Hidden Virtues Come To Light

NZ Truth, Issue 1211, 14 February 1929, Page 19

Hidden Virtues Come To Light

MOW that several of the high-priced cars can be shifted from high to second without bothering to do tricks with the clutch and accelerator, not a few drivers have experimented with several of the lowest-priced cars and have discovered that there., are unheralded conveniences here,, too; 'if. you are driving a small car, perhaps you have a more convenient transmission than you think. \ $v With one of these cars ii'.is^possible to go straight from liit?h to second at speeds up to. fifteen miles an hour. No skill is required. You simply press out the clutch and shift. . How that is possible without the special mechanism required m the transmission of the high-priced cars is a mystery to many. But it is. simple enough when you figure that the gears, of the small car are so light they are not apt to clash, even if they are not revolving at equal speeds.