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A LETTER FROM HOME
about
Austin
Seven
10,000 miles in 7 months;
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13th, 1929.
MOTOR NOTES
SAFE MOTOR DRIVING.
OLD BUT GOOD ADVICE.
The most practical step taken in the public interess since motoring began in England stands to the credit of the National Safety First Asaceiation, whose National Execu tive adopted a series of Safety Hints for Drivers of 'Motor Vehicles" presented by the Safety Rules Committee.
EFFICIENCY WITH ECONOMY.
Jet Experiments.
SMALL ACTS THAT MEAN adjustment, But an experiment |
MUCH.
Motorists who have been running new cars for a few months possibly have found that there has been a drop in the car's efficiency, with running costs rising at the same time.
Some complain that friends own. ing cars similar to theirs are doing this and that in the way of fuel economy.
and quote wonderful figures in consumption for five. seater family cars fully laden, which only prove the owners' systems of testing consumption to have been utterly faulty or their figuring hopelessly inaccurate.
The object of the Committee in undertaking the work on behalf.cf the Association was not to put out rules that should be original. but rather to condense into a few non contentious hints all that practical experience as to the chief causes of segidents had accumulated, and
But quite apart from any ques- such as would appeal to every tion of striving after freak fuel driver of a motor vehicle, The NIS.F.A. does not attempt to refer exercising care and patience, and results, there is no doubt that by to all possible causes of accidents, expending a fair amount of time but it believes that the proper ap: in tests, the new car which has run plication of the proposed rules will between 1,000 and 2,000 miles, cân be found to cover euch important be much improved from the com- matters as attention, courtesy, combined standpoint of economy and trol, anticipation, knowledge of efficiency. sigans, and knowledge of law. All sources of information have been tapped for the rules, but they are
performance which each car turned Every maker has a standard of
out of his factory must attain be- nat tesigned to cover every conceiv-fore it is passed on or delivery to
abile hazard.
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SIX CARDINAL HULES.
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The six cardinal rules to ensure safe driving are set out by the Council as follows:-
1-Always keep your eyes open and your wits alert.
Always keep yourself and your vehicle in safe driving order.
4. Always anticipate danger. s.—Learò, give, and obey the re- cognised traffic signals.
-Obey the law, in letter and spirit.
These points are elaborate as follows:
Attention.
a customer, and as the car becomes bedded down-and with all machi nery it is much the same-it needs adjustment to get the best out of it.
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Lubricant question.
If parts of cars were made "free"" when new, they would not last any thing like so long as they do, and there is a certain amount of work to be done to get good results. When a car has done 1,300 miles it can be said to be run in, and a few simple acts and experiments will work considerable improve-
ment.
Run the engine for two or three minutes so that the oil in the crankcase gets warm. Then drain
Always keep your eyes open and off all the old oil. Give the engine your wits alert.
a wash by pouring paraffin into the The burinn element is to blame in
sump and,, with the awitch off, the vast majority of accidents. crank the engine either by the
Undivided attention
Then handle or the self-starter, must
drain off the paraffin. Do not on given to the task of driving a car.
Cultivate Road Sense.
any account run the engine while the parafin is in,
be
More accidents are due to care. lessness and thoughtlessness than to ignorance,
Use common sense to ensure safe driving..
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Courtesy. Always drive as you wish, others
to drive.
Safety First-the most important
ruto of the road.
Drive carefully, and courteously.
Afterwards pour,about two pinta of fresh oil into the crank-case and work the engine again by the crank. handle. When all this oil has been drained away again fill up until the dipper shows that the sump is full. If your engine has appeared slug. gish try a lighter cil
Power Absorption.
Clear out the old lubricant in the
It is dangerous and discourteous-gear-box and the differential, and
To take corners on the wrong side.
To cut in, or to cut things too fiue.
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To assume that the road is clear. To overtake at corners, bends, "cross-roads, road junctions. just be fore street refugees, or anywhere without the certain knowledge of a clear 'road.
To turn into, or out of, a road except Dead Slow.
To drive so that you cannot pull up clear of any possible danger.
To assume your warning signal is heard if no notice be taken of it.
To descend hills to fast..
To force your way through groups of persons boarding or alighting from tramcars.
To drive too close to, or too fast past; other road users.
To leave a vehicle on a bend, or anywhere where it may be an ob struction to other traffic.
To reverse unless you Know that all is clear.
in the case of the gear-box it might also be good to try a lightar lubṛi- cant. A good many gear-boxes, through improper lubrication, ab sorb much more engine power than they should.
