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MOTORING

K.L.G. CURRENT

THE SUPER-PLUG

For MORRIS OXFORD &

COWLEY use type

"G. 2" at $3.00 each.

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Bank of Canton Building ist Fluor.

Kowloon

Branch:-

475, Natha

Road.

(Next to Yaumati School!.

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ALL CLASSES OF

MOTOR Insurance

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FOR

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HEAD OFFICE Hongkong Bank Building.

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Many 1931 Models

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Hire-purchase Arranged..

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Dangerous Prosking.

It is gratifying to notice that; There have been several prosecu- {

OF.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

SATURDAY, JUNE. 13th, 1931.

Swing The Officisi organ ol

THE HONGKONG AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION.

|HEADLAMP DAZZLE.

REPAIRING CONCRETE ROADS.

New Regulations in

British Isles.

POWER LIMIT.

London, May 7, 1931.

tions of recent months, and con-1 Draft regulations to prevent victions recorded against drivera mutacçar headlight dazzle werd who take chances in passing other issued on Wednesday by the Minis- vehleles (31: blind bends of the try of Tiensport, as soon as they Stubbs Road, We do not know eame into force-

hether the police have been on I. 1 w be legal io, either the lookout for such offenders, of the test lamps of a motor but we still maintain that such a vehicle to exceed 36 watts in campaign would be well justified. power.

Concrete Heads.

Lite

(This is the standard power of Work has been in progress for the average じます On the road 18124235 moniks

and Nathan to-sday,

the mujorily of Rond, where a re-intoteed con-motorists will not have to change vrete foundation is being laid. their bulbs. But in the cases The road ennnot be said to be a large luxurious ears ami powerful concrete rund in the general sense sports models now fitted with of the term, for it is covered by a lamps varying from 40 to 60 surfacing of tar and other watts, smaller power Inps will material. The idea of laying solid have to be fitted). Foundations is undoubtedly a good It will be permissible to one," a hough the cost must be deflect headlamps independently very high.

11 is to be hoped that of the steering either downwards uther roads in the Colony will not "dipping." as it is called or be neglected in the meantime, for both downwards and to the left, that seems

means "dipping ann to be the general which opinion amongst motorists.

Barker Road.

Branding Reckless Drivers.

swivelling,"

Those annoying holes in concrete roads which have the habit of breaking the rear springs of unsuspecting automobiles, have at last been conquered by the Illinois State Highway Department. Here you see a minchine devised by the department which fills in the depressions without tearing If the surface. It forces sand, water and cement through hales in the top, into the sunken spots, ifting them to the level of the road.

RUNNING-IN OF MOTOR CARS.

Extended Practical Experience.

GLORIOUS HOURS WASTED.

1931

THE COMBINATION "A"

REPRESENTS THE LAST

WORD IN MOTOR CYCLE

COMFORT, POWER. SPEED.

We are always pleased to gwe demonstrations.

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Apparently this "dipping" will he compulsory until October 2, We, understand that it is not 1932-no doubt, to give motorists necesary to obtain a permit to an opportunity of refilling their drive a car along the Darker Road cars. At that date the following as far as the Victoria Hospital, orders will operate: The beam although it is probably taken for of light from headlamps must be granted that only those desiring either permanently deflected to visit the hospital or call at downwards to such an extent that residences along the route will use it is incapable of dazzling a per- this thoroughfare,

son standing in the roud 25 ft. or more away; or all lamps in this entegory, not permanently deflect- America that motorists, convicted These regulations,

it is seriously suggested ined, must be so turned by the driver

he meets another vehicle. Since the first motor car panteilļa "gruelling rice-they do it with which Bre ia uncertain way along the high-the unerring instinct of the born from drivit et ute described as "ientative in charac- ways many things have happe have nurse pelled to curry a bright red plate on their cars

with the letterster" are designed ultimately to new and more efficient designs have their attempt to nurse it, by such "R.D. in order to tell the world solve the old and vexed "dazzling been evolved; new fuels have been follles as logging up hills and

lights" problem. They will apply marketed; new Jubrication oils crawling along in top gear with the HONGKONG MOTOR ACCESSORY CO. that they are reckless drivers to

all mechanically propelled blended, and now lubrication sys- spark fully advanced. Perhaps therefore, "R.D." will vehicles, except tramcars

Here is my method as 1 practised or tems brought Into being. The whole come to have an even more orainous trolleys, and in their final form process of automobile manufacture it on a cheap ear. My justification significance on the roads than in are to come into force in October has changed. And yet car makers for it is that after 11,000 miles the the banks.

still tell their customers to run their vehicle concerned attained the cars at a speed not exceeding 20 higliest reconded speed for an ab- niles per hour for the first 500 solutely standard model of that miles, just as they did a quarter of marque, and it won a gold medal a century ago. Each year thousands in every trial in which it completed. of poor souls waste the glorious spring days in obeying this ancient formula, writes J. Harrison to the "'Autocar."

