Coasting.
AN AID TO EFFICIENCY. The danger of coasting has been emphasised to a point where a lot of motorists forget that it can be helpful in testing the efficiency of their cars. Coasting for instance will tell whether or not the wheel and other bearings are set too tight. A car can go along with such a handicap, the driver never noticing if it he happens to
have a powerful engine under the bonnet and does not check up his petrol mileage. Tigh bearings either in the engine, transmission or rear axle will waste power at an extremely high rate. Byattaining a speed of 20 miles an hour,
and then coasting, this can be appreciated. If there is too much drag anywhere in these three units the car will stop within 50 yards. Make sure, however, that the tyres are up to the correct pressure and that the brakes do not drag.
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Putaruru Press, Volume VI, Issue 252, 30 August 1928, Page 7
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