it. Why hinder, them?
Lighting Up!
17. It is said that a lighted cigarette may be extinguished by plunging it into petrol. I doubt this; but I have never tested it.
18. The man who looked for a gasienk with a lighted candle died, but his progeny are still about. Nowadays they fool around their engines, in the dark, with lighted matches Different play-things, but they get there just the same.
19. The slowest old tank still on wheels will develop surprising pace on quite a moderate hill, if eet in motion while its brakes are idle. Folk with poor brakes, memories, should always carry bricks-lots of bricks. And use. them as "scotches."
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20. It is legal to leave a car unattended while its engine is run- ning. It is also confoundedly Billy.
21. There is always a parking place, if you inquire, and a police- maa can generally see you right, even when the park is packed. Anyhow, sak for help. A surpris ing, number of policemen arm al- moet human when they get their helmets off.
2. It is fitile to "blind" for. & quarter of a mile, only to stand in a queue for several nauté, You see people doing it every day; but they are. Not Like Us. (The Pharisees had their points, after all.)
Three of the six records made) might be called "double records" inasmuch as they were broken by both of The Commander Sport Roadsters entered in the race. The other, Commander, driven by Harry Hartz, Eddie Hearne, and Ab Jen- kins, bettered all previous stock car records for 1,000 miles, for 19 hours, and for 2 hours.
This test was sanctioned by The American Automobile Association and the cars, after the run, were pronounced strictly stock models by the technical committee.
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