THAT FREE-AIR FARCE

NZ Truth, Issue 1173, 24 May 1928, Page 17

THAT FREE- AIR FARCE

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LJUNDREDS of motorists have com- ** plained bitterly about the catch m the free air fable. They have become utterly disgusted and m consequence, restrict their, business to the one or two garages which keep their air lines ready for .instant service. ■ ' . V ' As things are at present,' it would be far better if garages made a nominal charge of, say, "Id. a time for. air, so that motorists would know where they stand and would be able to demand fair service. The great majority of owners are fair-minded men who do not look for something for nothing, and it is a very common practice for them to purchase petrol they do not need vrhen they want air, only to find the air out of commission. This is simply maddening. The writer's experience on Sunday last is a fair example of what hundreds -

of others have suffered. Starting out with six gallons of petrol, two extra gallons were purchased at a garage m order that a couple of tyres should be given some extra air. After holding the nozzle to the valves for about three minutes or more hardly a pound extra was put m. Stopping further along the road, exactly the same experience was gafnefl at the expense of another two gallons, and a third experience very much the same was met with, where the air tank was well up to pressure but the nozzle faulty. Finally, the trouble was overcome by means of a borrowed pump, the owner's being unfortunately, by an oversight, left at home. In their own interests garage-owners should apply a remedy. If they don't want to supply free air, let them agree to make some charge or cut out the alleged "service" altogether.