Despite the fact that you hare been using the lubricant that the naker recommends, you will most likely find that the experiment will be successful, and that the car is livelier and gear changing easier.
Oil the chassis all round, and see that the brakes and other parts are tree and doing their work as easily as they ought to do. It is useless to attempt to improve running or to do any tuning if, say, the brakes are binding of other parts are absorbing more power than they should.
In tackling the running of the engine remember that it is easy to get extreme economy or efficiency singly, but it wants care and trial to reach that delightful compro- mise which gives the feeling that you are running your car 18 écon-
It is courteous and considerate-omically as possible without lessen-
To keep weil to the left.
To overtake only after making sure that the road is clear, and after giving warning. «
To listen for warning signals from the rear, and to signal, oo overtaking traffic, if the road ahead is clear,
To use your horn with discretion To exercise special care in pass-
Average 47 miles per gallon;ing all animale,
13,000 miles to a set of tyres.
Why Ride in Rickshaws..
when you can keep an Austin. “7” ?
Please call in. to-day and det full particulars
of this wonderful little car and its bigger brothers.
ALEX ROSS & CO. (CHINA), LTD.
Prince's Building and 1a, Chater Road,
Telephones: C. 27 and C. 2487,
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Control.
Always keep yourself and your vehicle in safe driving order
Bo completely master of your vehicle.
ing its road performance efficiency. "(Continued on nent Column).
Don't apply brakes suddenly or violently except in cases of extreme emergency.
Learn how to correct a skid. Beware of following other vehicles too closely, especially trams.
Beware of vehicles suddenly turn- ing out of the line of trade.
Always remember that main roads traffic has not. right of ty over other traffic..
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Traße Signals. Learn, give, and obey the recog Don't drive if you are not phy-nised traffic signals- sically fit to do so,
Frequently inspect your vehicle. Always keep brakes and steering grar in faultless condition.
Keep all your lampe in good order.
Never leave a vehicle unattended unless it is fully secure.
Anticipation,
Jr.
Always anticipate danger: Don't imagine that people es pecially children-or anuais can always be trusted to do the sensible thing.
Be prepared for anyone else on the road doing the wrong thing.
Beware of pedestrians stepping auddenly off the footway.
Don't drive fast past schools or through populous places.
Be specially careful when driving on tram-lines and on greasy or can bered roads..
(Continued on next Column)
Don't slow down, stop, turp, or Cross to the wrong side of the road without endeavouring to show your intention to following traffic by giving the recognized signal.
The mere giving of a signal does not entitle you to obstruct other traffic.
Always look out for the signala of the driver of the vehicle in front of you.
Always look out for, and prompt- ly obey, police signals.
Always pay attention to road warning signs.
All newspaper readers, whether they own motor-cars or are pedes trians, should memorise these golden rules and should make them known by process of discussion; and so forth to, all their acquaintance. If these rules are observed Residents in connection with the use of motor vehicles would be reduced by. 90 per
cent.
Apart from the carburetter thera should be no need to touch the' engh, for it is extremely unlikely that the volve tappets will need should be tried with the carburet. ter jets and choke tubs, It is rather the exception than the rule to find a new car which will not take a smaller range of jets in the carburetter" after 1,500 miles have bedded all things down, and the change usually means absolutely as loss of efficiency with, at the same time, a distinct gain in the fuel consumption.
Make A Compromise.
But do cot expect too much. You must burn fuel to get power, and do not think, as so many per sist in doing, that the weakest fix- ture on which the engine will fire is the most economical. Combine efficiency with economy, Aim at giving the car as good a perform- ance as possible while eliminating E extravagance.
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If you care to experimens further try having an extra air valve Atted into the induction system, but do A not think it is going to work miracles. The improvement is nothing like the extravagant amount claimed...
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While on this subject of economy there are some things which it would be as well to inspect. You will probably find that owing to N there being no arrangement for holding the bood sticks tightly to C gether the hood has been bumped tad swayed and knocked about by travel so that the material has been wom and in places is anything but waterproof. If you want to save! more destruction devise some means of strapping the hood down tightly when not in use.
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Bad Alignment,
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Take off each wheel and thorough, ly amear the studs and hubs with thick grease.
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the other, suspect at once the align ment of the front wheels and have them tested.
You may have been lucky and had no punctures, but when one comes When you take off the front You can gamble that such wear you will find there is nothing more wheels scrutinise the tyre treads is more likely to be due to bad irritating than a wheel which is carefully and compare them. It alignment than to any fault in the obstinately
get off. one tread is wearing quicker than I tyres.
difficult
to
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