THE HONGKONG
PETROL PUMPS AND BRANDING.
Sir Malcolm Campbell Discusses Question.
shortage.
TELEGRAPH. MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1932.
tity on the spot. To-day oven the non-visible typo of pump has been improved, so that there noed be Jittle auspicion that one is not getting value for money.
Apart from the fact that the type has been vastly improved mechanically, every pump is sub- Ject to examination by inspectors Many letters have reached metien, had occasion to complain of pariment of the Board of Trade, of the weights and measures de- Jately on the subject of the short measures from fuel pumps.who insist upon a very high stan- accuracy of petrol pumps. Docs Indeed, I think it is the usunt ex-dard of accuracy and have no heal the motorist gets what he pays for perience of motorists to find that tation in sealing up a pump which nt wayside stations?
In one or two cases the writera petrol pumps are very careful to darda. I
the people who own and operato does not conform to those stan- quote enses in which it is alleged see that full measure is given and, fashioned non-visible pump suf- agree that the old- that there has been a serious particularly, that the delivery hose fers under the disability that its
One correspondentis properly emptied. says he paid for four gallons, but
mensurament has to be taken on after running for about twenty
The Sagging Hose
trust, but, even so, I do not think miles his car stopped with an I agree with the correspondent, we have much to complain about empty tank. As his car does from who suggests that it is possible
in its functioning. 30 to 35 miles to the gallon there for the seller to enhance bis pro non-visible pumps are not con- One reader asks why the old was obviously something wrong, fits by allowing the hose to sagdemned by the Board of Trade, and he returned-after accuring and to hold quite a considerable which, he thinks, should insist another supply to the filling amount of petrol after the reupon their replacement by pumps station. The proprietor apologis- quired quantity has apparently of the visible delivery type. ed, saying he thought he had been delivered. But I cannot re- deliovered the quantity paid for, collect that I have ever come across but that there was actually no even this. In any case, it is up to potrol in the tank!
the motorist himself to see that I should say that this was an the hose is drained and that the Islonted
c250 of flagrant dis-full quantity lifted by the pump is honesty, because, so far as delivered know, there is nu pattern of pump made in which such a thing can do not think there is much ground
As to the accuracy of pumps, happen without the operator for complaint nowadays. At ope knowing that his pump is not lift-time, perhaps, this was not the ing.
The early types of pump But one case like this does not were apt to deliver short monaure, brand all pump owners,
I have and neither buyer nor seller had never, to the best of my recollec- any means of checking the quan-
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very point with an official of one was recently discussing this of the great old-distributing com- panics, and I learned that the cost of replacing all the non-, visible pumps In the country with machines, of the modern type
£3,000,000! Replace ment is being carried out gradual
would be
ly,
Bad-Oil Havoc
PETROL AND
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PERSONALITY.
A woman to enter a room first) and when on the road she expects a male drivor to give way to her of all occasions.
On a country road,' should she sounds her koen Irritatingly and desire to pass another ear, she much longer than necessary, and crowds the preceding car nimost into the ditch as she passes.
If another car wishes to pass deliberatoly
There are overal to choose from, and one cannot go far wrong in taking any one. Certainly there may be one brand that sults; particular engine better than the others, and this will, of course, be
The most inoffensive man be- liberally sprinkled with mud, the first choice, but if this is un-comes obtainable in a particular locality when he sits at the wheel of a
arrogant and conceited march into the foyer of a fashion something loosely described as
able hotel, defiantly running the
"No. 1 petrol.",
to not ba porsunded to fill up with motor car,
gauntlet of the scores of correctly Is It because he is in sole con-attired guests assembled there. trol of a machine which may bo The same advice applies with travelling at any speed up to sixty
If bo had arrived by train and her machine, she evon greater force to lubricating miles an hour, which gives him respectably dressed he would have holds on the centre of the road ail. A bad oil can work havoc in this feeling of superiority?
alunk timidly up to the recaption and favours the other driver with the motor in very little time. by the makers of the car and you impressed by the motamorphosfe
clerk and made himself, as I do a lot of motoring as a
in-n scowl if he eventually takes a
riak and gets past. Stick to the brand advised for use passenger, and I have often been conspicuous as possible. can rest contented that, even if which takes place when a mild and you have paid a shilling or no diffident Individual
As for the influence of potrel on the indy driver is a plague. tho D.
