KIND TREATMENT PAYS

NZ Truth, Issue 1152, 29 December 1927, Page 13

KIND TREATMENT PAYS

Well-groomed Cars Always

Behave Best on Road

The high state of perfection to which modern motoring 1 has been brought renders the possession of mechanical knowledge not a necessary qualification to motoring, and it is remarkable what hard treatment can be endured by the modern car.

BUT with continued ill-treatment and little mechanical aid a car is Hkely to become an exasperating "jib." Periodical attention at the right times will overcome any inconvenience which is suffered by the motorist who neglects his car. There are drivers who are reaJly surprised at the excellent service which their cars give them on little or no attention. Their boast is that they have never put a spanner on the old bus. Never had any necessity to interfere with the works because the car has never given any trouble.

But it would probably be surprising to know of the little inconveniences which they suffer in their quiet moments.

One motorist who is among the drivers who boast of their cars' excellent performances often leaves it out in the weather all night. After he has dropped his friends, who have heard of his wonderful car, he often has to abandon it outside the garage. A stalled engine prevents him going any further.

A flat battery means hard work, and instead of starting- up to garage his car, he prefers to leave it to the mercy of the weather to rust and gen- mm erally become dilapidated. For, days it remains out in the weather u n touched until he decides to take it out again. It is reversed down hill with assistance, and in gear the engine is started.

The re-charging of the battery would relieve this driver of the difficulty in starting. Such ill-treatment of the car is hard to understand, as most drivers treat their machine with the same kindness a motor-car will stand when put to the test. Proper treatment of the car is an essential.

The car will certainly stand a good deal of knocking about, but the ills which are slowly mounting will cause a complete breakdown eventually. Periodic overhauls of the vital parts should be made, not only to give satisfaction in operation, but to ensure safety for yourself and other cars on the road.

Once you know your car, its lubrication and the parts to be tightened up, it is only a matter of a few hours' work to bring about the perfection which should always be the feature of your car.

There is no comfort in motoring In a car which has not got your complete confidence.

To persuade yourself that the car is a wonder is deceiving yourself and your passengers. Sooner or later a complete breakdown will place you in the ridiculous position of not being able to land the car at its destination.

Then you hear this driver say it is a wonderful car. "It's marvellous how it goes." All things considered, it

is really marvellous how it ever goes. Drivers who get this kind of ■ satisfaction from driving a car are indeed easily pleased.