Speeding Through

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 28, 26 April 1927, Page 10

Speeding Through

You can tell what manner of man a driver is by the way he passes you on the road. * * * The good driver is always under perfect self-control. If the engine develops a piston slap after the bearings have been taken up and the valves ground, then the cylinders should be re-ground. When side curtains are put away, they should be dry and should have paper placed between them to prevent the celluloid becoming scratched. * * * It is a dangerous practice to coast down hill with the gears in neutral or disengaged, because it is difficult to engage the gears when necessary. Speed burns up tyres. Your rubber will give more miles of service when

the car is driven at a moderate rate. Quick starting and stopping is also harmful to tyres and to mechanism as well. * * * Oil or grease on the soles of your shoes may cause your foot to slip off the brake pedal. Wipe your shoes before getting into your car. * * * The City Engineer is to report on the question of repairs to Portland Road. Mr. P. J. Cox, and a score of other users of the road, have asked the council to carry out repairs. Mr. J. A. Lamb has presented the city with a portion of ground at the corner of Remuera Road and Koliara Street, to enable the corner to be improved. Franklin Road, which was recently reformed and put in excellent condition, is to be tar sealed, as soon as the gang can be spared by the city engineer to do the work. The horse is giving more and more away to the motor. The city council is preparing to acquire an electric storage battery vehicle for collection of the street refuse, and the well-known horses and carts will disappear. Messrs. Corbett and Winder have added a 12-passenger Hudson to their Auckland-Thames service. . The body was built in Danneyirke. Next Sunday the Sports Motor-Cycle Club is holding a scramble, with a secret destination run. Riders will assemble at Newmarket at 9.30 a.m., and will then be advised as to their destination. The Wellington Motor-Cycle Club is holding a hill climb on Saturday. The events will include the New Zealand Championships for 250, 600, and open classes. The hill is a very stiff one, and to be fair to the outside competitors the Wellington Club is not allowing Wellington riders to practice on it. Among the Auckland riders going down to take part in the event will be J. H. Ratcliffe (Velocette), W. White (Rex-Acme), J. A. Griffiths (Chater Lea), L. Couthard (0.E.C.), and H. B. Fletcher. W. 33. Marchant, the crack English motor-cyclist who has been connected with the Chater 33ea factory for the past year, has gone over to the M.A.G. works at Geneva. Marchant’s income as a racing machine designer and specialist approaches five figures annually. Many accidents occur because of failure to use the emergency brake when the foot brakes are not sufficient to make an emergency stop. When an automatic spark control or generator is equipped with grease cups, the cups should be filled with vaseline to eliminate friction. Wheels and tyres should be trued separately. The front a heels may toe in the proper amount, but the rims may not run true, thus throwing the tyres out of line. This can be determined by revolving the wheels separately and noting how true they turn. Any variation may be due to the wheels being too loose on the axles or to the rims being screwed to the wheels unevenly. 330 not adjust the tension of a new fan belt too tightly, as it will stretch and break loose at the seam or the edges will become ragged when it becomes wet or oily. Remember to use the choker sparingly. Remember that when your car is standing and you are talking to a friend, if the motor is running the gasoline is still being used. Have your carburettor adjusted periodically as, with the wear of your motor, conditions of carburisation change. Brakes that are apparently perfect in dry weather will skid on wet pavement because they are not properly equalised. Tilden, the tennis champion, appearing nightly in a stock show at Miami "They All Want Something,” and commuting to Palm Beach during the week for the Florida championship tennis matches, was arrested for speeding along Dixie Highway. Tilden was brought into court, where the city judge released him with a warning “not to get his courts mixed in the future.”

On motor-cycles, Bowden controls must be kept oiled, otherwise the steel wire inside the casing becomes rusty, and the control in time either jams or refuses to work.