Indy motorist.
As a curo for this petrol com more per gallon than you could motorist.
Noed say anything about it?
plex I would suggest that all it will do its job without trouble he seems to become discourteous, clinging vino type. Far from thours every week, and that they be have bought an unnamed oil for, The moment he takes the wheel The Indy driver is never of the pedestrians for a stated number of motorists be compelled to become
guaranteed in the case of the criticises overy other driver on the she has bought the road, as well busy streets when trame is at its other. which is more than сап be intolerant, and offensive. He She often seems to imagine that made to cross and rocross the
road. He curses the automatic ns (perhaps) a car. light signals. Ho anathematisca
holght. dilatory people who try to cross
That should "larn" them. the street in front of him.
·་ D. M. C.
You may be ablo to buy good oil at a low price if you are lucky, risk of ruined engine for the anke but is it worth while taking the of saving a couple of shillings a month or a week?
Extra Air Valves
I have been asked
whether I
becomes
another car "gets away" hofors If he is held up at a crossing and
him he has bitter things to
say shout the driver. On the other hand, if he himself gets a good start, he sarcastic remarks about the driv chuckles gleefully and passes ing abilities of the less fortunate fellow who was left behind.
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consider it advisable to fit the device known as an extra air-valvo between carburottor and engine. As is well known, this device, which can be either hand-con-
Arrived at his destination, he trolled or automatic, has for its alights, slams the door behind purpose the saving of fuel, and in him, and stalks into a shop or many Cases
docs enable the office with the air of owning a engine to develop mare power hemisphere at least. than with its normal carburettor Even the motor cyclist han setting,
similar traits of character. In-
Buy Branded Goods Writing about fuel naturally gives rise to certain thoughts relating to grades and prices. have previously referred to the protection afforded to the pur chaser by a well-known brand on the goods he buys. If you buy an article which has the backing of a
I never use these air-valves, but deed I sometimes think he is a firm with a reputation to lose, prefer to depend upon as near you are much more likely to get perfect tuning of the carburettor Kreater. offender than the
as is possible. This is not to say handiacas in traffic the motor
driver. satisfaction than you are from the
Owing to his speed and just-an-good" substitute. This is
that I condemn them out of hand, doubly true in the case of acces-Quite the contrary. They are evelist can take risks which the car driver dare not contemplate often useful, and I have known of some
and thus he has the "plus" petral extraordinary results in
unique petrol, economy being attained personality developed to
degree. with their assistance.
sories to motoring.
car
To take a homely illustration, you may be induced to buy a thean grade of carpet broom which you are assured is every bit as good as the more expensive one you originally intended to wears out in a quarter of the should say, one perfectly tuned of the device, provided it is pro- purchase. The just-ar-good broom
time the better one would have lasted. It is annoying, no doubt, but no further harm has been done the inferior broom has not done a hundred pounds", worth of damage to your carpets.
Penny Wise
In motoring the results are invariably more serious.. I heard the other day of a motorist who purchased some reconditioned sparking plugs, thereby saving himself probably three or four shillings on each. One of them disintegrated into his engine, and the repair bill was £15..
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It cannot be too insistently urged that, while economy is very excellent thing in its way, it in sheer folly to overdo it in the euse of the ear and its needs. I do not mean that one ought to buy everything of the most expensive grado. But one should never use any but a fuel carrying the name and guarantee of one of the well- known distributing companies.
If the carburettor is perfectly adjusted, then there is little to be gained by the fitting of an nir. valve, but then there is not, I
carburettor in use among the first
Just watch him, elud in a dia. reputable suit of greasy overalls fifty cars you may chance to meet. There is no objection to the use
perly fitted.
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