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The Reliability of Modern Cars-Causes of Break-down-Posts that Obstruct-Accidents and Heavy Lorries.

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RELIABILITY OF MODERN CARS.

CAUSES OF BREAKDOWN.

"STARTING MOTORS AND

AXLES. Incidentally it may be mention-

is 3 The old adage "a stitch in time ed that there

movement saves nine" was very popular in amongst motor car insurance com- Every year cars are made more

In 1903 the Victorian days and the idea that paries to increase the rates for and more reliable.

old underlies it applies particularly to small cars, and it seems that during writer used to handle 20 Cadillac that bad a one cylinder metering. It is always advisable 1928 quite a number of new drivers ra investigate and to repair the made claims. As traffic increases engine tucked away under the

most trivial thing that suggests probability of an accident also driver's seat.

something not quite right with the grows in proportion. car's mechanism.

scheme which also secures them a fairly reliable report of mishaps.

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ality, says the News of the World. The Chinese will suffer inconveni- He has always declared his inten- ence without complaint, and the ion to make the British motor-car meek behaviour of the motorists in trade at least the equal of that of this Colony is a thing to be praised foreign countries. During the dif by those who think that the meek ficuis years following the war, Mr. Morris, preaching that the British arg praiseworthy.

a Britisher must In any other place certainly in car was a ear England-there would be a great buy, produced one at a moderate outcry by motorists at the casual figure a motor that was efficient, manner in which at least one local reliable, and immensely popular. company that enjoys a monopoly ander terrible difficulties. In 1922 In 1931 he turned out 997 Cars carries on when it has to relay a this number increased to 8,168, and cable. Surely night work might be.

That car seldom ran for more

The starting motor accounted for arranged so as to reduce the time has steadily grown, until he is now than 30 miles without a break

that elapses before the road is put producing 1,400 cars a week. Each Every year the Royal Automobila only 6.6 per cent. of the reports back in the condition it was in be year he has improved the build of down; usually it was the sparking

his car; each

year he has reduced Club of Great Britain presents to recorded by the RA.C. In many fore the excavations commenced. plug that needed cleaning.

Another constant complaint made the price His cars have become The first Ford car imported into its members some statistics frdin cases when the starting motor is

by motorists is that the road-broak- Pputar because he has the right proceeders leave the road worse than they engine, which, in spite of his many England made its reputation by which an analysis of the causes cfnt fault the driver can

Why any wealthy local Provements, he has never, altered. Mr. Morris controls no running for three or four hundred breakdown can be prepared, and without using it. However, the found it miles without a breakdown. That the results are instructive in show figures show that the starting motor company that tried to men poly fewer than 10 companies. These should be permitted to inconven are all connected with the produc ence motorists without more production of Morris cars, even to the was about the year 1905 rathering the weak spots in modern cars. is reliable.

The RA. C. have a "get you home"

Rear axle shafts caused 120 per test can only be explained by the printing press he owns, to produce more than twenty-one years ago.

cent of the breakdowns. Curiously not that member of the Legisia the all-British motor magazine, tive Council don't drive their own The Morris Gener. The only com enough the writer has, during cars. Nor do they know how much

tirely connected in construct Of course, every small stoppage is about a quarter of a century, had a car is injured by being bumped pany be controls which is not en- not reported especially as quite a three broken rear axles and in all about by a badly filled in piece of

road.

While on the subject of destrueing a motor-car which is rapidly Co., in France, where he is build- number of drivers know enough cases the casualty was caused by about "first aid to motor-care" to overloading! The three axles all the junction of Park Road and ning popularity in France and he started build- Lyttleton Road, where a house ising the Morris-Commercial vehicles de minor repairs for themselves. failed in Hong Kong. One was in the Belgian Besides that a driver often man a small two seater which was carry now being demolished

Will that dangerous corner be im cial trucks and vans are now to be large scale, and the commer- ages to persuade the car to run asing four people up the second bill

Aberdeen on the way to Pokfulam, insist upon a smoothed off corner (We always call that the Dairy and we must beg of the authorities Farm Hill). It was an old car that they will make this badly need the lowest of four speeds was ined improvement, use and the engine wa speeded

"to its limit.

In 1911 the writer had a car of quite good English make that he would call fairly reliable. In 1923 he had a £500 (about) English mads car and in seven, months he ran it over 10,000 miles including tours through Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Gloucester when such hils a Porlock and Portland Bill were

negotiated with four fairly heavy i far as the nearest garage befor that is negotiated after leaving proved? Now is the opportunity to seca, in their thousands all over the

adults and their luggage aboard.

A WONDERFUL RECORD. That car amazed the owner who now pays a richly deserved tribute

investigating the trouble.

