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By Chiltern

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Three questions have been put

to be this work. They are:

"Is it good polley to lay up the car for winter?"

"What are the best features to look foriin n'car?" and

"Which is the beat easy

change system?"

There is no doubt that

snads of motorists

Kear

thou-. have already

laid up their cars and thousands the nd- more are pondering visubility of storing the ear from The January 1 to March 25 next. three main points that have decid- ed this action are the increased cust of fuel, the need for anving another quarter's tax, and the cer tainty of bad weather.-

I would like to put some points to those who contemplate laying up the car. First, nil machinery deteriorates when idle. There is fee. If you a continuous garnge are fortunate to be able to house the car in a properly ventilated and heated motor house there are still the costs of coal, rent and rates; insurance has to be paid. and there is only a slight rebate on the premium for not running the car.

If you do not use the car you must ride in tram, bus, train or taxi, and your family must do the same. This, In three months, will amount to a substantial figure.

The Ideal Choice. Satisfaction with the car aelect depends largely on whether It is suited to your individual needs and taste. The features to look for otherwise are:

you

a con-

A smooth running and quiet engine: good powers of accelern tion; a carburettor tuned to give nice "idling" without the engine stopping: light steering: veniently positioned change speed lever; easy gear changing; clutch that is moderately light with no "fierceness"; brakes not only powerful and smooth but with an adjustment easy to operato and flexible get at long, easy to springa with shock absorbers; a Hood steering radius, and a battery that will instantly start the engine from cold,

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OF

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

SATURDAY 17th DECEMBER, 1932.

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By Milton Bronner

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London, Oct. 30, The British automobile manufacturer, as was shown in the recent automobile salon, held at the Olympia here, le catering to none but British consumers, and confining himself to changed design rather than mechanical improvements. What there is in the way of fluid Special Report to

care. Safety glass is becoming which will sell in France for just

clutches, free wheeling, gadgets and other mechanical developmenta general and chassis are reinforced over $700. Its streamlines, shield-

in British cors this year is largely based on American discoveries. the Hongkong Telegraph

in many instances to meet the, shape, tilted radiator and roomy in-

More than ever before, British manufacturers have set themselves By Minett Saunders

average collisions without harm. terior made it internationally the

That question interesta Ameri-to give a satisfactory response to do luxo car of its price and power. Oct.

thecans, too, but it in even more im-the three big questions every Paris,

29.-Smaller

Cars Speeded Up

One of the sensations of

purchaser cheaper cars, greater easc

Speed in relation to horsepower show was the latest model from the portant in Britain because of the British prespective safety in driving and a marked

1. What is the tax on the car? This is very important, becauss improvement in atreamlined bodies has been increased. Carburetors Maybach-Zeppelin firm of Ger-cost of gasoline. For a time the asks:

down-draft ticularly striking, with an outline gallon. Of this, 4 cents went in were the outstanding developments with starting devices are becom- many. The streamlining was par-price of gas was about 33 cents a shown the Continental motor world ng universal, while

ing it look like something between in tax to the government and 13ment tax of about $4.80 per horse- at the recent 20th Annual Automo- carburetors are also displayed on unorthodox, almost fantastic, mak-profit to the retailer, 16 cento went in Great Britain there is a govorn

several new models.

cents went to the refiners and power. bile Salon here.

Riding comfort has especially a tank and a road monster.

There was a time in Britain Importers, who had to bring the Notable among the mechanical, come in for consideration this year.

Duesenberg Fastest

stuff from the ends of the earth. when there were not many British changes were the elimination of the 'Luxuriously upholstered front sents

The fastest car in the show was

Because of this high price, the makes between the very small hydraulic brake for the regular have nent gadgets with which to

low-powered cheap cars and the very big ex- straight action brake, wider use of lower backs into comfortable sleep the 320-horsepower Duesenberg moderate priced,

ing positions, Instantaneous heat-supercharged, capable of a speed British cars this year are all pensive ones. The middle field free wheeling, further experimenta wheel with independent front ers, radios, newfangled cigarette of over 150 miles an hour in high guaranteed to do from 30 to 40 was largely captured by the Americans. But the objection to most American cars was their high. suspension and the synchronized, and powder accessories add to the and 104 in second.

Bodies Big for Engines An outstanding mechanical fea-miles per gallon. comforts of the more luxurious and nutomatic gear shift.

great ture of the show was the Willeme

One of the biggest tendencies horsepower. Thus, even the old In line with the times, cheaper models, which are seen in

In the new cars is to put a bigger Ford had 21 horsepower, which cars made their appearance. Prices numbers despite the popularity of Diesel-engine car, regarded as the

future trend of engine design. The body over a small engine. The meant the British buyer had to: are down on an average of 20 per the cheaper cars.

While Panhard and Lavassor, motor is run on heavy oil. gent, and the tastes of the motor-

Mer- Citroen had an impressive show now Wolseley has the engine over fork over about $100 tax to the cars. Humber, Hillman, Citroen, The point I am disappointed ing public run to smaller

Rec-room inside the car.

