Don't Speed Old Cars

NZ Truth, Issue 1207, 17 January 1929, Page 13

Don't Speed Old Cars

A CAUSE of overheating, which ; very few motorists consider, is the difficulty older models have m keeping up with the speed of the newer ones. •Many owners of cars three, four, and five years old are . getting their first taste of overheating because they are using these machines, as they were not intended to be used. When you are out on the' highway with a group of new cars these days it is necessary to keep stepping. You. do it unconsciously and may be puzzled Avhen the moto'meter starts shooting, skyward. The older cars could run fast enoxxgh for a spurt or so, but they were not designed to run at such high averages as are common to-day. Moreover, after, several years of use they are ho longer m the pink of condition and cannot be- expected to keep cool under the grind of the fast highway travel.