THE CAR AND THE GARAGE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 586, 18 July 1933, Page 2

THE CAR AND THE GARAGE

Nowadays it is no uncommon thing to hear a motorist exclaim. "This .'"car has not been. iri th'e workshop dn two years." jOften the statemeri't ; is made boastfully, yet there is riothAng to be proud of , for if a mOtor-car •has been used for even, say, 8600 to 10,000 miles a year it is an admission, uriless the cwne'r cari effect his own repairs and adjustments, that the vehicle is not properly maintained from a s'tandp6int, of mechanical efficiency and safety. A little consideration of the work and stresses a motor-car has to withstand during two years' service should convince the average motorowner that a rislc is bedng taken, not only to himself and passengers, but also to other users of the roads, if his car is not kept in efficient order. It is neither good business not safe practice to ignore the fact that a motor-car calls for and needs a careful inspection by a competent mechanic after, say, every 5000 miles. The work can be done at any wellappointed garage, a.nd the small ■ amount involved in having the machine checked over for mechanical efficiency and necessary adjustments made will well repay the outlay in ensuring not only longer life. to the vehicle, but also safer travel to the owner and other road users. The subject is one upon which the average ownei* might profitably refiect. Uonsciously, no motorist desdres to jeopardise his own or other people's safety, but that is just what the /motorist who for long periods neveii has his machine overhauled definitely does. Delaying repairs and adjustments places a premium on road accidents.