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ROAD MILEAGE COST.

1932.

CANADA'S USE OF GAS

in

Government figures compiled Consumption of gasoline after extensive surveys show that Canada increased 43 per cent. it costs an average automobile from 1920 to 1929. It jumped about 2.00 cents more per mile to from 99,334,133 gallons to travel over earth road than on a 931.068 Kallon during hard surfee highway.

A CRASHING.

period.

OPPORTUNITY.

TAXI?

606,- that

Forcing a Cold Engine to Overstrain

As soon as the car was handed to

How can anyone with the sligh-me at the factory I started the en test pretensions to knowledge sage and let it run free during the gest that every make aid size of fifteen minutes while the formalties Car should be run-in at exactly 20 of delivery were completed. During miles per hour, and that the ruthe first 600 miles of its life on no ning-in process is complete in exact- occasion was the car started from ly 500 miles?

cold and driven away before the four engine had spent at least minutes warming up to its work. And at no time was the engine The price of the car, too, enters forced when cold to such an extent into the question. On a cheap that it spat back through the car- machine one cannot hope for a roud buretter, and one was compelled to close the strangler. lest, and 40 minutes' idling follow- partially

How Much Testing Is Actually Required.

ed by a quarter of an hour under You can do more damage in a mile is as much as une enn le 19 cold engize thun in 60 miles to. in the way of engine testing, but an engine that is attained its on a £500 chassle one has the right working temperature.

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too steep for top gear, an early the castings are treated and the change-down was made, and the engine is chemically cleaned, it is hand throttle opened sufficiently far not until the hot oll has been in

to demand at least two hours" run- With each gallon of fuel was to allow the engine to turn over at circulation for some hours that all ning-in, followed by an hour's mixed one-tenth part of off. In con

nexion with this procedure one

an even speed, too fast for labour- the dirt is loosened.

Running-In la not only matter

Power test and 50 miles on the word of warning is necessary: doing-that deadly enemy of stiff big-

road. In the £750 cloas I would ex

pect such a lengthy rond test that not exceed the quantity of oil by end bearings-and too slowly for of giving attention to the engins, any care on the part of the owner much if you wish to prevent your piston inertia to become excessive. Do not take it for granted that the would be more or less superfluous carburetter foulding. Mix the oil

valves gumming up or plugs and Opportunities for Greater Engine I suppose that in my time I have and petrol separately in a can. It.

'. "Nursing."` run-in more curs than most men, is a somewhat, messy business, but and I have had my share of tests if you run the car until the tank drive nearly as fast as normal parts cannot be run without lubri

In a nutshell, my method is to and competition work. After eigh is nearly empty each time you will the majority of occasions, but to teen years of car driving and motor not be required to do it more than seize opportunities for nursing the

front hubs are grease packed, and. that there is oil in the gear box, steering box and rear anxie, or that your brakes are properly equalised. Attend to these things yourself, for

give rise to a particularly vicious cant, and rubbing brakes inevitably de three times during the whole run-engine. Although the car was ning-in period.

to hold five people and form of overloading. Bignel Never did I fully depress the luggage it

During the course of running-in a was not called

upon to One man will not exceed 20 m.ph. accelerator during the Arst 500 carry more than two until the first number of motor cycles and saveral for the first 500 miles, and despite miles, although it was more often 500 miles was completed.

different model cars I discovered this he will Irreparably damage than not three-quarters of the way

At all times I kept the sump full that the running in process is far car, while another on a similar down, and the car was humming because a large volume of oil is

from complete in 500 miles, al model will beat 50 on occasion, alon at

drive the machines "all out" after

cycling I have come to the conclu- ston that it is not what a man does that matters but how he does it.

and at the tail end of 500 miles he Novortherly 60 miles per house, not so ongily avorionted ́os a small, though in every case it was safe to : allowing chalaunt drive amount, mid stiff bearings demand that mileage had been exceeded.

will have improved the machine for more

a mile without a continuous flood of cool lubricant out of all recognition.

accelerators to come to provent thom soizing. At 800 Accurately timed tests made at the Broadly speaking, there are three

up for few seconds. This miles and again at 800 miles I am 4.000 miles proved this to the hilt, ond of 600, 1,000, 2,000, 8,000 and types of driving: nursing, normal procedure, besides cooling the tied the sump. The amount of and foreing. They are not so much gine, created a vacuum in the cylin-foundry sand, dirt, and metal scrape a matter of speed as method. Some ders that pulls the oil up paat the that came away with the hot oll was mén can nursô a car while winning || piston rings. - On long up-grades, i amazing.. No matter how carefully

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for a perceptible grain in speed was noticeable on each occasion, and be first two tests the im pravemen Bioral consider