Low Power Jumps Sales Daimler has done a rather start- with is the slow progress made in This trend has brought about a cedes-Benz and Austin drew throngs of new models, all equipped with the front axle, thus giving more government each year.

The British have been steadily 1933 models in making the chassis marked reduction in the number to their exhibits, perhaps the most their new "floating power."

of six-cylinder cars being made. admired and discussed car was nault, Peugot, Mathis and Rosen-ling thing. It developed a lubrication na. nearly automatic as

gart all attracted great attention

Now and 10-horsepower cars. This, possible. Centralised lubrication The favourite among the small cars the Ford.

sion in its expensive cars. The big surprise of the show was in the smaller car lines and showed flywheel self-changing transmis-developing four-cylinder 10, 12 has not gone far enough, to mvia the four-cylinder model.

Security la unquestionably the baby Ford, the new little four-a reduction of price, as did nearly the flywheel is applied to the cars with the slogan, "Buy British mind.

made by its subsidiary, the they assert, is giving them the primary consideration In the new cylinder, six-horsepower machine all standard French makes.

B. 9. A., which is showing this bulge on the home market among

priced car. few weeks. At the works men are year a 10-horsepower car coating those who want a moderately- working overtime to cope with the about $1106.

2. Coupled with the first quoq Under the fuld flywheel wolf- demands of the 500 now cycle clubs which have come into exfat-changing transmission the old tion and going on parallel linee 500 New Clubs in Two ence in England alone during the method of gear shifting is elimi-with it is this: What is the cost

nated.. The driver simply selects of insuranse? past two years.

Here again horsepower in James the gear he wants by means of a "Fifteen months ago," said

amall lever on the steering col-partant, becange the rates and well-known manufacturer, "I was umn, presses a foot pedal and based on it

How much mileage.doce shiu: faced with ruin, and had actually changes gear, allently and without |

do on a gation of gast small lover on the steering wheel

begun to make arrangements for any fumbling PEDALLING AGAIN.

whon and you can move the lever to the

the disposal of my plant, gear ratio needed and wait for the

The motorist who condescended suddenly the cycle boom appeared. moment when the change has to be to visit the Lightweight Cycling, and within three months I was

elang handlebars. This is no made. It is only necessary then

mere pretence at a suggestion of not say yet which is best. They to depress a foot pedal. With the Hiking and Camping Exhibition busier than I had been since the in combinations numbering on plied for the most part with under- The most up-to-dato models have dore-devit spood, but is based on include the fuld fly-wheel and pre-fluid Bywheel used with this gear bold at the Royal Horticultural six or seven months which sue many an eix or eight. the engine can be running at Hall, Westminster, recently was ceeded the Armistice. selector self-changing gearbox: certain speed and the gears be surprised, If not shocked, by am employing 80 per cent, more

and can coupling, hydraulic

handlebar-grip, engaged without the car moving, the hundred-and-odd exhibits to workpeople than at any period the further advantage that they medical and engineering inquiries, Be lebars mean maaier pedalling and wheels, automatic clutches, This flywheel is really a slipping tended to show that cyclists do not during the past twenty-five years." are controlled by twisting the which have proved that such hand-

If one may Judge from the operated while the cyclist is pedal-less strain on the body. chromesh gears and holically-cut clutch-the slip diminishing an intend to be jostled off the road

by vehicles with four wheele,

recent exhibition, the real serious-ling, without requiring him to This year has been a "peak" year minded cyclist of to-day has his "free-wheel," and thus lose speed.

measure." Front-whool, brakes, on I inclina to the preselective andnud clutch the gearbox is freed in the cycling Industry; so much machine "made to synchromesh systems.

both from the engine and the back so, in fact, that several exhibitors Saddles are no longer from struts panding-hub principle, are nowa anners can apply them in a hurry

Tho, average. Amorican mátor In the synchromesh-first fitted axle, and any gear can be engaged at the Horticultural Hall recently thinly covered with cheap leather, days so efficient that even begin.

ease. The stated to a representative of but heavily-padded affairs on

Variable gears without flinging themselves into vehicle last year was fitted with two new automobilo tyres, accórd- to the Vauxhall and now used on or disengaged with

gears principle of the easy change free The Observer that it would be armchair scale. the Rolls constant mesh

the wheel to the same as used for springtime before they could de- far outdistance oven the dreams mid-air. -

This year's models, too, are sup-ing to tyre manufacturers. arg used. The driver usca

Iliver orders placed during the past. of motorlate, and can now be had goar lover n with the normal bicycles,

Another thing most makers might have added is an inspection lamp plug inside the bonnet. And I cannot imagine why there should not be a switch for the lights of a anlcon convenient for both driver Olympia also and passengers.

another trial

for evidencos motoriste the variety of Hight this direction signals. Oympia

gear, after declutching. There is

no

call for care in changing, though it is better to speed up the engage before letting in the clutch after a change down,

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The pre-selective is an epicyclic year calls for early standardisa-gear. Change is worked by a tion.

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