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What A Flurry There Was —’ — Among The Car • Firms VVO 531(1* * Ol IF CaF NO, thi* car i* not on Are. AH that emoke come* from the tyres. As part of our ** ***""*• “ " thorough tests of five 1300 cc cars, we st Consumers' Institute put each car through a “panic stop” to assess braking efficiency and handling characteristic*. |_ I ■ _ ■ |-| In sH we did 5,000 km of test* on each car, and 18 driver* (both car club expert* IS 11006 F I eSXa WOU ■ (1 YOU *nd ordinary motorists) reported on each car. Tha model* were the Austin Allegro, Chrysler Avenger, Vauxhall Chevette, Toyota Corolla and Ford Escort. Read all about them in tha October Consumer magazine — along with a test of rotary Like To Give It A Thorough Check?” — Consumer have received this year articles on such diverse subjects as slimming, investment, your legal WHEN we at Consumers’ Institute tested five Our reaction was — could a private motorist expect rights, ripoff firms, rustproofing, insurance, doing your 13OOcc cars recently, we bought each car the same sort of treatment? We believe not. These °wn concreting, knitting machines, price control, anonymously through agents. That way, we could tunings and adjustments should have been done borrowing money, lawyers fees and many more, check the condition of the cars as they came from the already at the dealer level — but there was no Get the facts first before you waste your money. Read showroom. suggestion of a special check until we told Consumer monthly — 11 issues a year containing But for a later series of tests, we wanted to be sure manufacturers what we were doing. more than 110 articles and test reports, for only each car was representative of its model. So we went And were the cars perfect, even after all that? No. $8.50. back to the suppliers, said we were Consumers' they were not. To find out the good and bad features Institute doing a test, and invited each firm to put its of each car, read the October issue of Consumer. Ch&nCOS Ar® — YOU Waste car in tip-top condition before the tests resumed. w— uB B $5OO a Year or More How Often Do You Buy A Dud? a Groat Ruch nf Antivitv Some people waste maybe $l,OOO a year because ’ This test of 1300 cc cars is just one of about 25 they do not have the right information — sometimes What a fascinating response we got. One firm was comparative tests published each year in Consumer. 3 major purchase or investment that goes wrong; quite unruffled, said it had complete faith in its car, So far this year we have reported on electric shavers, at other times a whole series of unfortunate and gave it only a brief check. Full marks for ceramic-topped cookers, sports shoes, aluminium purchases. confidence. ladders, oven cleaners, electric drills electric blankets, , t costs on|y $8 5O g year t£) be a member of Not so the other firms. One examined its car on three paint strippers, garden cultivators, high fibre breads, Consumers' Institute and receive 11 issues of separate occasions and spent 2'h hours on outboard motors, tramping packs, cooking oils, Consumer. 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