IGNITION TROUBLES...

A number of motorists in Great Britain have no claim on the R.A.C.

tas its reliability. It went up dread-patrols as they are not members of

ful hills in Wales without a murmur the Club.

bad track.

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up

UNFAIR TREATMENT.

ACCIDENTS AND HEAVY. LORRIES.

It must be confessed that the car

The recent accident outside the examination revealed that the metal car of a well-known bullion broker

is

tures

country: In addition he manutse six-wheeled vehicles chpable of travelling any kind of rough or difficult country. Last year Morris Motor (1996), Ltd., was floated as a public company, with a capital et five million, pounds, and the public were offered, and immediate. ly took up, three million prefer- coce shares. This amazing chapter

man who is over it all. What sort

to show that the weakest point in put on the hand brake to keep the be pointed is that it is most danger- the modern car is the ignition car stationary while he changed to ous to drive quickly in the central sory establishment in Oxford. Un

apparatus.

There is

and only once did we have to, shed In passing it may be mentioned was subjected to valair treatment but Hong Kong Club when the touring of success turns one's mind to the any of the weight. On that occa-that the R.A.C. is one of the finest was none too good.. During the and the "Black Maria" that of man is this who has done what sion we were lost on the road in Clubs in London and unlike some tour in Cornwall, mentioned above, vers prisoners between the Courts the vicinity of Lake Vrymy in of the Hong Kong clubs its doors the writer came across & Rolls and prison collided, reminds us that no one else in the country has been Royce in a garage and a Daimler, heavy lorries do not stop very able to do, and who is in a posi- Wales and owing to a mistake were are thrown wide open to ladies, both resting because a rear axle

In many cases the driver tion to bid against one of the We found Lecal motorists are advised to make had been broken, the driver of the ready; In

richest corperations in America? aff the proper route.

atalling his engine. Mr. Morris was born in Worcester ourselves in front of a huge use of the club when they are in Rolls Royce was a wealthy cinema He has no self-starter and does not r

His commercial 43 years ago. proprietor. While negotinting want the trouble of cranking up. career started with the manufac H.C. notice board which advised | England.

steep hill he attempted to change There is no blind corner at this

ture in a small

way of push motorists not to try the hill owing The .A.C. yearly statistics go down, missed the gear change and place and the only moral than can

can bicycles, and a repair and acces- to its steep gradient and thoroughly

In 1926 no less than the lowest gear. When all was districts.

cach step of the ladder he has always the The car negotiated the hill with 5 per cent of the breakdowns ready to start he took off the hand chance of an unexpected obstruc- climbed he has revealed thorough- all the baggage aboard, the car, but reported by the RAC were due brake but did not let in the clutch tion, and pedestrians do remarkables, optimism and sound common the three passcogers walked. There to ignition troubles and the returns until the car was running down hill things!

for 1925 told the same story. backwards at quite a good speed. were any number of boulders as big as a man's head on the track, but "Rosalie (as we called the car) went up like a deer. In all that 10,000 miles she only let us down unce an that was half-way up Portland Bill. Is transpired that a split pin, which a careless fitter had never opened, had fallen cut from inside the carburetter.

A DEAR FRIEND." "Rosalie to me was something "She" bad more than mechanism.

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In this humid climate of Hong Then he let in the clutch with a

is more bang. Kong the ignition gear vulnerable. than in England, and. The inevitable result was at in fact, any electrical gear finds broken back axle. In this case that a dip atmosphere is its there was no flaw in the metal, worst toe. Therefore, Jocal owners It was a perfect piece and failed and drivers are particularly advised because of unfair treatment. to see that their ignition gear is When the kept in good repair. engine is not pulling properly take out the sparking plugs, one by one, and test them...

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WIL

He and

sense. His meteoric rise has never been too much for him. He is still the same accessible and charming A BIG ORGANISATION. fellow to his friends that he always His profts have been put The Society of Motor Manufae into the business and employed for turers and Traders has grown to the benefit of the motoring public such proportions that it has now by reduction in prices." been divided up into three sectionsMrs. Morris still prefer a simple One deals with the problems of the life, and his charming, but modest, manufacturer, Then there is the house can be seen next door to the CYLINDERS AND PISTONS.

importer's section and lastly the offices of Morris Motors in Cowley. His hobby is his work, and his It la noticeable that troubles with factor's section.

