WHEN BUYING NEW CAR

NZ Truth, Issue 1187, 30 August 1928, Page 15

WHEN BUYING NEW CAR

"Truth's" Motoring Expert Gives Some Timely Advice TF there is an art m driving a car, there is also an art m buying one. <

WITHIN reason, the conditions under which a car has to work and i the distance it has to cover yearly should determine what make of car should be purchased. The matter, of price should really be a secondary consideration, although, of course, this can only be so within certain definite limits - ''''■ ' Having settled on the price range, the art of buying a car then comes into the picture > • > ' Thenc are several kinds of buyers. One is the absolute tyro, who klows nothing at all about cars, except that he has to pour petrol . into one .end and .water into the other, - and oil somewhere underneath the bonnet. The other is the man who has a fair knowledge, but is still m the novice stage The third class includes men who have had considerable previous experience of actual driving, but still have no great knowledge of mechanical details, and take their machines to a garage when trouble occurs. The fourth class can be considered as including those who can lay claim to a fairly wide knowledge of driving and ordinary maintenance and repair work • . ■ «_!. . The last two classes do not really come within the scope of this . article. They should be able to choose for themselves, without much fear of going wrong. In approaching the question of buy-

For this type ,of work nothing can beat a good, sturdy, six-cylin-der car of from 20 to 25 or more horse-power. * _ . •-*,.! .. f ■ *■ o*™ of this type give a fair petrol mileage ranging from 18 to 24 m.p.g., a"d wiU carry heavy loads under condiiions that, to a novice, would seem al™ost impossible. ■ / Tle material of which they are now made minimises mechanical 'trouble, an* care °^ *as. t0 b« taken \° se« *hat the chassis -is. well .greased .and the P/ 1 m th« engine changed ire.quently enoygh to keep it free from se 5, I™el™en*' , ..• , . Tbe four-cylinder car now comes ? nto t]? c Plc.ture; Improved as it has een ™ the last. two or three years, the four-cylinder car has gained a popularity that is well deserved For a new „ d" Ver who mtends *<>' do as in"on °E ]"s own repair work; as posf^ the four-cylinder car is. the ideal tyP.e ' , . . , -, + lts. working * parts are large and sturdy,, and as a rule, more easily got at .? 1S obviously easier to make the working parts .of a four-cylinder car more accessible than they can be made on the six. Furthermore, the four-cylinder , car wni go practically anywhere. If a car has. to work under all conditions, wet or fine, it is advisable to choose one with internal expanding brakes. These are less likely, to become .in-.