TAKE CARE OF YOUR CAR.
* \ ABUSE DOES NOT PAY. , • When a-;- maif invests as 1 much; a.i KalfC-'u-jdAr H ' In. a ' ihot6r\cnr,' lie should/haVc •"re'asoii;. to expect .good *roturh’s on Oils -i investment. But',’the .best car built js not ijiten,ded to -t»o misused, -nlthough'df■nitty stand 1 rfu't^yfiii Jot of it;’ • Maiiv owhel's misii so i car througli ignorance of wliat is good’ for it, and .what is bad for.it, and misuse,: therefore, * is lidt always intentional. ■ -The modern car lias been ■ so-simplified that' tliorc is hardly any reason tb plead'ignorance in the proper care of-it. ' The principal abuse arises in handling the car, for many will dri-V.o along for miles'with several 1 cylinders missing, disreguiiliUg entirely tIV stress -which this "places on the Working par)s ,6f' the ongine, l Others Will 'disengage the clutch at. the' top of a Alii! as tltey start the 1 descent,/putting, the weight'bf .the car, its momentum',’ and tkeriiier'eqsfo in speed-, on 'the brakes tvhOn ,stopping suddenly at flic* Bottom of the hill. Is it any wonder that brake's,become defective and fail when most needed? Brakes are intbndijd to retard the momentum of the ear, and gradually bring, it to a stop, but they cannot be expected to fiiiielion indefinitely -without- attention.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16869, 26 October 1925, Page 4
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207TAKE CARE OF YOUR CAR. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16869, 26 October 1925, Page 4
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