HOW TO GET MORE MILEAGE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 924, 18 March 1930, Page 6

HOW TO GET MORE MILEAGE

13 SUGGESTIONS MAJORITY OF THEM OBVIOUS Thousands of pounds could be saved annually by the motor-owning public through a more strict observance of the factors that control the benzine mileage offered by the average automobile, it is revealed in a survey on fuel economy recently completed by a well-known company. A gain of from two to five miles on the gallon of petrol could be effected, on the average, it was shown, if the motorist paid strict attention to the elements that govern fuel consumption. The majority of items to be watched are rather obvious to the average owner, but through an inadequate appreciation of their importance are commonly overlooked. The survey sets down specifically •a number of factors which, if observed, should materially increase your mileage. They are: 1. When standing' or waiting for the light to change, don’t race your motor. 2. When you are to make a stop of more than a minute, turn off your motor. 3. Don’t drive at excessive speeds unless the occasion demands. High speed travelling burns more petrol. 4. Remember that the faster you drive, the more benzine you consume. So when you find that you are about out of petrol, and are heading for a station, take it slowly, and your chances for negotiating the distance will be greater. 5. When starting, watch the choke. Don’t drive with the choke out a moment more than necessary. 0. Be sure that your brakes are not dragging. This cuts down your mileage. Get your brakes inspected frequently. 7. Have your valves ground when they need it. 8. See that the idling adjustment on your carburettor is set at the proper point, so that the mixture is not

too rich. If it is not at the proper point, it gives you inefficient idling performance, and wastes benzine. 9. Don’t fill your benzine tank full to the cap; some will escape through the vent in the cap. 10. Don’t “ride the clutch.” 11. Watch .petrol line for leaks at joints. Check it periodically to see that fittings are tight. 12. Be sure that spark is in fully advanced position. 13. Avoid excessive use of brakes in traffic. Observance of these suggestions, the survey points out, will save money for the motorist, and add considerable mileage to your driving, and reduce the number of necessary stops at the bowser station. WORLD’S RUBBER SUPPLY The car owner today is getting the advantages accruing from a plentiful world’s of rubber and increased efficiency in manufacturing pi'ocesses, resulting in the lowest tyre prices with the highest quality tyres in the history of the automotive era. This is the declaration of Mr. D. F. Moncur, manager of Canada Tyre and Rubber Company, Limited, illustrating his point, Mr. Moncur pointed out that a tyre that cost £l3 16s in 1920 may now be bought for £4 12s. This means thac decreases in tyre prices alone have nearly cut £4G off the price of a new car. Mr. Moncur further amplified this statement by adding that his own company, the largest grower of rubber in the world, with holdings in Sumatra and Malaya totaling more than 12,000.000 trees covering an area of 140 square miles, is doing its share to keep up the world’s supply of rubber in continuing planting operations, j despite the low price of crude rubber.