Some Motoring Experiences

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 166, 4 October 1927, Page 6

Some Motoring Experiences

“I Remember One Time —" It is a sale thing to say that every motorist has had a unique experience while driving at some time or other. These exper: ences are carefully stored away in his memory', and always brought out when fellow-motorists foregather a id tongues arc wagging:. Often the reminiscenc€s are of a distinctly* humorous character and the telling of them has brightened up many a long trip. Everyone enjoys a humorous motoring tale, so “Headlight” has collected one or two from various sources and will include a few every week. Local incidents will always be give* precedence, so if you have been in some peculiar circumstances, write and let me know. Tlio following have been collated by Mr. George Campbell: Mr, J. Kay, Mount Albert, tells uoir many years ago in company with some others he was cycling through the Manawatu Gorge when they cam* on a. car stopped in the middle of the road. The driver was a very' old with a long beard, who was bending over the steering wheel in an awkward position. It appears that while leaning forward to get a better view round the next bend the end of his bear i caught in the quadrant under the steering wheel, and he was imprisoned tbm until someone would come along with a knife. The boys soon freed him. but with the loss of a few inches of heard-

Mr. W. S. Miller relates that goini,' over to Piha one day last summer fe.t a particularly bad bump almost half-way down the long grade on tn« other side. The road was pretty bad anyway', but this burnp was worse th»n any. When he reached the flit after coasting down the hill, the engine started up and ran 0.K., and purred along fcteadily for about three or four miles, when it gave out for whit seemed like want of benzine. The carburettor and vacuum tank were all right, and he knew he had started out with a full tank. When he went round the back to have: a look at the tank, however, he found to his intense surprise that it was not there. Apparently that terrible bump had tear* the tank completely from the rear oi the chassis, and it was along the road about five miles.

Mr. H. Gregory, cf Newmarket. h»d one of those experiences that motorist* dream sweetly about. He wjls driving a policeman chasing those motor thieves from Newmarket to Orehunff* the other day, and realised Jiat o® matter how fast he went he vouldn t have to explain it away to a magistrate. When asked what it’s like to give * car in the town a full throttle of gas. he says, “It’s Great!” One more experience, and lam finished for this week. This happened to “Headlig’it” himself. Passing a. crowd of sheep on th€' road one day, foolish sheep suddenly took it into jv head to run right under our car. Thert was rough travelling for a moment, then smooth running before we stopped the car. Looking back ratna apprehensively we saw the sheep scampering away and mixing with his fellows. Its coat was smeared with oil, so we easily recognised and caugnt it, but thankfully found absolutely nothing wrong with it— except oi course the oil. The shepherd phically' reckoned it would wash oUI before shearing.