MOTORING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17145, 26 April 1919, Page 12

MOTORING.

NOTES AND COMMENTS. The Royal Automobile Club of Enziand is jKrobablj lbs richest and largest club of its 'rand, it ha* a membership of over 15,000. In its early days it cost £10 IDs entrance and £25 was the annual subscription, but the 'fees are now more reasonab'e, it costing city members only £6 6s per annum and country motorists £i 4s. Even at the latter feure 'he revenue of the club from subscriptions fclone it very largo. The R.AC.'e clubhouse in London is one of the most palatial in Europe. The absence of two doors to the front seat) of most motof-c&rs is apt to rnu« considerable inconvenience at times The driver h»« i to get on beard first, and if he has to dismount he necessarily disturbs the passenger. I The orthodoi method of locating the "(rear is :it the rigk'.-oand side of the car. The central lo&itlon, an adopted by many American makers, however, has certain advantages. It reduces tho permanent ezjra weight on . one side of the car, and, whether file steering- ' wheel ia,j>t the right or left hand side, there I is no difficulty in operating the gears or i brata. With a little practice It Is as easy i