The Council of the Society is an endeavour to promote British trade. cylinders and pistons accounted for some 8 per cent of the breakdowns executive body that represents all In his few hours of relaxation be recorded in 1990. No doubt many sections of the industry. It is re- plays golf, but his main object in SIX CYLINDER PLUGS.

drivers do not treat new cars any sponsible for the organisation of life is not do amass a big fortune It is not unlikely that owners of too well, but it does pay to be exhibitions, races, etc. The Society for himself, but to create employ- Dew car. Don't has done a great deal to help all ment and give the public, the best cars with six cylinder engines will patient with a

value. Mr. Morris has always said not notice the failure of one of speed up until at least five bun branches of the motor, trade.

that the British workman is the a personality; we had been through the cylinders to produce its quota dred miles has been recorded by the

finest in the world; that if em- ployers give a fair deal to the e- some exciting episodes and she was of power. Most of the six cylinder speedometer. It is possible that

playee, the employee will give a true and trusty as a well tried engines are of high power and when the introduction of aluminium pis. about 17 per cent, of the power is tons and the great increase in the

fair deal to them. That is why horse. "She" always seemed to missing it is not always apparent number of revolutions per minute

those who labour for him look upon purr a little song of gratitude after for example when one cylinder of the modern engine, has been the

him more as friend than master. I had put clean oil in the crank- of a four cyinder engine fails and cause of some of the breakdowns. case, and if "she" coughed or there is a loss of 25 per cent of spluttered, a little attention on my the power. Electric wires deter part was immensely appreciated. iorate more rapidly in Hong Kong There will always be a possibility Over the Welsh hills and the moors than in England. Therefore, watch of trouble with any moving mechan- of Devon "Rosalie" took us with the wiring. Dirt or dampnese on am on a ship there is a staff of delight and she was equally affable the magneto" is also a great cause well trained mechanical engineers The in London traffic or amidat War of ignition trouble. Many motorists who nurse the machinery. wickshire lanes. During the last are genuinely afraid of the magneto marvellous thing about the modern 100 miles of the over ten thou- and it is wise to make ourself motor-car is that the breakdowns sand" we had two punctures but familiar with it. It is not difficult are so few. In Hong Kong it is otherwise we had only experienced to clear and adjust the parts that the trouble Portland Bil

asually give trouble:

A GOOD PRICE

We sold "Rosalie" for £100 less than her cost when new. The lucky purchaser had a bargain and we parted with a real friend

RELIABILITY.

POSTS THAT OBSTRUCT;

comparatively rare occurrence to find a car unable to get home but it would be interesting if the local LIGHTING FAILURES.

garages could let us know how often, There were lighting failures," but they are asked to tow a car home account of some mechanical they only supplied 2.1 per cent, of on the breakdowns and the writer was failure. surprised that troubles of this. kind Next time we go on leave I shall were so rare, but here, again, it go to ECD Rosalie." Nourishing must be assumed that a number of a hope that I may be able to per- cars "limped home," probably with

The local Telephone Company made her owner to sell her back some lantern arrangement fixed up. to me. The hope will be in vain. In many cases, no doubt, the car deserve the thanks of motorists for In the first place he, too, will be was left in shelter for the night putting some of their cables under- They would earn more fascinated by and attached to and the neatest garage effected the ground.

gratitude still if they put all their but worse than that I repairs. Rosalie"

Accidents show a larger, percen telephone posts off the roadway. have a guilty feeling that there are now younger and better looking tage than might be expected, about At the present time. there are ladies tha Rosalie awaiting me 14 per cent of the breakdowns several posts that are dangerous, in Long Acre, London. So I shall reported being due to them. especially during a driving rain. returns Incidentally, not only telephone go to the famous show rooms and The

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the figure at 12.2 per posts but lamp posts should be Il I could afford it I should pur-cent. During 1928-there was a large taken off the roads. In the old days chase Phantom! Bolls or a increase in the number of cars on when, on Caine Road and Robinson twelve cylinder Daimler, but, alas) the roads of Great Britain and it Road, the trafic consisted of chairs the limit is again £500.

is safe to assume that the propor and pedestrians it did not matter For a whole week, I shall firt tion of inexperienced drivers had very much where the posts were placed. With quickly moving motor with the cars in the big price show-greatly increased rocms and in the end I shall almost It would be interesting if the vehicles it does matter a great deal certainly elope with "one, of insurance companies issued a gene and it is suggested that the very "Bosalie's" younger sisters... ral statement about the accidents obliging members of the Traffic per- If all that they say is true she reported to them.. The various Section of the Police might is less expensive,, eata" less engine and boiler insurance com suade the Captain Superintendent petrol and is lighter on tyres.panies do that and the lessons to exercise his authority in this Every years now cars become more learnt from such reports have been matter. Burely he has the power

to remove a road obstruction. reliable

ment valuable.

THE BRITISH CAR KING. The enormous success the Morris concerns have enjoyed in the last few years has placed Mr. Morria in the position of a national person-

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